Kia redesigns the Optima family sedan, puts it on a new platform, imbues it with a modern look, and changes the name to K5.

Don’t get hung up by the new nameplate on the redesigned 2021 Kia K5. This is very much the shapely mid-size sedan formally known as the Kia Optima. We’re a little sad to see a perfectly good vehicle name fall to alphanumeric nonsense, but the Optima has always been known as the K5 in the Korean market. The badge on the trunklid takes nothing away from its family sedan goodness. Like its predecessor, it upholds Kia’s increasingly impressive ability to balance upscale execution, design, and value.
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