Tag Archives: Frankfurt Auto Show

September 15

Frankfurt: the Wrap-Up, or Volvo is Queen for a Day

The automotive journalists went to Frankfurt, they saw, and now, surprise, surprise, they have plenty of opinions. Here’s a round-up of what they thought: Automobile Magazine – Frankfurt Hits and Misses and Frankfurt Diary Motor Trend – Best and Worst of Frankfurt Autoblog – Top Five Frankfurt Debuts Jalopnik – full coverage of the Frankfurt Motor […]

September 14

That’s More Like It…

BMW revealed the production version of its i8 plug-in hybrid supercar at Frankfurt and…it is not a puggle! In fact, it is very alluring, if not nearly as attractive as the Porsche 918 Spyder. While I only saw it in concept form at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, I thought the i8 boded well for […]

September 09

Oh, Frankfurt…

Today I am pining for Frankfurt. Bet not too many people say that… The 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show is happening this week. Or, to use its proper name, the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung.  All the European manufacturers are unveiling hotly anticipated new cars and concepts, such as the Porsche 918 Spyder, Jaguar C-X17 concept, BMW i8, Mercedes-Benz […]