New Kia Optima Concept teased for 2015 Geneva Motor Show

Kia has released a single image of a new D-Segment Concept which will debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and preview the next generation Kia Optima.

Car makers do love a tease ahead of a motor show, and with the 2015 Geneva Motor Show looming in a few weeks the teases are starting to mount. Today’s instalment is a new Kia Concept heading for Geneva.

Kia aren’t saying much about their concept, but do say it’s the 11th Kia Concept created by Kia’s European Design studio and is a spacious and versatile D-Segment car. In other words, it’s a preview of the next Kia Optima.

Not only does the new concept seem likely to be the next Optima, it also looks like it’s far more ‘production’ than ‘concept’.

Kia say it has the tiger-nose grill and confident, powerful lines, but from what we can see in the single photo revealed there are no obvious concept bits on view, just a clean design with vents in the front wings and a profile that looks in line with the current Optima.

The new Kia concept should move to a new Kia Optima before the end of 2015, with, certainly in Europe, diesel engines and probably a mild hybrid option too, just like the Optima T-Hybrid concept we saw at Paris last year.