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  • Dacia Sandero (2007): first official pictures

    12 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Dacia Sandero: Renault brings its first cheap Logan-based car to the UK A Dacia? In the UK? You'd better believe it. Renault announced at Frankfurt that it would start importing the cheap 'n' cheerful...

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  • Seat Ibiza Ecomotive

    12 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Seat Ibiza Ecomotive: the lowdown Even the Spanish went green at Frankfurt. Using the Polo BlueMotion’s 1.4-litre TDi engine, longer gear ratios and Dunlop tyres that generate less friction, the Ibiza...

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  • Seat Ibiza Ecomotive

    12 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Seat Ibiza Ecomotive: the lowdown Even the Spanish went green at Frankfurt. Using the Polo BlueMotion’s 1.4-litre TDi engine, longer gear ratios and Dunlop tyres that generate less friction, the Ibiza...

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  • Hyundai i-Blue

    12 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Fuel cells, coupes and crossover wagons… The world debut of the i-Blue fuel cell concept headed up a trio of key Hyundai products at the Frankfurt show stand. ‘Spare me another fuel cell concept’ I...

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  • Jaguar XF show debut

    12 September 2007 by Ben Oliver

    The Jaguar XF makes its debut - but haven't we seen it already? You've already been treated to advance pictures and details of Jaguar's crucial new 5-series rival in CAR magazine and on CAR Online,...

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  • Land Rover Landie teaser

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Land Rover Landie: the lowdown Land Rover flashed up this tantalising glimpse of the Landie at the Frankfurt Motor Show today, confirming the long-rumoured lower-priced SUV to slot beneath the...

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  • Land Rover Landie teaser

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Land Rover Landie: the lowdown Land Rover flashed up this tantalising glimpse of the Landie at the Frankfurt Motor Show today, confirming the long-rumoured lower-priced SUV to slot beneath the...

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  • Chrysler Group

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    For all the latest Frankfurt Motor Show news, click on our Frankfurt 2007 homepage

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  • Daihatsu OFC-1 and HSC

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    It looks remarkably like a Copen… It does indeed, and at 5mm shorter, the same width, and only 45mm higher the OFC-1 is all but identical to the Copen. In fact, it is the new Copen, just not as cute. But perhaps the biggest changes is the switch from a two to a three-piece folding roof. The main roof section is...

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  • Daihatsu OFC-1 and HSC (2007): first official pictures

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    It looks remarkably like a Copen… It does indeed, and at 5mm shorter, the same width, and only 45mm higher the OFC-1 is all but identical to the Copen. In fact, it is the new Copen, just not as cute. But perhaps the biggest changes is the switch from a two to a three-piece folding roof. Here, the main roof section...

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  • Daihatsu OFC-1 and HSC concepts

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    Daihatsu HSC side

    It looks remarkably like a Copen… It does indeed, and at 5mm shorter, the same width, and only 45mm higher the OFC-1 is all but identical to the Copen. In fact, it is the new Copen, just not as cute.

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  • Volkswagen Up!

    11 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Volkswagen Up!: the lowdown Volkswagen today unveiled what it hoped will be the modern-day successor to the Beetle: the Up! concept, a small city car targeted at the young, the cash-poor, and the...

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  • Volkswagen Up concept

    11 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Volkswagen Up!: the lowdown Volkswagen today unveiled what it hoped will be the modern-day successor to the Beetle: the Up! concept, a small city car targeted at the young, the cash-poor, and the...

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  • BMW X6 Concept

    11 September 2007 by Phil McNamara

    BMW X6: the lowdown No, X6 is not a typo but the third X model in the BMW’s 4x4 range. BMW kicked off the Frankfurt show today (Tuesday 11 September) by unveiling two coupes spun off existing models.

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  • BMW Concept X6 (2007): first official pictures

    11 September 2007 by Phil McNamara

    BMW X6: the lowdown No, X6 is not a typo but the third X model in the BMW’s 4x4 range. BMW kicked off the Frankfurt show today (Tuesday 11 September) by unveiling two coupes spun off existing models.

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  • Ford funks up the Focus

    11 September 2007 by Phil McNamara

    Facelift for the Focus: all the details Ford is funking up the Focus with a mid-life facelift. Aside from the Mondeo-esque nose, the major talking point is a double-clutch transmission on the flagship...

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  • Lambo Reventon | Reventon | Lamborghini Reventon

    11 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    What’s this? It looks like a Murcielago auditioning for the Batmobile! It’s actually the Lamborghini Reventon, a €1m special of which only 20 will be built. Named after a particularly feisty bull that...

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  • Lamborghini Reventon

    11 September 2007 by Rowan Atkinson

    Lamborghini Reventon Frankfurt debut

    What’s this? It looks like a Murcielago auditioning for the Batmobile! It’s actually the Lamborghini Reventon, a €1m special of which only 20 will be built. Named after a particularly feisty bull that...

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  • Opel Flexstreme

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Opel Flextreme: the lowdown Vauxhall’s European sister brand Opel showed off its surprise at Frankfurt today – the new Flextreme concept car. Under that voluminous monocab body lies GM’s E-Flex...

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  • Opel Flexstreme concept

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Opel Flextreme: the lowdown Vauxhall’s European sister brand Opel showed off its surprise at Frankfurt today – the new Flextreme concept car. Under that voluminous monocab body lies GM’s E-Flex...

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  • Mercedes-Benz F700

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    So, another big lumbering Mercedes saloon then? Not a bit of it. Although the F700 might be 5.17m long – somewhere between the S-class and long-wheelbase S-class – the F700 is supposedly cleaner and...

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  • Toyota iQ

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Toyota iQ: the lowdown The Japanese scored one of the very few surprises of the Frankfurt show this year, with the titchy iQ concept car that previews Toyota’s new sub-Aygo city car. It’s one of our...

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  • Toyota iQ concept

    11 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Toyota iQ: the lowdown The Japanese scored one of the very few surprises of the Frankfurt show this year, with the titchy iQ concept car that previews Toyota’s new sub-Aygo city car. It’s one of our...

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  • Kia Kee concept

    11 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    Kia Kee Frankfurt debut

    Kee, huh? So what bad puns have you come up with? Just the one: this is a key car for Kia. But whatever bad jokes we make the Korean manufacturer openly admits to this play on words. Why? Because this...

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  • Renault Laguna Coupe concept

    10 September 2007 by Tim Pollard

    Renault Laguna Coupé Concept: the lowdown Critics of the new dull-looking new Laguna - and there have been a few - can seek solace in the new two-door coupé version unveiled today in Frankfurt. It's a...

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  • Audi RS6 Avant (2007) unveiled

    05 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    Right, I want numbers Impatient? Well we are too, having snapped the RS6 Avant testing at the Nurburgring earlier this year, and knowing how good the RS4 is. So, without further ado… The headline...

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  • Ford Kuga (2007): first official pictures

    05 September 2007 by Ben Pulman

    The new Ford Kuga... the concept, the design sketch, the wait. Is this finally the real thing? Yes it is. After a concept car, and then sketches of the production car, this is the real production car.

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