Archive for the ‘frankfurt auto show’ Category

VIDEO: Suzuki Kizashi concepts in the round and on the road

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click above to view videosSuzuki is said to be unveiling the Kizashi 3 at next week's New York Auto Show, so we thought we'd refresh our memories about the Manga-styled Kizashi 1 and 2 concepts we saw at the Frankfurt Motor Show and Tokyo Motor Show. There's still no information about what powertra......

VW’s up! might be renamed Lupo in 2011

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The trio of Up! concepts foretell Volkswagen's re-entry into the ultra-affordable transportation business, and the interweb car lovers at World Car Fans may have cracked the name code of the cute mini. While Up! is catchy and adorable, the Germans may be playing mind games here, just like when the I......

VIDEO: Production version of the BMW X6

Saturday, October 6th, 2007
When the BMW X6 concept was revealed in Frankfurt in September, we had mixed reactions to its oversized hatchback proportions. BMW made no bones about the fact that the sleek CUV was close to its production reality, and after seeing the motion pictures on YouTube, we tend to believe them. Video of t......

Sacré Bleu! Peugeot to build the 308 RC-Z

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The 308 RC-Z concept was unveiled just a few months ago at the Frankfurt Motor Show and showed the world what the French automaker can do with the 308's new platform, all the while teasing us with its arrogant air of production feasibility. If the buzz around the French motoring press is to be belie......

VW up! van could come to U.S. because we’re fat

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
click above image to view more pics of the VW Space up! ConceptThat's right, Volkswagen thinks Americans are fat. At least that's what we take away from comments made by executives indicating that the second and larger up! concept that debuted last week at the Tokyo Motor Show could be sold in the U......

Volkswagen plans to overtake Toyota as world’s largest by 2015

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Volkswagen has revealed that it plans to take on the newly minted global leader Toyota and become the world's largest carmaker by 2015. The ambitious goal was confirmed by Michael Kern, head of sales and marketing for the Volkswagen brand, who said they aim to beat Toyota on both vehicle sales and p......

VIDEO: MINI Clubman ad banned in Frankfurt

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
BMW's MINI brand has been responsible for some unique ad campaigns in recent years, so when we first read that their latest ad had been banned in Frankfurt, our imaginations went wild. What'd they do this time? Nudity? Vulgarity? Drugs? Rock and roll? Boy were we disappointed to find out the only th......

VIDEO: Lamborghini shows off its Reventón

Friday, July 13th, 2007
Click the image above for more high-res shots of the Lamborghini ReventónIt's fast, it's rare, and it costs one million euros to own. The Reventón may well be the Lamborghini to end all Lamborghini's, but with only 20 copies ever scheduled to see their way through the assembly process, it may be ......

Frankfurt 2007: Mazda RX-8 Special Edition

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Mazda is celebrating 40 years of putting engines inspired by pony kegs in their cars by rolling out a special version of the RX-8 2+2. Mazda's official hyperbole about the RX-8 brags that the car changed customer expectations of what an affordable sports car should be when they launched the four-pla......

Frankfurt 2007: Huffenpuff Edition (Random, funny and cool stuff)

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
click the above image to view more random, funny and cool stuff from FrankfurtWe're still not finished with our posts from Frankfurt, but thought we would end this weekend with a collection of our most random, funny and cool shots from the show floor. We call it the Huffenpuff Edition, named after F......