Frankfurt Motor Show
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The small, electric hatchback bound for Europe will offer a range of 205-341 miles.
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This 2020 BMW X6 is painted in the world's blackest black
The Vantablack paint on this BMW X6 absorbs 99 percent of the light that shines on it.
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2020 Land Rover Defender leaked via set of Bond film "No Time to Die"
The 2020 Land Rover Defender was spotted undisguised on the set of the new James Bond film "No Time to Die."
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Continental looks to improve safety with its latest tire concepts
It's always amazing to see what tire manufacturers are dreaming up for the future. Most of the time, it's a concept based in the distant future when nano bots are able to repair your self-healing tires as your autonomous pod whisks you to an AI-controlled beachfront home. This time, however...
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BMW bringing back CSL nameplate as part of 4-tier M strategy
Right now, if you want the most potent version of a BMW M model, the GTS badge represents the top of the ladder. There is only one on offer, the M4 GTS. Soon, however, the GTS is likely to go away, and in its place we will find a CSL badge. In fact, multiple M cars could get the badge. These will...
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Suzuki debuts an all-new 2018 Swift Sport in Frankfurt
Suzuki bowed out of the U.S. market in late 2012. Its final products were actually well-built machines in the Kizashi mid-size sedan and SX4 compact hatchback. The problem was that no one was buying them, you couldn't find a dealership even if you wanted to buy one, and brand awareness on the auto...
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The partnership between Renault-Nissan and Daimler will bear its first major fruit in 2014. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, has announced Infiniti will base an upcoming luxury compact on a Mercedes-Benz platform. Nissan and Daimler made their partnership official last April, stating at the time that everything from engines to vehicle architectures to supply lines could and would be shared in time. Rumors of the products to come from the relationship have included an E-Class-based Infiniti G and/or M sedan, and a B-Class-based DX front-drive small crossover among others. The first of the...
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Ford Evos Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
A plug-in hybrid sports coupe from Ford? That's the Evos Concept, and though it's a front-driver, the design is sleek, modern and clean, and it's serving as a preview of the future of Ford's Kinetic design theme. It's also a look into the near-ish future of Ford powertrains, airing a...
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato Design, Engineering In Detail: Video
Live from the floor of the Frankfurt Auto Show, Aston Martin director of design Marek Reichman and product development director Ian Minards talk in detail about the V12 Zagato, its prototype history, and the design and engineering that go into it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the V12 Zagato shares some...
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Lamborghini LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Earlier this week we brought you the first official details and images of the limited-edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale, and now we have live images direct from its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The images show just what you'd expect: one mean-looking Gallardo. As...
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Audi Urban Spyder Concept Mega-Gallery: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
The Audi Urban Concept is one of those cars we love and hate at the same time. Why? Because it's achingly cool in a futuristic, these-are-the-cars-we-were-promised-as-kids kind of way, but at the same time, still completely out of reach for the real world. The Spyder just adds to the discord with...
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2012 Mercedes DTM AMG C-Coupe: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Like its recently-unveiled Audi and BMW counterparts, the 2012 Mercedes DTM AMG C-Coupe is built around a carbon fiber monocoque, finned like a mutant manta ray, and powered by a 500-horsepower 4.0-liter V-8 engine. We want one. Unfortunately, the roughly 2,300-pound (with driver) DTM AMG C-Coupe...
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Revealed in detail yesterday ahead of its official unveiling in Frankfurt today, the 2013 Lexus GS 450h shows its hybrid mettle in a metallic silver paint job. Will it have the right stuff to take on the Infiniti M35h? It certainly looks the part. The 3.5-liter V-6's high compression ratio and Atkinson-cycle valve timing contribute to fuel efficiency while still loosing 338 ponies from beneath the hood, in concert with the hybrid electric motor. That's enough grunt to get to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, though most onlookers will probably still be mesmerized onto the car's angular, dramatic front...
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Volkswagen Beetle R Concept Preview, Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Sharing its core underpinnings with the Golf has raised some questions as to why one might prefer the Beetle, though the car's iconic aesthetics are the obvious reason. It turns out that sharing is a good thing for performance fans, though, as Volkswagen has unveiled a Beetle R Concept today in...
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Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Concept: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
If your wallet is too small for all your crisp new $100 bills and your seventh home in Monaco is starting to feel a bit claustrophobic, perhaps you need to upgrade your Bentley Mulsanne to the new Executive Interior Concept unveiled today in Frankfurt and go for a drive. That's right: if your...
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Alfa Romeo 4C Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
First shown at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the original Alfa Romeo 4C Concept grabbed us by the throat and got our attention with its stunning looks, light weight, and high performance. The revised concept unveiled today in Frankfurt keeps that aggressive attraction going. Still weighing in at a...
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2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
When we took the wheel of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe on the Circuito Monteblanco in Spain earlier this year, we knew AMG had something special on its hands. Far more focused and capable on track, it is a true competitor to the BMW M3. The Black Series takes the car to yet another level of...
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Volvo Concept You Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Billed as an evolution of the Concept Universe, the latest forward-looking design out of Volvo is the Concept You, unveiled today in Frankfurt. Taking the full-size sedan conceptualization to the next level might hint that plans for a futuristic Volvo flagship might not be as dead as previously...
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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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Ford Fiesta ST Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
Unveiled 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 Show
Shooting 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 Show
Infiniti'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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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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