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Kia Kee Concept
2007-10-08 13:08:00 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI An aggressive Kia coupe concept explores new styling Kues. Quick, what comes to mind when you think of Kia? Value for the money could be a prime candidate. However, anonymous styling is also likely. Current Kias are about as sexy and shapely as a loaf of bread. Not even a nice baguette; just a ... More About: Concept Car , Concept
2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet - Official Photos & Info
2007-10-05 18:48:00 BY STEVE SILER It?s official: the 911 lineup adds yet another sibling. We almost didn?t write about this car since, well, there?s so little cutting-edge news here, but then we said, ?What the heck?? since it?s such good eye candy. So here goes: Hear ye! Hear ye! Behold the 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo cabriolet! A car that looks, ... More About: Photos , Info , Cabriolet
2008 Audi A8
2007-10-05 18:37:00 BY JAKE HOLMES, PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID DEWHURST AND THE MANUFACTURER Updates increase safety and silence. Audi is doing the final primping to the A8, which will bow as a 2008 refresh in September at the Frankfurt auto show. The basic formula hasn?t changed: Buyers still choose between a 4.2-liter V-8 and a 6.0-liter W-12, and the A8 still ... More About: Sedan
2008 Saab Turbo X
2007-10-05 18:25:00 BY JAKE HOLMES This limited-edition model commemorates 30 years of boosted Saab s. Thirty years ago, Saab chose the Frankfurt auto show to unveil a new performance model. That car was the Saab 99 Turbo , Saab?s first attempt at using turbocharging to pump up engine performance, and it gave the little hatchback more than 140 horsepower. Limited color ... More About: Sedan , 2008
2008 BMW 128i and 135i Coupes: Official Photos and Info
2007-10-04 15:25:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON Munich?s poorly kept 1-series secret is out. Yea! Hooray! It?s officially official! BMW will be selling the 1-series coupe in the U.S.! Okay, so we realize it wasn?t the best-kept secret, but now that the company has issued a press release and we figure there?s no taking it back, we?re really beginning to get ... More About: Photos , Info , Coupes , Official , Coupe
Daihatsu OFC-1 and HSC (Heart & Smile Mover)
2007-10-04 15:10:00 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI Daihatsu scoops up awards for the cutest car and goofiest name in Frankfurt. First prize for cutest car at the Frankfurt auto show goes to Daihatsu and its OFC-1 concept car. A Mazda MX-5 looks like a snarling pit bull in comparison. The OFC-1 is certainly Daihatsu?s successor to the already adorable Copen retractable ... More About: Concept Car , Heart , Smile
Opel Flextreme Concept
2007-10-04 14:59:00 BY STEVE SILER Opel expands?literally?on the Volt concept. Anyone who doesn?t believe GM is serious about plug-in hybrids has a third reason to reconsider: the Opel Flextreme, which GM rolled out at the 2007 Frankfurt auto show. Built on the same E-Flex hybrid-vehicle architecture as the original gasoline-electric Volt unveiled earlier this year in Detroit and the ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Trem
Ford GT - America?s Most Wanted Supercar
2007-10-01 15:03:00 BY CSABA CSERE They?re really building it! Even after CEO Bill Ford announced production plans for the Ford GT in February 2002, a month after the GT40 concept debuted at the Detroit auto show, we had our doubts. With Ford in its worst economic slump in 20 years, would the company, could the company, really build a ... More About: America , Supercar , Special Edition , Wanted
Saleen S7 Twin Turbo
2007-09-28 20:54:00 BY CSABA CSERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY PLANET-R/RANDY LORENTZEN Do 750 horsepower and 140 mph in the quarter make for street cred in the supercar class? What supercar owners want more than anything else is street cred. It?s that indefinable blend of sleek and sexy styling, outrageous power, and genuine racing heritage that motivates a few people to put ... More About: Turbo , Special Edition , Twin , Luxury Car , Coupe
2006 Mosler MT900S
2007-09-28 20:29:00 BY LARRY WEBSTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGAN J. SEGAL After a five-year ordeal, Warren Mosler’s dream car is at last ready for prime time. Power steering is overrated. So says Warren Mosler, the financial brainiac who?s been hoeing his own automotive row for 15 years. This past winter, after a five-year struggle, Mosler finally began delivering the street-legal, ... More About: Special Edition , Luxury Car , Coupe
