Auto China 2024 Was Riddled With International Stars; One Blew Everyone Out of the Water
2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
Frankfurt 2011: Land Rover DC100 Concept · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 09:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The decades have been king to the Porsche 911 - though it went thorough a couple of rough spots, it emerged a better car. The same couldn’t be said about the rugged Land Rover Defender, which is more than six decades old now. While it has ...
Frankfurt 2011: Citroen DS5 · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 09:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Citroen DS5 was actually revealed this April ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, but we never got a chance to take a closer look at this exciting new member of the ‘goddess’ family. The DS5 is a five-door hatch, with a coupe-lik...
Frankfurt 2011: Fiat Panda · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 09:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With over 2 million Fiat Pandas having been made, the little car is one of the most successful models in its segment. However, the design was getting a bit dated and the introduction of Euro 5 engines just couldn’t revive sales. Fiat has t...
Frankfurt 2011: Citroen Tubik Concept · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Citroen loves to do the retro thing, so it’s gone into the past to bring us their future. The Tubik concept, unveiled for the first time at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, is there to pay homage o the legendary 1939 Tub van and its replacement ...
Frankfurt 2011: Honda Civic Hatchback · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 08:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Honda Swindon plant in the UK has managed to pull off a very joyful looking car with the new generation of Honda Civic hatchback for the European market. Since the previous one was such a revolutionary design when it came out, we had our doubts...
Frankfurt 2011: Peugeot HX1 Concept · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 08:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first time we took notice of Peugeot’s HX1 was when they released a video showing the innovative concept. It wasn’t the cool doors or the subtle but elegant design that got us, but the fact that they were marketing it as cool, youth...
Frankfurt 2011: Lancia Flavia Cabrio · Live Photos
15 Sep 2011, 07:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’re keeping up to date with the whole Fiat-Chrysler badge swapping, then you’ll be familiar with the Lancia Flavia that's actually a Chrysler 200, which is actually the Sebring, in disguise. Originally, it was expected th...
Volkswagen Beetle R Concept Unveiled in Frankfurt · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 16:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve know that Volkswagen is likely to come up with a hot version of the new Beetle for a while now, and many graphic designers from across the world have dared to dream up their versions, but they should dream no more - the Beetle R has bee...
Frankfurt 2011: Toyota Yaris · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 16:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s contender to the European citycar market has just hit the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show for its big debut. The cute compact is offered with a choice of three different engines, two of which are petrols - a 1.0-liter VT-i and 1.33-liter...
Frankfurt 2011: SEAT IBL Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 15:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After we brought you the official images of the SEAT IBL Concept, it’s now time to give you our take on the car and its design language from first-hand experience in Frankfurt. The president of the carmaker says this is a sports saloon tha...
Frankfurt 2011: Skoda MissionL Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 15:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve taken a closer look at Skoda’s new MissionL concept on the Frankfurt Show floor, and what we once thought to be a conservative design turned out to be an actually production model without door handles. It’s got production br...
Frankfurt 2011: Ford Evos Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 15:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seeing as this Ford has gone and revealed the Evos concept in Frankfurt, which it claims premieres their “first truly new global design language”, the Ford fan in us had to go check it out, especially seeing as this is the shape of thin...
Frankfurt 2011: Maserati Kubang Concept SUV · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you couldn’t make it down to the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show to see the Maserati SUV, we’ve got you covered with a full set of live pictures. The reveal was very interesting, as the Italian company is pledging that the Kubang will be 10...
Volkswagen Unveils Caddy Edition 30 in Frankfurt
14 Sep 2011, 14:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf turned 35 and it got a powerful 2.0-liter petrol engine, some big wheels and plenty of stickers and badges. But now it’s the turn of the Caddy to be celebrated, as it turns 30 next year. To mark the occasion, Volkswagen has create...
Frankfurt 2011: Volkswagen cross up! Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 13:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Cheap small cars are usually hard to design and engineer. You either skip on quality or go with less features, and Volkswagen probably went for the latter solution with the production Up. However, once you managed to pull off a great little city ru...
Frankfurt 2011: Volkswagen GT up! Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 13:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen might not limit the Up name to just the production version of the citycar, as a whole family of exciting new concepts was unveiled in Frankfurt. One of the most interesting in our opinion is the GT up! Though some people might not lik...
Frankfurt 2011: MINI Cooper S Coupe and JCW Coupe · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new MINI coupe is one busy little car, as it’s going on a new adventure every day, but we managed to finally catch up with it when it stopped in Frankfurt to pose and show off. The British have actually brought down a couple of car design...
Frankfurt 2011: BMW 1-Series · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 12:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW’s new 1-Series is already a familiar sight, but there’s no denying it will be a key piece of the marketing and sales puzzle for the Bavarians. Our first impressions are that they’ve dealt with some of the major drawbacks from ...
Frankfurt 2011: Subaru XV Crossover · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 12:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve seen a green concept this year, a little teaser, and yesterday we brought you official photos from the manufacturer showing the the XV crossover from Subaru. We’re still a bit disappointing with the BRZ, but getting up close and p...
Frankfurt 2011: Land Rover DC100 Sport Concept · Live Photos
14 Sep 2011, 11:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve caught up with Land Rover’s DC100 Sport in Frankfurt, and we have to say that this car deserves its own movie, it’s that cool. This is the second DC100 concept to be released after the regular two-door. We thing Land Ro...