The SEAT Leon Cupra R – featuring the same 265bhp engine as the Golf R – has made its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. We thought we’d vindicated ourselves yesterday with our report on the SEAT IBZ Concept from Frankfurt. We knew we’d missed out covering SEAT, but the IBZ was the main launch. […]
SEAT IBZ Concept Frankfurt Press Release
Family-sized SEAT IBIZA concept IBZ WOWS FRANKFURT * Family-friendly shape points to forthcoming third member of the Ibiza range * Sharp, dynamic exterior is combined with functional, stylish interior * Sporty Spanish brand continues ambitious design innovation SEAT is showcasing the stunning IBZ Concept at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The star of the SEAT […]
SEAT IBZ Concept – Frankfurt catchup
SEAT showed off the IBZ Concept at Frankfurt – the preview of the SEAT Ibiza Sport Tourer for 2010 / 2011. Shame on us for not covering anything last week on SEAT from the Frankfurt Show. In our defence, we did cover the hot Leon – the SEAT Leon Cupra R – when we first […]
Toyoya iQ Collection & iQ for Sports at Frankfurt
Toyota has brought a couple of customised iQs to Frankfurt – the iQ Collection and iQ for Sports. Despite it looking like all that Toyota were interested in at Frankfurt was more and more Hybrid stuff – from the Auris Hybrid to the plug-in Prius – they did manage to reveal a new Land Cruiser […]
Maserati GranCabrio Frankfurt Press Release
Frankfurt, September 15, 2009 – The GranCabrio, the first four-seater convertible in the history of Maserati, makes its international début today at the Frankfurt International Auto Show. The GranCabrio – the third prong of the Trident – completes Maserati’s product line-up that now consists of three different families of models: Quattroporte, GranTurismo and GranCabrio – […]
New Italian Supercars at Frankfurt
Despite the recession, the Frankfurt Motor Show saw new Supercars from Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari launched. Yes, the world’s in financial turmoil. No one seems to have any money, and if they have they’re not spending it. So this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show was pretty ‘Green’ in focus. Lots of headlines about electric boxes and […]
Audi R8 Spyder – Frankfurt catchup +video
Audi unveiled the convertible R8 at Frankfurt – the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro. We have pictures from the show and video. I think we were perhaps a bit dismissive about the Audi R8 Spyder when we reported on it on Tuesday. Or perhaps we were just starting to get snowed under with Frankfurt […]
Lexus GS 450h – Frankfurt reveal
Lexus has updated the GS450h for 2010 with styling tweaks, new technology and a new pre-crash safety system. We seem to have missed this one somewhere along the line. We can’t remember seeing it on the floor at Frankfurt, and it’s not in any of the thousands of photos we’ve got from Frankfurt. So it’s […]
Skoda Superb Combi – Frankfurt Catchup
Skoda has launched the Superb Estate at Frankfurt – the Skoda Superb Combi – offering vast amounts of load-lugging ability and a wide choice of engines. A few weeks ago we reported on a teaser picture Skoda had released of the new Superb Estate – the Skoda Superb Combi – but with all the news […]
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept – Frankfurt catchup
BMW has revealed the Vision EffecientDynamics Concept at Frankfurt, featuring a 1.5 litre turbo-diesel and 2 electric motors. There is little to beat the sound of a burbling V8. Or the wail of a V10 reaching the upper limits of its rev range. Or even the bark of a V12 – especially a Ferrari V12 […]