With BMW investing heavily in its Efficient Dynamics program, the next stage could be unveiled at its home-turf Frankfurt show this coming September. Reports out of France suggest that this is where the Bavarian automaker will unveil its 750Hi, a hybrid version of its latest 7-Series flagship sedan.
Previewed by the 7-Series ActiveHybrid concept in Paris [...]
Add Chevrolet to the growing list of automakers that won’t be making an appearance in Germany at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. According to Marc Kempe, Chevrolet Europe’s communications director, the brand just doesn’t have any new vehicles to show off, so it makes financial sense to skip Frankfurt and focus on events where [...]
According to a report on Auto Express, Volkswagen plans to debut a new eco-friendly concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September that could potentially rival the Chevy Volt-based Opel Ampera in Europe. Unlike the automaker’s previous green concepts like the hybrid Golf TwinDrive and diesel-powered BlueSport Roadster, the new and as-yet unnamed concept will [...]
While we’re big fans of the Mini Cooper and Cooper S, the Convertible has left us wanting on several levels - visibility and weight being our biggest gripes. However, the remedy may be on the way this September when Mini takes the wraps of the Cooper Roadster at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
According to L’Automobile, the [...]
After yesterday’s impromptu internet unveiling of the 2010 Opel Astra, General Motors has finally let the details out on its next-generation compact before its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September.
The 2010 Astra’s design is inspired by the Opel Insignia, sporting all-new sheet metal that takes cues from its mid-size sibling and packages [...]
Opel’s Astra hasn’t exactly gone down a storm here in the U.S. while wearing a Saturn badge, but the four-cylinder econocar lineup is pivotal stuff in Europe, and the next-generation model could still find its way to America - even if it doesn’t wear a planetary badge.
Regardless of whether or not a stateside version is [...]
Germany only gets its own top-tier international auto show every other year, with the Frankfurt Motor Show alternating with the Paris salon. So when the circus rolls into town, you can bet Germany’s giant auto industry will embrace the opportunity to reveal their latest. Audi’s tipped to unveil its A5 Sportback and revised A8, Mercedes [...]
With the Frankfurt Auto Show looming on the horizon, German automakers in particular have been preparing their latest offerings for their debuts. And even with its future still hanging in the balance, General Motors’ Opel division has just released a series of teasers of its upcoming new Astra to be unveiled at the Frankfurt show [...]