Frankfurt Auto Show
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Love it or hate it, the SUV has taken the luxury market by storm since its introduction, and only a few brands still don't have at least one offering in the segment. That number is one smaller today, however, as Maserati introduced the Kubang at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The first thing you're likely to notice about the Kubang is its name. It's not entirely new, as strange as it may sound: Maserati showed a concept SUV under the same name at the 2003 Detroit Auto Show. This time around, however, the Kubang leverages corporate parent Fiat's new-found synergies with Chrysler's Jeep brand...
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Ford Fiesta ST Concept Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Though its bigger, production-bound brother, the 2012 Focus ST, stole the hot-hatch limelight yesterday, today Ford released the Fiesta ST Concept, and it just might be the more interesting of the two. Packing a 177-horsepower turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine inside an exterior that...
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2012 Ford Focus ST Hatchback Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Live photos of the upcoming 2012 Ford Focus ST from the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show give us a taste of what to expect when the car arrives here in the U.S.
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Brabus All-Electric, AWD Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
There's no dearth of delicious OEM sheet metal in the halls of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, but that's no reason to overlook the aftermarket--particularly when it's as impressive as Brabus' all-electric rendition of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Powered by four in-wheel electric motors (making it...
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Lamborghini Confirms 20 Sesto Elemento Supercars To Be Built
Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelman confirmed today in Frankfurt that 20 Sesto Elemento supercars will be built. Unfortunately, all 20 are already spoken for, but such is the way of the extreme upper echelon of the car world. The Sesto Elemento is almost entirely built of carbon fiber, powered by a...
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2012 Audi RS5 Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
We're finally getting some more RS loving from Audi, and it's coming in the svelte form of the 2012 RS5. Sure, we'll have to wait until next year, but for now, we have these live images of the car from the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. With a 450-horsepower, 4.2-liter V-8, quattro all-wheel drive, and...
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Six liters of W-12 goodness. Five-hundred sixty-seven horsepower. A convertible top. Classic style through a modern lens. The 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. When the 2012 Continental GTC first showed its face to the web in August, it revealed the characteristically fine craftwork and attention to detail Bentley has built its brand on, and these live photos back that up with an extra dose of visual impact. If you want one of your own, grab the nearest $212,800 and phone up your local Bentley dealer. It goes on sale later this year.
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2012 Audi A5 DTM Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
What's wrong with a hot German sports coupe getting a full-on, ground-up, carbon fiber monocoque race treatment? Nothing at all, that's what. Here's the proof. These live images of the 2012 Audi A5 DTM car show that, whatever BMW's M3 DTM car and Mercedes-Benz's AMG DTM car have to offer on track...
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Kia GT concept revealed ahead of 2011 Frankfurt auto show
It has certainly taken the company too long to get around to designing a sports car, but Kia's first rear-wheel drive car is a beauty, and it's packing a V-6 turbo, too. Perhaps it's making up for lost time. Kia says it's been thinking about a high-performance rear-drive car for a while now, but...
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Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept: Fuel Cells Still Waiting On Tomorrow
While the rest of the auto world dives deeply hybrids and electric cars at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is still convinced the hydrogen fuel cell is the powertrain of the future--absolutely by the year 2050, and likely much sooner than that if new hydrogen-storage technology can...
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Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version debuts at 2011 Frankfurt auto show
Previewed with scant details and only a handful of photos 11 days ago, the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel version is now officially out, and it's a bruiser of a crossover. While it's not quite as maniacal as, say BMW's X6 M, the 414-horsepower FX is still capable of 60 mph in 5.6 seconds. It also...
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
The Lamborghini Gallardo is growing a bit long in the tooth, due for replacement in the next year or so, and it's starting to show it. Never you mind that, however, as there's another special-edition version out today in Frankfurt: the LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Despite its slightly...
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The 2012 Ford Focus gets a high-performance hot-hatch variant in the form of the 2012 Focus ST, revealed in Frankfurt and on its way to the U.S.
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Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition Gets New Colors
The Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition, first released in late 2009, today gets a pair of new colors as it preps to debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Flame Orange and Ceramic Grey join the existing Carbon Black color for the new release. The Carbon Edition DBS is essentially the same DBS...
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Supercar Gets New Options
Making its official world debut tomorrow at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show is the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, the open-top version of the SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ that was first launched in ’09. Mercedes-Benz will be using the Frankfurt stage to also announce a handful of new...
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2012 Audi A5 DTM Race Car: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
The 2012 Audi A5 DTM is a purpose-built racer with little more than some visual cues in common with the production car, but it'll do battle with the companies primary rivals, both on and off track: Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
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Mercedes-Benz F125 Hydrogen Gullwing Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Pointing the way towards the design of the next-generation S-Class and CL-Class is the brand new 2011 Mercedes-Benz F125 hydrogen-fueled gullwing coupe concept. The striking concept car will be on show this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, which officially kicks off tomorrow, but many of its...
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Suzuki Swift Sport debuts at 2011 Frankfurt auto show
The Suzuki Swift Sport is the very definition of a hot hatch, with the previous generation of the car winning accolades for its serious street performance, bargain pricing and cute styling. Now the second generation model is about to start tearing up the sales chart, but sadly, a U.S. launch for...
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On the eve of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, Audi has pulled the wraps of its new Urban Concept and in the process reaffirmed the automaker’s intention to provide future customers with multiple solutions for reduced emissions, congestion and fuel consumption. The Audi Urban Concept, of which there are both a coupe with a sliding roof, as well as a Spyder convertible, is purely a design study though many elements showcased may one day feature on Audi’s future models. The Urban is described as a 1+1 vehicle running purely on electric power and constructed mostly of lightweight...
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2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Coverage
Summer is officially over, and those of us lucky to have had some time off are most likely back at the office now. However, with the end of summer also comes the first major auto show of the new model year, in this case, the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, press days for which kick off on Tuesday...
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Maserati's Frankfurt Auto Show SUV Concept Leaked?
We already knew that a Maserati SUV concept based around the award-winning 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee platform would be unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13, but now, just days out from the event, an alleged image of the luxury off-road concept has leaked onto the Web. Appearing...
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Audi Details New Twin-Turbo 4.0-Liter V-8 Engine
The S6, S7 and S8 will all feature a new V-8 engine that Audi has detailed ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show. The engine will also be featured in the Bentley Continental GT.
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Saab Thrown To The Wolves, 2012 Focus ST, New Mercedes Models: Today's Car News
Saab has been denied bankruptcy protection by a Swedish court. [MotorAuthority] The abandoned Acura NSX in Dubai has been sold for parts. [MotorAuthority] Audi's TT RS race car is ready for sale. [MotorAuthority] Beware hippies: black bears may steal and wreck your Prius. [GreenCarReports] The 2012...
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Michael Schumacher To Unveil 2012 Mercedes-Benz DTM Race Car In Frankfurt
Mercedes GP Formula 1 drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg will help present Mercedes’ new C-Class Coupe based race car that will compete in the 2012 season of Germany’s DTM touring car series. The presentation will take place at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show on September 13...
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