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<Originally posted by Buckeye Optima on the OptimaForums.com on 6/28/2013 - Used by permission of the original author>
Just a random thought on the Kia emblem
<Originally posted by Buckeye Optima on the OptimaForums.com on 6/28/2013 - Used by permission of the original author>

Just a random thought on the Kia emblem
I was spending a lot of time today watching youtube videos of optimas/cadenzas and a bunch of other cars. I know the "Kia emblem" debate has raged on long and hard, but I had some very strong clarity of thought today. You have those that say, "there is nothing wrong with the Kia emblem and it should stay the way it is". You then have those that don't care for the Kia emblem and even change it out (me included). Every person is 100% entitled to their personal view and thoughts, but then there is "the real world". I really feel that when Kia was in the works to build the first optimas and start a "new" life for the Kia corporation with better cars, cooler looking cars, options that other car makers weren't even thinking of offering at the time, they should have taken a GIANT PLUNGE and changed the "KIA" emblem to a really cool symbol. I was looking at how much the new cadenza looks like a B.M.W. and admiring the rear end and I always come back to looking at that Kia emblem. It dawned on me, the emblem as it stands now is a reminder of the past, just as the ford symbol is to them, but Kia DOES NOT have a good past here. The old emblem will forever carry with it a sense of cheapness and a bad feeling. It carries a feeling of failure to a degree. It's not really any ones fault, it just is what it is. I pondered today how cool the optima and cadenza and the forte and the turbo sportage would look with a new strong symbol of luxury and quality, it would act as a rising phoenix for the new optima's. I truly truly believe when the 2011 optima was rolling out it would have been an incredible time to make the change, and I truly think it would have paid huge dividends for the future of Kia's cars. Well, I will stop rambling now and end this. I am not looking to stir up a hornets nest, I just really believe it is the new cars Kia is putting out that truly are deserving of a proper symbol.
Last edited by buckeye optima; Today at 06:10 PM.