GMC TopKick C4500 by Monroe Truck Equipment
2007-09-28 20:13:00 BY TONY QUIROGA Hummer this. You would think the nearly countless permutations of the Chevrolet Silverado and its twin, the GMC Sierra, would satisfy anyone’s needs, but you’d be wrong. For a select few, even the largest of GM’s regular pickups isn’t big enough to tow their motorhomes and trailers and boats. Fortunately, GM offers a pickup ... More About: Truck , Equipment , Pickup , Kick , Monroe
2008 Buick Lucerne Super
2007-09-28 19:56:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN Not nearly as super as one might hope. We must confess that, being of an age that falls between 20 and 30, we have a distinct lack of enthusiasm concerning the resurrected Super badge. Yes, it?s true the name has loads of historical significance for Buick , but anybody who could ... More About: Sedan , 2008
2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed
2007-09-23 16:55:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON A Conti GT with 50 extra horsepower takes Bentley to a place it?s never been. How many times in your career as a Bentley salesperson have you found yourself in the embarrassing position of having nearly closed the sale on a Continental GT only to be rebuffed when the customer finds out it isn?t ... More About: Speed , Luxury Car , Coupe
2009 Artega GT by Fisker
2007-09-23 16:35:00 BY STEVEN COLE SMITH Fisker ditches luxury and heads toward sportiness with its latest car, shown in Geneva. Yes, there?s a little Porsche Cayman there, and the Artega GT does have a 3.6-liter Volkswagen-sourced V-6 engine, so there is sort of a link to the family. But the styling, penned by Henrik Fisker, is cleaner than a ... More About: Luxury Car , Coupe
2008 Aston Martin DBS
2007-09-23 16:16:00 BY STEVE SILER You think Bond would approve? Actually, he already did. To most James Bond movie hounds, Daniel Craig was the star of the most recent James Bond film, Casino Royale. But we speculate that most Car and Driver readers were more interested in seeing his new ride, the Aston Martin DBS, than the hunky new ... More About: Luxury Car , Coupe
2008 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion
2007-09-23 15:49:00 BY ALISA PRIDDLE This clean-diesel model, shown in Frankfurt, is for Europe only. Volkswagen is using September?s Frankfurt auto show to reassert its stature as a maker of efficient diesels in Europe. The new Golf BlueMotion will be one of six models with the environmentally friendly powerplant (the other five have not been disclosed). The Golf BlueMotion will ... More About: Hatchback , Volkswagen Golf , 2008
BMW Made Concept X6 and X6 ActiveHybrid For 2009-2010
2007-09-23 15:24:00 BY JARED GALL Behold the new BMW ?coupe? SUV crossover that will go on sale in the U.S. next year. Although few would debate the beauty of Mercedes-Benz?s CLS-class, the company?s classification of the car as a ?four-door coupe? has drawn snickers and rolling eyes from many in the industry. If you thought the four-door coupe was ... More About: Concept Car , Made , Hybrid car , Concept
Volkswagen Up! Concept
2007-09-23 15:06:00 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI This people?s car is targeted more at emerging markets. Volkswagen has chosen the Frankfurt show to unveil the small Up! concept, the first VW since the original Beetle to have a rear-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive. This bargain-basement Vee-Dub won?t run on flower power, but the Up!?s fuel-sipping range of engines could at least ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Swag
Citroën C-Cactus Concept
2007-09-23 14:52:00 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI You’ve gotta love a car that cuts back on materials by eliminating the dashboard. Citroën always finds a way to push the envelope when it comes to concept cars. The C-Cactus is no exception, stressing environmental friendliness by doing away with such frivolities as, say, a dashboard! But before we focus on the interior (or ... More About: Concept Car , Citroen , Concept
2008 Toyota Land Cruiser
2007-09-22 09:03:00 BY BARRY WINFIELD Toyota ?s latest land basher is sophisticated on and off the trail. Do you remember how it felt the very first time you engaged cruise control? That momentary sense of no longer being in control, that the car had assumed command? That?s how Toyota?s new crawl mode in the 2008 Land Cruiser feels at first. ... More About: Luxury Car
2008 Ford Kuga
