Posts Tagged ‘frankfurt 2009’

Hyundai develops stretched Equus limo for home market [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: Sedan , Hyundai , Luxury , South Korea Hyundai Equus Limousine - click above for high-res image gallery Hyundai has just launched a new Equus limousine in its home market designed to appeal to executives that really need extra stretch-out room. The new Equus VL500 has had 12 inches of extra length inserted in between its axles. The extra length means that the already large Equus now… Read the rest

Want to see a production LF-Ch make it to American showrooms? Tell Lexus.

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Hybrid , Europe , Marketing/Advertising , Hatchback , Lexus , Design/Style , Luxury Lexus LF-Ch Concept - click above image for hi-res gallery Earlier this month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, we got our first glimpse at Lexus’ LF-Ch , a five-door hatchback concept. The car is said to presage a premium hatchback model for Toyota’s upscale line - but… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009 Wrap Up: We saw it all

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show - Click above for complete list of vehicles covered You’re looking at a Porsche Panamera S with a trailer hitch. We’re looking at an empty bottle of scotch and 11-hour plane rides. But never mind all that - what you really need to know is five hacks blogged over 60 posts and approximately ninety-billion photos in two days. Why so… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009: Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept needs a shorter name

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Hybrid , Hatchback , Toyota Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery And now for your viewing pleasure, we bring you these live shots of the Toyota Auris HSD Full Hybrid Concept (seriously, could Toyota have come up with a longer name?). Technically, the vehicle shown in our image gallery below is listed as… Read the rest

X-Type Redux? Jaguar reportedly considering entry-level coupe

Filed under: Coupe , Jaguar To put it mildly, sales of the Jaguar X-Type have never quite lived up to worldwide expectations, and that’s especially true in the American market where the car did way more damage to the automaker’s reputation that its middling sales numbers were ever worth. Jaguar is hoping that its upcoming XJ restores some of the leaping cat’s lost luster, and if that happens, exciting… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009: Kia Venga is nice… and a little Fiesta-riffic to our eyes

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Budget , Europe , Hatchback , Kia Kia Venga - Click above for high-res image gallery If you’re going to ape the design of another automaker’s product, it’s best to choose one that’s attractive. Therefore, we give Kia kudo points for making its Venga look something like a smoothed-over Ford Fiesta, a car we’ve gone on record multiple times as admiring. In any… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009: The Fraulein of Frankfurt

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show Frauleins of Frankfurt - Click above for high-res image gallery Yes, that’s a Lamborghini in the picture above. We think. Could be a bar stool. As we do with every auto show, Autoblog is happy to present the one post that we’re sure at least some of you have been waiting for since we touched down in Germany to cover the 2009 Frankfurt Motor… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009: Renault goes Twizy (with Zoe and Fluence and Kangoo)

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Renault , Alternative Fuel Renault Zero Emission line-up - Click above for high-res image gallery The more we see of Renault’s all-electric line-up on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show , the more we want to hang out at company cocktail parties. Something delicious and potent must be on tap there. From the elegant and unexpected lines of the Zoe… Read the rest

Frankfurt 2009: The Frauleins of Frankfurt

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show Frauleins of Frankfurt - Click above for high-res image gallery Yes, that’s a Lamborghini in the picture above. We think. Could be a bar stool. As we do with every auto show, Autoblog is happy to present the one post that we’re sure at least some of you have been waiting for since we touched down in Germany to cover the 2009 Frankfurt Motor… Read the rest

Return of the Prix: F1 confirmed back in Canada for 2010

Filed under: Motorsports , Canada Felipe Massa passes the casino on Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve It’s only been a year, but it’s been a long one for Formula One fans in North America. Last year Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA canceled the Canadian Grand Prix - a regular fixture of the F1 calendar and the only stop the circus makes in North America - when race organizers and local… Read the rest