Frankfurt Auto Show
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We’ll soon have our first definitive look at Infiniti’s upcoming compact car thanks to the unveiling of a new concept at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. That new concept is the Q30, and it has been previewed today in sketch form. The production Q30 is not due until 2015, so Infiniti still has plenty of time to refine the design. However, we must admit the Q30 concept looks promising and is already a major improvement on the somewhat bulbous Etherea from 2011, the automaker's first attempt at penning a premium compact car. Comparing the two, it’s clear the new Q30...
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Opel Releases New Image Of Its Monza Concept
General Motors’ European division Opel is preparing a new concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show inspired by its original Monza GT from the 1980s. Today, the German automaker released a new image of the concept, which is also called the Monza. The latest Monza concept is a large coupe...
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2015 BMW i8 Specs Revealed
The new i3 electric hatch isn’t the only i-badged BMW we’ll be seeing this year; another is a new i8 plug-in hybrid sports car that will not only top the i range of cars but also serve as BMW’s flagship. We were given our first taste of the i8 four years ago, when BMW rolled out...
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Toyota To Showcase Le Mans Tech In New Hybrid-R Road Car Concept
Toyota will present a new concept at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month that the automaker has confirmed will showcase its hybrid technology from its race-winning Le Mans prototypes in a road car platform. Along with the announcement, Toyota released the first of three teaser images, which...
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Smart To Preview New Fortwo In Frankfurt, Launch Crossover: Report
Smart’s third-generation Fortwo is a year behind schedule, which means it might be some time still until we see the car finally unveiled. To keep interest alive, Smart will reportedly unveil a pair of concepts previewing the design at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. One will be for...
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BMW Building Track For Frankfurt Auto Show Stand
BMW wants Frankfurt Auto Show goers, including both the press and the public, to experience some of their latest machines. No, they really want them to experience the cars. So much so, that the automaker is building a track for its new auto show stand. It's shaped like the infinity symbol, and it...
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Formula E electric car racing doesn’t get underway until September 2014 but the race cars that will be competing in the event’s inaugural season will be revealed this September, at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. All teams competing in Formula E’s inaugural season will use a common chassis being developed by Renault together with Spark Racing Technologies. The chassis will be called the Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E and it will feature technology from a handful of different companies including many involved in Formula One. Renault, for instance is helping with the chassis...
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Race-Inspired Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Squadra Corse Unveiled
It was only a few months ago that Lamborghini founded its Squadra Corse department to handle its motorsport activities, including its one-make series, the Blancpain Super Trofeo. The Super Trofeo race series spawned its own special-edition racing Gallardo, and now the Squadra Corse department has...
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2014 BMW i3: High-Tech Electric City Luxury
The BMW i3, or MegaCity vehicle as it was once known, has finally been unveiled, and it's an interesting mixture of traits and capabilities. But will it set the new benchmark for urban motoring when it hits the streets in 2014? To answer that question--at least preliminarily--we'll have to examine...
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2014 MINI Cooper Previewed By New Vision Concept
MINI has provided a not-so-subtle preview of the styling that will define its future range, by unveiling the new MINI Vision concept car, which the brand admits showcases various elements of its future design. The MINI Vision was unveiled overnight at the company’s design studio based in...
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Citroën Reveals Sébastien Loeb’s New WTCC Race Car
As was confirmed a month ago, Citroën is to enter the World Touring Car Championship in 2014 with at least two cars, one of which is to be driven by the French automaker’s star driver Sébastien Loeb, a winner of nine World Rally Championships and the man who just obliterated the...
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2016 Jaguar XS To Feature Aluminum Construction, Spawn Wagon And SUV: Report
Jaguar is in the early stages of development of a new sedan that will target the likes of the BMW 3-Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and spy shots of a test mule wearing crudely arranged XF body panels have already surfaced. The new car is currently doing the rounds as the “XS” and is...
