Kia traveled to the 2024 Chicago auto show to unveil the updated 2025 K5. The brand's entry into the midsize sedan segment gets minor design tweaks, a new ...

The K5’s new look has already been seen, but it's worth going over the changes now that they’re in writing. Kia says the US-market K5 gets new headlights and taillights, as well as new amber DRLs.

The 2025 Kia K5 has been an eye-catching car since the midsize sedan was reworked for the 2021 model year, getting a new name as well as look when it replaced the Kia Optima.

The K5 ditches the 1.6-liter turbocharged inline-4 base engine for a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter inline-4, netting a claimed 11 horsepower in the swap for a total of 191 hp.

When Kia debuted the K5 GT a year or so ago, the brand had the gall to put it up against the BMW 330i with an AMCI independent test. The K5 won, beating the BMW in every metric from handling to ...

Kia K4 Versus Kia K5 Overview The K4 is currently Kia's cheapest sedan with a stylish hatchback variant coming for the 2026 modle year. It replaced the Forte and slots in beneath the K5 in Kia's ...

This week’s tester is the 2022 Kia K5, which used to be known as the Optima (oh so close to optimal). I rather liked the Optima name just as I rather liked the Optima as a car. It is the ...