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Kia Optima auction prices

Final bids of 39K Kia Optima lots at Copart and IAAI over the last 12 months: the price month by month and by model year, generation and engine.

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Average final bid · October 2026

$1,082

-0.8%vs last month -15.7%vs a year ago

Nov '24Oct '26

Copart
$1,068
IAAI
$1,100
Lots
2,480
Lots analyzed
39K
Copart and IAAI, 12 months
Average final bid
$1,149
-17.3% over the 12 months before
Against Kia
-64%
every Kia averages $3,201
Highest final bid
$13,200
IAAI sold 2.6% cheaper on average

Price trend

Kia Optima average final bid by month

Copart IAAI Both Lots

Lines: the average final bid of the month. Bars: the lots that sold, Copart under IAAI. Hover a month for the numbers.

By model year

What a Kia Optima model year is worth

CopartIAAI

Average final bid of the last 12 months by the car's model year. Hover a year for the numbers, click it for the lots of that year on sale now.

What age does to the price

Average final bid by the car's age, against a one-year-old car.

  1. 8 years2018 $1,665base
  2. 12 years2014 $80348%
  3. 20 years2006 $34221%

Generations

By generation

Newest first, 12 months

  • IV 2015-2020 $1,78512K lots
  • III 2010-2016 $69912K lots
  • II 2005-2010 $425846 lots

Engines

By engine

Most sold first, 12 months

  • 2.4L 4 $1,13419K lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, 185HP $1,6095,758 lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, 192HP $8453,764 lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, 200HP $6432,845 lots
  • 2.0L 4 $1,2942,261 lots
  • 2.0L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, TURBO, 274HP $8141,124 lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DOHC, VVT, 159HP $802590 lots
  • 1.6L 4 $2,005451 lots
  • 2.0L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, TURBO, 245HP $2,319372 lots
  • 1.6L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, TURBO, 178HP $2,047284 lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DI, DOHC, VVT, REGULAR , 185HP $1,548272 lots
  • 2.4L I-4 DOHC, VVT, 175HP $498236 lots

Record sales

The most expensive Optima lots

Highest single final bids of the last 12 months

  1. 1 $13,200 2019 Kia Optima Copart · January 2026Open the lot
  2. 2 $10,100 2020 Kia Optima Copart · November 2025Open the lot
  3. 3 $7,800 2016 Kia Optima IAAI · August 2026Open the lot
  4. 4 $7,300 2018 Kia Optima Copart · November 2025Open the lot
  5. 5 $5,900 2012 Kia Optima Copart · December 2025See the model

Compare

Other Kia models

Forte$2,472 Sorento$2,975 Soul$1,671 Sportage$4,419 K5$6,035 Rio$1,423 Telluride$9,190 K4$6,882 Sedona$1,402 Niro$5,294 Seltos$5,326 Carnival$11,745

How these numbers are made

  • Every figure is a final bid: what a lot sold for at Copart or IAAI in the United States, without auction and delivery fees.
  • Sales are counted once a month for every make, model, generation, model year and engine. A month on this page is the month the cars sold.
  • "12 months" means the last twelve months shown; a change compares them with the twelve months before, and is shown only when both have enough lots.
  • Placeholder bids that some feeds send (such as $999,999) are taken out before averaging. Encar is left out: its prices are dealer asks, not bids.
  • Averages describe the market, not a single car: damage, title and mileage move the price of one lot far more than its year.

Last calculated November 3, 2026.