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Old 02-29-2008, 01:20 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tattedcat13 View Post
ok what is this mess about the "2006.5"? where do you get this half year stuff? the 06, "06.5" and 07, visually are the same car? there are 3 front end variations throughout the years but all together amount to only 2 different cars. will you clearify for me? maybe im missing something
The model change happend mid year in 2006. so hence the model year 2006.5. And no the 2006 Optima and the 2006.5 Optima are completely different.
And actually the optima was changed 5 times and what you have is the latest. Here are some pictures and years:

2001 - 2002: Original Look



2003: When the change started happening.



2004 - 2005: The lights stayed the same, but the grill changed.



2006: The only thing that changed was the clear corners.

2006.5+: The NEWLY redesigned Optima was introduced.

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