Luxury Kia Sedan: Consider the Possibilities

Kia Motors is known for building upscale vehicles. Long considered the poor cousin of Hyundai, a budget car itself, Kia after Hyundai steps in recent years to upgrade its image and product line. No doubt, the Kia Optima is still a nice midsize sedans, priced right and offers many benefits to today's consumers want to purchase a car.

Kia Mystique

With Optima, Kia sales of other popular models, including its line of compact models Forte, youthful Soul and Sorento crossover. The following is a Kia Cadenza, a car powered by four and six cylinder engines. It will fill account of what the traditional large car buyers want and the V-8 engine, which leaves open the possibility that an even larger and more luxurious sedan may follow.

Rumors that Hyundai Kia will follow in providing top of the line models have emerged in recent months after the successful launch of Hyundai Equus their lines starting in late 2010. Prior to that, Hyundai unveiled Genesis Coupe and sedan, the latter proving to be a strong competitor to the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class, but the price is lower than the Cadillac CTS.

While some have theorized blending luxury with Hyundai will be worthless effort, sales prove otherwise. Consumers have shown they are willing to accept any Hyundai, the brand is now known to deliver rock solid quality, great value, state of the art styling and offers the best warranty in the business.

Kia will have to overcome similar obstacles to bringing the luxury or premium full size sedan on the market, along with some other factors too, including:

High gas prices - As of this publication, $ 4 per gallon for gasoline is a challenge for drivers. However, when it comes to full size luxury V-8 rules. If a Kia offers 25 miles per gallon may have a shot. Then again, at that price that drivers prefer Audi or Cadillac?

Stiff competition - a big Kia must be the price to get the attention of drivers who might otherwise buy a Buick Lucerne or who have previously bought the Mercury Grand Marquis. The former model's age and will soon be discontinued, and the latter model has ceased production in 2010. Kia can take advantage of car owners to step in?

residual values ​​ - Hyundai new car holds better value than ever, but the same can be said Kia? This is something that is difficult to quantify with a vehicle that is not sold yet. If Kia price of its big sedan wisely, it can attract customers who will not worry about the sharp fall of the value of the car several years down the road.

Hyundai competition - Kia Optima is a tremendous competitor outstanding Hyundai Sonata, but it is not siphoned sales from Hyundai yet. With full-size sedan that could change if the Kia model kupaca.Luksuznih going after the same market is profitable, but it's also a pretty small market too.

When will decide whether to make a big Kia sedan on the market? Expect a decision later this year, the car follows the requirement for all vehicles. If gas prices trend lower, then that Kia will offer one more reason to build your own fighter luxury imports.