2007-09-22 08:39:00 BY STEVE SILER What?s the Mercury version gonna be called? Perhaps it?s a sign that Ford plans to throw Mercury off a cliff. We?re talking about the Ford brand?s having usurped one of Mercury?s most storied monikers?albeit slightly altered with a British accent?for its upcoming mini-ute, the Kuga. Yup, Kuga. Koo-gah. Seriously, say it aloud. Someone at ... More About: 2008 , Ford Kuga
Peugeot 308RC Z and 308 Hybrid HDi Concepts
2007-09-22 08:20:00 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI Peugeot does fast with its Audi TT fighter and efficient with a diesel hybrid. If Renault can be criticized for underdesigning the new Laguna, the Peugeot 308RC Z concept car takes the gold medal at the 2007 Frankfurt show for detail overload. From its gaping grille to its twin-pipe center-exit exhaust, this gothic-looking two-plus-two ... More About: Hybrid , Concept Car , Concepts , Hybrid car
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
2007-09-21 11:00:00 BY JAKE HOLMES A quicker, lighter F430 to tide us over until the next gen. It?s no secret that we like Ferrari ?s F430?in three comparos, it has won three times?so when Ferrari confirmed a newer, lighter version, we got very excited, indeed, as this is in fact the replacement for what we thought would be called the ... More About: Luxury Car , Coupe , Scuderia
2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT convertible
2007-09-21 10:45:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON Ford rustles up another Mustang . Say howdy to the Shelby GT convertible. Stop the servers! Batten down the hatches! Cover grandma?s ears?we?ve got breaking news so big, we wouldn?t be surprised if this event is the fulcrum on which the apocalypse will finally turn! To be honest, we?re as shocked as you are. In the ... More About: Convertible , Ford Mustang
Honda Accord Tourer Concept
2007-09-21 10:34:00 BY ALISA PRIDDLE The past, present, and future of Honda : Passenger cars, race cars, motorcycles, jet engines, and robots to share space in Frankfurt. It?s the year of the Accord for Honda, and the Japanese automaker wants to keep the momentum going on all continents. For Europe, that means the world debut of the Accord Tourer concept ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Honda Accord , Cord
Nissan Mixim Concept
2007-09-21 10:23:00 BY JAKE HOLMES This electric-vehicle concept has all-wheel drive and funky body panels. There?s apparently a rule that eco-friendly cars can?t look anything like regular, gas-guzzling models, as evidenced by the odd shapes of the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius. At the Frankfurt auto show, Nissan plans to follow that trend with the strangely shaped Mixim concept. This ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Electric Car
Mercedes-Benz F700 Concept
2007-09-21 09:58:00 BY JAKE HOLMES Mercedes reinvents the wheel. Well, the engine, at least, with a DiesOtto in this concept. As car buyers bemoan rising fuel prices, manufacturers are responding with ever more fuel-efficient vehicles. At the Frankfurt auto show, everything from the Ford ECOnetic Focus to the VW Golf BlueMotion will try to woo environmentally conscious buyers with ... More About: Concept Car , Mercedes Benz , Mercedes-Benz , Benz
Ford Verve Concept
2007-09-21 09:40:00 BY ERIK JOHNSON This handsome little concept previews a future small car for North America. Got a 400,000-mile Festiva? Have you been dying to replace it with a similarly sized?and similarly fuel efficient?Ford ? For the past few years, you?ve been out of luck, since Ford pulled out of the tiny-car biz (also known as the B-segment) a ... More About: Concept Car , Concept , Verve
Kia KND-4 Concept
2007-09-21 09:32:00 BY STEVE SILER Kia previews the next Sportage in Korea. Kia?s winsome Kue crossover concept was one of the surprise hits of the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. After all, what?s not to like about Kia?s edgy new design language applied to a wide-set scissors-doored SUV with 400 horsepower from a blown V-8 and ... More About: Concept Car , Concept
Hyundai Veloster Concept
More articles from this author:2007-09-21 09:23:00 BY STEVE SILER Finally, the new CRX! If only it were a Honda. While Hyundai ?s big V-8?powered Genesis luxury sedan headlined the New York auto show, the automaker was making headlines on the other side of the world at the Seoul auto show with an entirely different concept: a small sports car called the Veloster. The name?a rather ... More About: Concept Car , Concept 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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