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Though the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster has already made its North American debut at Laguna Seca, complete with a video walkaround from product manager Rob Moran, we can't skip the opportunity to bring you these live images from the floor of the Frankfurt show. The Frankfurt showing is, after all, its official debut. Powered by the same 571-horsepower, 6.3-liter AMG V-8 engine found in the hardtop SLS AMG, the Roadster is capable of 197 mph--even with the top down. Of course, you'll have to give up the iconic gullwing doors if you opt for the Roadster, but that's not too big a loss;...
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Subaru XV Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowRevealed in concept form at this year's Shanghai Auto Show and teased in production trim last month, the Subaru XV crossover is on the floor of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. American Subaru fans will note (very strong) similarities to what we call the Outback Sport, but Subaru is billing the XV as...
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Ford Fiesta ST Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowUnveiled this morning to the web's salivating hordes of hot-hatch mongers, the Fiesta ST Concept is a tantalizing piece of small-footprint sportiness. And it looks just as good in person as it does in the official images. Dressed in a sharp shade of red with some nice five-spoke alloy wheels and...
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2013 Fisker Surf Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowShooting brake, n.: (1) A sports car, generally a two-door coupe, with an elongated roof and hatchback-like rear cargo area; (2) completely awesome. The 2013 Fisker Surf, though it's a five-door and perhaps more accurately categorized as a sports hatchback or as a member of the funky new breed of...
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2015 Infiniti Electric Sedan Sketch: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowInfiniti's mainstream sister brand, Nissan, has been selling the LEAF electric vehicle just about as quickly as it can build it, but so far, there's been no luxury version for the premium marque. That's going to change in 2014 according to a speech given by Shiro Nakamura, Infiniti's chief creative...
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Maserati Kubang SUV Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowLove 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...
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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 draws inspiration from the Fiesta RS WRC rally car, the new Fiesta ST Concept is smaller, lighter, and perhaps a bit more focused than the Focus ST. Europeans, of course, will be excited, as they had the previous generation of the Fiesta ST available for sale. The new Fiesta ST Concept looks like it...
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2012 Ford Focus ST Hatchback Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowLive 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 ShowThere'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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2012 Audi RS5 Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowWe'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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2012 Bentley Continental GTC Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowSix 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...
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2012 Audi A5 DTM Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowWhat'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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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 make it from engineering concept into reality. When it does happen, Daimler AG chairman Dieter Zetsche says hopefully, the "battle for command of oil will be a thing of the past." Zetsche says that channeling the most "democratic" of fuels--hydrogen is the most abundant element on earth, though it's...
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2012 Ford Focus ST Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowThe 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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2013 Lexus GS 450h Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowThe 2013 Lexus GS 350 was just revealed a few weeks ago at Pebble Beach, and now it's time for it's bigger, hybrid brother to take the stage: the 2013 GS 450h has made its debut ahead of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 sporting an Atkinson Cycle valve timing, 13:1...
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2012 Audi A5 DTM Race Car: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowThe 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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2011 Frankfurt Auto Show CoverageSummer 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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2012 Porsche 911 To Make North American Debut At Rennsport Reunion IVPorsche will unveil next 911 at Laguna Seca in October.
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There's no real explanation for the content of this video other than some creative ad guy thought it worked and Lotus' execs apparently didn't bother to look too closely. Fortunately, there are at least a few milliseconds of the car it's ostensibly teasing ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show buried in the middle. You won't be able to make out much, and you're sure to be confused by the boxer, the title, and most of the rest of the video, but we don't have long to wait now before all is explained--or at least revealed. It looks like it might be the next-gen Exige, but it could just be the Evora...
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2011 Jaguar C-X16 Concept Mega-Gallery: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowJaguar's C-X75 concept, as wild as it is, is still headed for (very limited) production. The latest concept, due for a complete unveiling at the Frankfurt Auto Show, is the C-X16 Production Concept, shown here in the first official images, and it looks much more like something that will see...
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Fisker Surf Concept Preview: Plug-In Hybrid Shooting BrakeThe 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...
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2012 Lotus Exige Spy ShotsWith Lotus recently announcing its Elise and Exige ‘Final Edition’ models for the U.S., the automaker from Hethel will soon have only the Evora in its lineup. That situation won’t last for long, however, as Lotus is working on a completely revamped Exige for the 2012 model year...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto ShowBellissimo! Alfa Romeo has unveiled what’s destined to be one of the most popular attractions at next month’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, a new version of the stunning 4C mid-engine sport car concept first unveiled in March. The original concept took the 2011 Geneva Motor Show by storm...
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BMW Showcases Thermoelectric Technology In 5-SeriesEven the most efficient internal combustion engine can only convert about one-third of the energy derived from fossil fuels into the mechanical kinetic energy needed to power a car. The rest of the energy is mostly wasted, either through exhaust heat, through the engine’s cooling system, or...
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