Production chronology2011–2020
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
popular_cohort_family_projection10 years
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Kia / Model record
KiaOPTIMA
Production2011–2020
Recorded originSouth Korea
ClassMidsize Cars
The Kia OPTIMA is catalogued as a midsize cars from the South Korea-origin Kia marque. Recorded powertrain evidence includes gasoline. This entry summarizes the Kia OPTIMA nameplate from the catalog's observed regulatory and technical records.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2011–2020
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2011–2020
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗10 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2018
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year