![Paris Motor Show Live 2010 Kia Optima, better than a Peugeot 508?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQy47G7JVm7pR_buAmtOjkbz9qIb3T_0e6MFuxlx0j1eHgwE5HAfMg0RCWULlkcQTsQwBufmYgIkt7ZCwJS3mdOIDrxSz_qtyCkvGEmEF3vJ5kRd8EO0l8yMjd9CcuTLNsBPZrzsrmPqw/s400/Live+2010+Kia+Optima.jpg)
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Kia played both ways at the Mondial de l'Automobile de Paris 2010: the concept cars with the tiny pop, and one of the series with the European premiere of the new Optima. A car, like all latest models released by the Korean automaker, has nothing to do with the cars in the drawing terribly bland often associated with these cars before.