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Car Tech: 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid
Kia puts its own spin on a hybrid sedan.
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The 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid's power delivery and transmission also get tripped up by the kind of in-and-out throttle action that's common in urban driving. When you whack the gas pedal to the floor, the Optima Hybrid runs to 60 mph in 8. The result is that despite a healthy combined output of 195 pound-feet and 206 hp, the Optima Hybrid is recalcitrant at part-throttle. This represents a small but decisive edge over the Ford Fusion Hybrid , which does zero to 60 in 8. But you can forget about commanding your own downshifts in the Manual mode of this hybrid's transmission. Kia is on the money in its philosophy that sequential gearchanges are more intuitive than the stretch-forever nature of continuously variable transmissions. 0 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like at a drag strip) and through the quarter-mile in 16. 4 seconds (8. 4 seconds at 87. 7 seconds (8. 1 seconds at 87.Kia Optima Hybrid Coming in 2011 | Hybrid Cars
The Kia Optima Hybrid will join the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid , the company’s first gas-electric car which goes on sale in a few weeks. The Hyundai hybrid numbers, for horsepower and mpg, beat those of the leading mid-size hybrid sedans, the Toyota Camry Hybrid and Ford Fusion Hybrid. It only makes sense that Hyundai would utilize the Sonata hybrid system in the Optima. 4-liter engine with six-speed automatic transmission, and a 30kW electric motor and lightweight lithium polymer batteries to produce a full hybrid with impressive specs: 37 mpg in the city and 39 on the highway, and combined 209 horsepower. The Optima, which is already being favorably compared to the Sonata in terms of styling and interior amenities, will probably take another thousand or so dollars off the price. Said the Optima has “all the goods it needs to go toe-to-toe with segment leaders, and hot looks to boot....
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accelerates from 0 to 100 kmh in just 11 8 seconds CO2 emissions of the hybrid model have been lowered by 25 percent to only 96grams per kilometer when compared to standard cee d
