If I'm recalling correctly, there was commercial for Cadenza during last years Super Bowl. Saw the commercial a couple of times, maybe 10 at most. Roll forward a month and we were at auto show in Chicago. Kia had a couple cars offered for test drive. We tested the Optima first, was OK. They asked if we wanted to test drive any others and mentioned they had Cadenza and Soul. Gave Cadenza a try and one week later had one in our driveway.
We looked at more than a dozen cars at the auto show that were similar size including Infiniti Q50, Audi A4 and A6, Cadillac ATS and CTS, Ford Fusion, Ford Taurus, Chevy Impala, BMW 3 Series, Buick Lacrosse and Buick Regal, the Cadenza had more interior room and was priced very well. One other car caught our eye, the 2015 Genesis, but that wasn't yet available and no pricing was set yet. That's probably one that we would have considered over Cadenza as it was offered in AWD model.
A year later, still enjoying the car and has been absolutely problem free.