Skip to main content

FrankfurtMotorShow

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Hyundai ix-Metro concept is all white by us
    1253127000

    Hyundai ix-Metro concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Hyundai returned to Frankfurt a far bigger player than it was two years prior. The Korean company has leapt up the sales standings to become the world's fourth largest automaker, eclipsing such major players as Ford and ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Ford Focus ECOnetic gets down to 99 g/km of CO2
    1253123220

    2010 Ford Focus ECOnetic - click above for high res image gallery
    Ford has been offering a low CO2 ECOnetic version of the European Focus for over a year now, but a newly-refreshed version is being unveiled in Frankfurt this week. The main upgrade from the existing car is the addition of a new ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Mercedes-Benz S500 Vision Plug-in Hybrid broods quietly
    1253118360

    Mercedes-Benz S500 Vision Plug-In Hybrid - Click above for a high-res gallery
    Mercedes is working to complete the circle, combining the frugality of its smallest A- and B-Class offerings with the luxury of its S-Class offerings. For the U.S. the S400 Hybrid began the earnest trek down that road, ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Citroen REVOLTe is... exactly that
    1253115540

    Citroen REVOLTe – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Between storming the Bastille and a national rejection of the Venus razor, the French certainly know the meaning of the word "revolt". Interesting, then, that Citroen knowingly used the word – albeit Francofied with a ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: BMW ActiveHybrid X6 throws down
    1253105760

    BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Your dilemma: you have a burning desire for a 5,000 pound, four-passenger truck that accelerates as fast as your Dodge Challenger, but you want to use as little gasoline as possible while doing so. BMW feels your pain, and they have a ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Mazda MX-5 Superlight makes us wonder how we'd spend our other two wishes
    1253056380

    Mazda MX-5 Superlight concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    If you're one of the many enthusiasts out there oohing and ahhing over the pair of pre-production Mini concepts that debuted in Frankfurt today, know that the BMW division isn't the only one here with a tempting ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Lexus LF-Ch Concept hits, misses
    1253049840

    Lexus LF-Ch Concept - click above image for hi-res gallery
    We spent over 40 minutes photographing the oddly named Lexus LF-Ch Concept and still aren't sure what we think of it. From certain angles it's brilliant – everything the Lincoln Concept C tried to be, but wasn't. Yet from other ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Porsche confirms development of electric sportscar
    1253043420

    Ruf Greenster concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Quick trivia question: what automaker was the first to build a hybrid automobile? Did you guess Honda or Toyota? Interestingly, a full 109 years ago, Professor Ferdinand Porsche built a fully functional hybrid automobile, though it ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept is mean German green
    1253033760

    BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
    BMW hosted a lengthy press conference during which cars zoomed all around its raised track, and at the end the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept silently took the stage. It's a glass-topped Hot Wheels with two engines, a ...

  • 0
    Frankfurt 2009: Audi e-tron is red outside, nice inside
    1253029200

    Audi e-tron concept -- Click above for high-res image gallery
    The Audi e-tron concept has a few good things going for it on the outside, like lustrous red paint, some wicked cool taillights, and... well... maybe something else that's escaped us. Sadly, those things are overcome by the chrome ...

Loading

Loading
Autoblog iPhone App