Kia Goes Upscale The Optima Makeover - Are We Entering the Golden Age Of Korean Cars?

The car is georgeous.
Name another automaker churning out this number of well executed products.

Rolls Royce

Looks like a Mitsu Galant and Lincoln MKZ had a baby. Dull. Unoriginal. The current model has more visual presence and distinction.

And 'Hyundai has been knocking some hot sedans out of the park"??? Who writes this drivel? The new Sonata looks like a catfish going to a rave.

Yesssss! ....does look like an updated Galant.

We are experiencing in South Korea that same exact thing that Japanese Toyota did by creating Lexus in 1989.

Skytop

WRONG. Lexus when introduced were good looking, great value for the money, super reliable and didn't fall apart. All things Kia is NOT. Many of those same vintage Lexus are still on the road today. Korea makes shitty, wannabe ugly cars with false MPG claims and how many old Hyundai or KIA do you see on the road? -Exactly hardly any as they don't last past 50K without lots of repairs and you're still driving a POS. I have had many (cheapo) family members buy the Korean cars and they have all been disastrous shit buckets. Save your money and buy a Toyota. They are ugly but great, reliable cars.

Agreed. Not even a close comparison. Every premium brand has brought a level of innovation or impact to the industry that didn't exist before. The safety, tech, performance, and design benchmarks that Audi, BMW, and Mercedes set are numerous. Lexus brought incredible reliability into the equation. The Koreans have brought nothing new to the industry (that I can think of). Even their active noise-cancelling tech for the GV80 that is being touted for the new Genesis SUV was introduced 40 years ago. I'm waiting for the Koreans to set a benchmark in something, anything.

I still think Europe in General has better styled autos, however I would say Korean cars are a solid 2nd place. US I would say is in 3rd place for now with some great designs like the current Mustang, some just good like the new Vette, a missed opportunity. Japanese styling has gotten really strange lately with origami styles, strange noses etc... that are very unappealing to me. I would put them in last place right now.

"I still think Europe in General has better styled autos..." Does this include French ugliness?