September 29th, 2009 
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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
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Filed under: Aftermarket , Frankfurt Motor Show , Performance , Europe , Chevrolet 2009 Geiger GTS - Click above for high-res image gallery Geiger is back, and this time it’s the vaunted Corvette ZR1 that gets the tuner touch. Dubbed the “Geiger GTS,” this
September 17th, 2009 admin 
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
September 17th, 2009 admin 
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
September 17th, 2009 admin 
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
September 17th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Coupe , Sedan , Crossover , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GM 2010 Chevy Camaro - Click above for high-res image gallery Good news has been in short supply for General Motors so far this year, but increased demand for its new products shows that the worst of times may be in the rear view mirror. Automotive News is reporting that GM may increase production of… Read the rest
Posted in Car News Tags: 2010srx, buick lacrosse, cadillacsrx, camaro, chevy, chevy camaro, chevy equinox, frankfurt motor show, frankfurtautoshow, general motors, gm sales, kiavenga, srx, venga No Comments » September 17th, 2009 admin 
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
September 17th, 2009 admin 
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
September 16th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Coupe , Performance , Russia Marussia B2 and B1 Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery When we hear the phrase “Russian Supercar” we initially think of either a turbocharged tank or something made from wallpaper, powered by fictional hubris yet somehow still finished in mirrored chrome. Any of which would come with his and hers full length mink coats. However, the… Read the rest
September 16th, 2009 admin 
Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Coupe , Performance , Porsche , Luxury Porsche 911 Sport Classic - Click above for high-res image gallery The seriously limited edition Porsche 911 Sport Classic — for Porsche, at least — makes our nostalgic tails wag, even though the gray exterior color is difficult to pin down and we couldn’t get over the feeling when we checked out the Espresso-hued internals that… Read the rest
