This sketch is an primeval tease of the 2011 Kia Optima that will make its world premiere at the 2010 New York Auto Show. We caught prototypes of the next-generation Optima awhile back and this rendering seems to fit with the shape of the test mules.

Kia says this Optima will be longer, lower and wider than the current model and go on understanding in the U.S. in the fall. More sketches next page.