The new K5 sedan supersedes the Kia Optima and is a clear step up in nearly every way -- especially in turbocharged GT guise. Craig brought 15 years of automotive journalism experience to the Cars ...

The GT, which the U.S. will get later in 2020, will have the high-performance 2.5-liter Smartstream turbocharged engine that gets 290-hp and 310-lb-ft of torque and Kia's new eight-speed wet dual ...

For more power, Kia offers the K5 in the GT model with a turbocharged 2.5-liter that outputs 290 hp (216 kW) to a nine-speed automated dual-clutch transmission. The K5 has a lot going for it.

The K5 will come in five trims: LX, LXS, GT-Line, and EX in ascending order. Kia promises a more exciting K5 GT for the discerning driver that will make its debut this fall.

The K5 is a mid-size sedan previously known as the Optima. In ascending order based on pricing, K5’s trims are LX, LXS, GT-Line, EX and GT.

To me, a K5 will always be a Chevy Blazer, but fine. Now the K5 is a mid-size sedan from Kia that we in North America knew as the Optima, although it’s been K5 in Korea for a bit. Don’t get ...

Ergo: The front-wheel-drive 2021 Kia K5 GT, the Korean automaker’s edgy Optima reboot with a 290-hp turbo four and a DCT, has a quicker 0-60 mph time, better cornering and better overall ...

The 290-horsepower Kia K5 GT isn't exactly slow, but a tuned Civic 1.5 turbo makes easy work of the mid-size sedan thanks to a 300-hp reflash ...

Kia Motors appears to have been one of the stars Thursday at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. The South Korean automaker, which sold a company record of more than 500,000 vehicles in 2012, debuted not ...