Kia Optima SX Limited – 2015 – The Car Exam Quick Test

 

Kia Optima – 2015

Plusses: The 2015 Kia Optima SX Limited is a nice, well-balanced car. The Optima’s ride is near-perfect, the interior is comfortable (and roomy), interior materials feel upscale, and the dash design is superb. The 2.0 liter, Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI), 274 horsepower, turbocharged four cylinder engine is powerful, slick, and very smooth–no turbo lag was detected at all–this is the smoothest turbocharged engine The Car Exam Has ever tested. Braking feels good as well.

2015 Kia Optima – Dash

This fully-loaded test model had navigation, rear camera, blindspot detection and much more; the safety features on the Optima are impressive. 34 mpg on the highway also impresses, and the six-speed automatic transmission will not disappoint most drivers.

2015 Kia Optima

Minuses: Only one: The c-pillar design on the roof creates a blindspot (and the high trunk blocks your rearward view), but the blindspot detection can help compensate for that.

2015 Kia Optima

Final Grade: This is one of the best all-around, mid-sized sedans on the market today–and most worthy of The Car Exam’s Final Grade of “A+”…Well done, Kia–well done.

2015 Kia Optima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack and More Coming

2015 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack

 

Call it “an old friend revisited”: The Car Exam tests the 2015 Dodge Challenger Scat Pack, with all of its glorious 485 Horsepower—it’s easily the fastest car The Car Exam has tested to date, and it didn’t disappoint. More new auto reviews coming from Chevrolet, Mazda, Nissan, Chrysler and Ford (the all-new aluminum-bodied Ford F-150 Ecoboost models—also impressive)—even an encounter with the $2.4 million dollar Bugatti Veyron; plus food reviews (Progresso Soup and more) and a tech review of the Apple iPad Mini 2. Look for all of these reviews coming soon on The Car Exam.