Frankfurt Motor Show

  • 2011 Brabus High Performance 4WD Full Electric concept car

    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 all-wheel drive) good for 429 horsepower and a suspiciously additive 2,360 pound-feet of torque, Brabus' latest creation is based on the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and goes by "Brabus High Performance 4WD Full Electric concept car." Despite the very impressive power and torque figures, the electric Brabus...

  • 2012 Audi RS5 live photos
    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...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC live photos
    2012 Bentley Continental GTC Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    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...

  • 2012 Audi A5 DTM race car live photos
    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...

  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale
    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...

  • 2012 Ford Focus ST
    2012 Ford Focus ST Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    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.

  • Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition

    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 we're all familiar with, though a few unique aesthetic tweaks will mark them out for the sharp-eyed buyer: 10-spoke gloss black diamond-turned wheels, a range of brake caliper colors, a "warm black" grille, carbon fiber mirror covers, carbon fiber tail light accents, and smoked tail light covers...

  • 2012 Audi A5 DTM race car live photos
    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.

  • 2012 Ford Focus ST
    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...

  • Vauxhall/Opel electric car concept for 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Vauxhall/Opel Electric Car Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Preview

    Tiny electric cars of non-standard configuration appear to be all the rage at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show, with Audi and Volkswagen already whipping the sheets off their contenders. The latest entry is an as-yet-unnamed Vauxhall/Opel two-seat electric car with wheels placed more narrowly in the...

  • Fisker Surf concept teaser image
    Fisker Surf Concept Preview: Plug-In Hybrid Shooting Brake

    The Frankfurt Auto Show is ramping up its action a full week out of the first press days, and the latest to join the fray is the Fisker Surf concept. In this teaser image, we get an idea of what to expect, and it's good. Fisker hasn't had a hard time generating the right curves and lines to get...

  • Alfa Romeo 4C Concept teaser for 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
    Alfa Romeo Teases Revised 4C Concept For Frankfurt

    The Alfa Romeo 4C concept took the Geneva Motor Show by storm earlier this year, then really got us going with confirmation from CEO Harald Wester that it would be coming to the U.S. in production form. Now a new version of the 4C concept is being teased ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show, hinting...

  • 2012 Audi S6 spy shots

    The first spy shots of the upcoming 2012 Audi S6 emerged in March, and surprisingly, it wasn't wearing anything in the way of camouflage. Perhaps with the new A6 already out and about, Audi thought it would slip under the radar--but it didn't, and it hasn't this time, either, as our spies captured the car in testing again, including shots of the carbon fiber-clad interior. The 2012 S6 is expected to get a punchier version of Audi's upcoming 4.0-liter V-8 engine, taking the place of the 435-horsepower V-10 engine in the current 2011 S6. Leaked specs for the car peg the new V-8's output at 434...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC facelift spy shots
    2012 Bentley Continental GTC Coming To Frankfurt?

    The 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show is revving up to be a good one, and Bentley's GTC is angling to be one of the stars.

  • Lexus grille
    2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: New Lexus Compact for Europe?

    We've told you about the new Lexus compact car being developed for markets outside the U.S. Now, Autocar magazine reports the new vehicle will have a fall debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in September. The proposed new Lexus would challenge the likes of the BMW 1-Series and the new Mercedes A-...

  • 2011 Audi A8 preview
    Audi A1 and A8 will miss September’s Frankfurt Motor Show

    Audi is working on a handful of new models set for launch over the next 12 months but despite the prominence of the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show two of the key models won’t be appearing. The cars are the all-new A1 minicar and next-generation A8 flagship. Both cars are expected to be...

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