Each year, automakers deliver new models and redesigns for consumers to choose from. The selection can be a bit overwhelming, leaving consumers scratching their heads asking the critical question: Which is the best?

This year, Cars.com awarded the 2011 Kia Optima its Platinum Best of 2011 Award. Yeah?It's kind of a big deal. What makes it even more momentous is how the Optima ascended from its fourth-place ranking five years ago.

 

Speaking on the "smashingly handsome" 2011 Kia Optima, Cars.com had this to say, "?the new Optima did not play it safe. Its declarative stance will…

The Kia Picanto, known as the Kia Morning in South Korea and Chile, the Kia Euro Star in Taiwan, Kia New Morning in Vietnam, and the Naza Suria or Naza Picanto in Malaysia, has earned its place in the car market as an economical city car.  Based on the shortened platform of the Hyundai Getz, the Picanto is available with either a 1.0L or 1.1L petrol engine. In addition, a 3-cylinder diesel engine with direct injection and variable geometry turbocharger is available in the European market. To further enhance its appeal in the European market, the Kia equipped…