Earlier in the coverage of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, we saw Volkswagen release a new concept that paid homage to an iconic concoction made from the Beetle: the dune buggy. Called the Buggy Up!, the concept paved way for a whole series of concepts based on the Up! city car concept. Volkswagen Up! Azzurra [...]
Audi has a long history with motorsports and this can be most noted from Audi’s success in the World Rally Championship after they introduced all-wheel drive to the scene or when they pioneered diesel motors in LeMans. So it’s no wonder the Ingolstadt brand has just unveiled one of its latest efforts and it’s a [...]
Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its first ever-electric vehicle with a Range Extender at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show this week. Featuring a three-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric motor capable of producing a combined output of 161-hp—94-hp from the electric motor and 67 from the gas motor—the Mercedes-Benz B-Class E-CELL Plus Concept can achieve a [...]
BMW has nearly as much experience with motorcycles as they do cars. And with their latest push to promote sustainable living with their EfficientDynamics marketing, it’s no wonder that they combined the two corporate projects together to create a BMW electro-scooter concept for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show: the BMW Motorrad Concept e. Design. The [...]
To follow up the Cayenne and Panamera projects they have previously done, Topcar has drafts for a new tuner kit for the Porsche 991. Click here for our original post on the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera. Body upgrades will be featured in carbon and Kevlar, crafted using a vacuum forming technology used to ensure an extremely [...]
Now that you’re all pretty familiar with Eterniti Motors, a new British luxury brand that unveiled its first concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show earlier this week, we have some more details about the company for you. Eterniti admits that while it is basing its business case around meeting market needs, its people have [...]
Sergio Marchionne, Fiat and Chrysler CEO says that despite the unstable global economic state, the brands are still sticking with the goal of selling 6 million cars per year by 2014. With Europe on a continual decline, Fiat’s greatly important Italian market is going to suffer, and sales forecasts are the lowest they have been [...]
Daimler and Renault-Nissan have agreed to extend an agreement already in place for sharing parts between the brands. The move will see Infiniti use the MFA (modular front architecture) small car platform, as used beneath the second-generation B-class, as the platform of a new compact MPV scheduled to on sale in the UK in 2014. Although [...]
Brabus has picked up another Mercedes-Benz project, the latest being a 2012 CLS that has been released at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Known as the Brabus Rocket 800, this model is definitely taking the CLS63 AMG to the next level. The exterior mods include a set of Brabus Monoblock F Platinum Edition wheels. A full [...]
At the reveal of the Volvo You Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Volvo’s CEO, Stefan Jacoby, said that the company may build a plant in North America. “One weakness of Volvo cars is the exposure to the U.S. dollar, so we are investigating increasing our sourcing in North America” to balance currency movements, [...]
