Honda are showing the CR-Z Concept at Tokyo – a three door sports coupe hybrid – which will launch in the UK in 2010 Honda are calling the CR-Z a concept. But it’s not. It’s actually one of those ‘Concept’ cars that is ready to roll. It’s not a flight of fancy, but a production-ready […]
Mazda Tokyo Motor Show Press Release
Mazda Global Premiere of Eco-Friendly and Powerful Next Generation ‘SKY-G’ and ‘SKY-D’ Engines, and Sky-Drive Automatic Transmission at Tokyo Motor Show 2009 * Mazda Kiyora concept car, which achieves 3.1 l/100 km fuel economy, to make its Japan debut Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of its next-generation engine line-up and automatic transmissions […]
Mazda Kiyora Concept & SKY Tech
Mazda is taking the futuristic Kiyora Concept to the Tokyo Motor Show, together with their new SKY engines and transmission. Despite the world’s car makers staying away from the Tokyo Motor Show next month, the home-grown makers are expected to put on a bit of a show, and Mazda has revealed that they will be […]
Tokyo Motor Show – Japanese only (almost)
Hyundai has become the last major, non-domestic car manufacturer to pull out of the Tokyo Motor Show. The annual motor shows around the world were once the only place your average petrol-head could get his/her fix of high-octane fumes. Lots of new sheet metal – from supercars to the more prosaic – they were prepared […]
SEAT Leon Cupra R – Frankfurt catchup
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 […]