Volkswagen has revealed the VW up! ahead of its debut at Frankfurt, but it’s a traditional FWD up!, not the Rear-Engined of the Concept up!. Volkswagen has been trailing the VW up! forever. Well, four years – since Frankfurt 2007. And now finally – ahead of Frankfurt 2012 – we get the production version of the 2012 […]
New Mercedes SLK 55 AMG (2012) blasts in
The new, range-stopping SLK – the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG – has been revealed ahead of Frankfurt 2011. On sale in the UK early 2012. Just last week we had the first diesel SLK arrive, promising a new era of fun and frugal Mercedes roadster goodness – but with an oil-burner. But now we’ve got the ‘Daddy’ SLK, the new […]
Kia 4-Door Concept heading to Frankfurt 2011
Kia is to unveil a 4-door Concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, thought to be a RWD V8 based on the Hyundai Genesis. It really is remarkable, the pace of change at Kia. Once the butt of as many jokes as Skoda at the height of their ‘Skip-on-Wheels’ era, Kia is now a […]
New Porsche 911 (2012) leaks out
The first photos of the 2012 Porsche 911 have leaked out, more than a month before the 911 is due to debut at Frankfurt. You could argue, quite convincingly, that the first photos of the new Porsche 911 for 2012 are not exactly a big deal. And in some ways you’d be right. You’d be right because we’ve had endless spy shots of […]
Jaguar C-X16 ‘production concept’ car revealed ahead of Frankfurt
Jaguar has released a single sketch of the Jaguar C-X16 ‘production concept’ car ahead of a debut at Frankfurt – the Jaguar XE. We’ve been running stories on Jaguar’s spiritual successor to the E-Type – the Jaguar XE – for what seems like an eternity. Now, finally, the reality starts to catch up with the expectation with the […]
Lexus GS (2012) spotted undisguised in China
Lexus has worked hard to keep the 2012 Lexus GS under wraps ahead of the Pebble Beach reveal, but has been spied undisguised in China. Despite the best efforts of Toyota to keep the 2012 Lexus GS under wraps, they obviously forgot that everyone in China now has a mobile with a camera on it, […]
Smart fortwo ED (that’s the electric one) 3rd Gen in 2012
Smart has revealed the 3rd generation of the electric Smart fortwo ED. It will debut at Frankfurt 2011 and go on sale in Spring 2012. You’ve got to admire Mercedes for persevering with the Smart, despite not exactly setting the car sales charts on fire. Even braver is their faith in producing an electric Smart when electric cars are just not selling. Still, […]
New Suzuki Swift Sport (2012) revealed – well, one photo.
Following on from the Concept Suzuki revealed of the 2012 Swift Sport at Geneva, we now have the first photo of the production 2012 Suzuki Swift Sport ahead of Frankfurt reveal. At the Geneva Motor Show in the Spring we got a sport concept of the new Suzuki Swift which Suzuki dubbed the Swift S-CONCEPT, even though we all knew it was […]
Subaru XV: production XV teased ahead of Frankfurt
Subaru showed the Subaru XV Concept at the Shangai Motor Show earlier this year and are now teasing the production version ahead of Frankfurt. Crossovers are where it’s at today. Every car maker wants a crossover in their range and Subaru is no different. Which is why they rolled out the XV Concept at Shanghai. […]
New Hyundai i30 (2012) previewed ahead of Frankfurt
Hyundai has released the first image of the next generation Hyundai i30 – expected to launch in early 2012 – ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. It’s easy to think of the Hyundai i30 as part of the new wave of Euro-centric Hyundai’s. But it’s now four years old and starting to look like ‘Old’ Hyundai, so we’re […]