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We’ve heard a lot about the autonomous car technology coming from the major automakers, but they aren’t alone in developing it. Major automotive suppliers are also responsible for much of the technology, including development of many of the components that make autonomous cars a reality. We’ve already seen what Germany’s Bosch and Continental have achieved, but now America’s TRW has given an update on its progress. TRW, based in Livonia, Michigan, but with research facilities all over the globe, will show during September’s 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show how its...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Revealed: Video
If you’re looking for one of the fastest ways to transport you and four of your friends, in luxury and style, look no further than the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC, the latest weapon in AMG’s expanding arsenal and possibly one of the fastest full-size luxury sedans ever launched...
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Forbidden Fruit: 2013 Peugeot RCZ R
French automaker Peugeot has taken the wraps off its most powerful road car to date, the 2013 RCZ R sports coupe, which makes its official debut this week at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. The stylish and somewhat quirky RCZ has been around since 2009 but the latest variant adopts...
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2014 BMW i3 Full Specs
BMW’s revolutionary i3 electric hatch is set to be revealed on the 29th of this month, and in the lead up the German automaker is drip feeding us some juicy information in addition to several new photos. Unfortunately, we still don’t have photos of the final car although our own spy...
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Opel Monza Coupe Concept Coming To Frankfurt: Report
Opel is reportedly set on bringing a rear-wheel-drive coupe to the market. The concept version of this should be arriving to wow crowds at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, and an early report from AutoExpress suggests the vehicle could take on the likes of the BMW 4-Series and the Audi A5. This...
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2013 Opel Insignia Country Tourer: Forbidden Fruit
Joining the updated Opel Insignia range at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in September will be the all-new Insignia Country Tourer, revealed today as the Opel brand’s new flagship. The vehicle is based on the Insignia Sports Tourer station wagon but gets some off-roading attributes such as...
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In 2010, Audi rolled out a new Quattro concept car to mark 30 years since the launch of the original Quattro, the Ur-Quattro, back in 1980. Talk of a production version quickly followed, but even now, three years down the track, we’re still no closer to the launch of a modern-day Quattro sports car. That hasn’t stopped rumors of a modern-day version of another Audi legend, the Sport Quattro, from making the rounds, however. Launched in 1984, the Sport Quattro was based on the original Quattro but came with a shortened wheelbase and was developed primarily for Group B rallying. A...
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Updated Opel Insignia Revealed Ahead Of 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show
Opel’s flagship Insignia sedan, hatch and Sports Tourer wagon have received a slew of updates as part of their respective mid-cycle refreshes. The updated cars won't make their debut until the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in September but have been revealed today in full. The changes follow those...
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Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition Revealed: Video
It was at the 1963 Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany that Porsche first rolled out its 901 prototype, a sports car designed by the grandson of Porsche’s founder as a replacement for the automaker’s 356 model. The car would eventually be renamed the 911 and go on to spawn seven separate...
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Ferrari 458 ‘Scuderia’ Set For Frankfurt Auto Show Debut: Report
The hardcore version of Ferrari’s 458 Italia supercar, the spiritual successor to 2007’s 430 Scuderia, is reportedly set for debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show this September. The biannual event has been favored by Ferrari of late for debuts concerning its entry-level mid-engine...
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2014 Porsche 911 Turbo Revealed: Video And Full Specs
The ultimate Porsche 911--for now, until we get a taste of the GT2--got its worldwide reveal today, ahead of a first showing at this September's 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The Porsche 911 Turbo should arrive in the U.S. for the 2014 model year, backed by some new benchmarks for efficiency and of...
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Porsche To Debut 4-Cylinder Cayman Turbo At The 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show?
Porsche’s completely-redesigned 2013 Boxster was a major step forward for the German brand, and it looks like the all-new 2013 Cayman will offer the same progress in a hard-top version. The new car certainly looks better (in our eyes, anyway), and we’ll tell you exactly how much better...
Kurt Ernst