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The top trends at Frankfurt motor show 2009 1. Carbonfibre. From the tub in the oddball Volkswagen L1 to the wing mirrors of the Mercedes SLS, the glossy black woven stuff, both real and fake, is everywhere.2. LED Lights. Impossibly white and bright, no glitzy concept or top-end German model is complete without a liberal sprinkling of the blinding lights. ...

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Top 5 of everything at the Frankfurt motor show

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Ben Whitworth, 16 September 2009 17:21

Preview: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 – True Grit

Ben Whitworth, 20 March 2009 16:11

The 2009 Festival of Speed – held this year over the weekend of 3-5 July – will honour motorsport’s endurance heroes with a celebration of Le Mans’ 60th anniversary. ‘The Festival will pay tribute to the men who fought against the odds on the track and won,’ Lord March told CAR Online. ‘With drivers like Jochen Mass, Jacky Ickx, Jackie ...

Race of Champions 2008

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Ben Whitworth, 11 November 2008 11:22

The KTM X-Bow has been signed up to star in the 2008 Race of Champions. The minimalist trackday special will be one of a number of cars in which competitors will lock horns at the annual motorsport extravaganza at Wembley Stadium on 13-14 December. The X-Bow open cockpit will, according to RoC organisers Fredrik Johnsson and ex-rally ace Michele Mouton, ...

SEMA 2008 show report: Pontiac G8 and Solstice

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Ben Whitworth, 07 November 2008 10:01

According to Pontiac, its G8 GXP Street, G8 ST and Solstice GXP concepts at the SEMA show ‘raise the performance bar even higher, taking style and sportiness to the highest levels’. Time to don your oxygen masks as we scale the dizzy heights of Pontiac’s performance peaks. What exactly is the G8 GXP Street? It sounds interesting… While the standard ...

SEMA 2008 show report: Hummer H3

Ben Whitworth, 07 November 2008 09:49

Las Vegas being Las Vegas – and SEMA being SEMA – there’s probably no better place to unveil a trio of modded Hummers H3s. GM bosses bill the H3T Weekend Warrior, the H3 X and the H3 Alpha concepts as the last word in Hummer-ness. Let’s hope they’re serious about the ‘last’ bit… That’s a bit harsh on Hummer, isn’t it? ...

SEMA 2008 show report: Volkswagen Passat CC

Ben Whitworth, 07 November 2008 09:00

Volkswagen’s sobriety took a back seat at the SEMA show in Las Vegas this week – it pulled the covers off a pair of muscle-bound Passat CCs, a racy 295bhp Tiguan and a grunty diesel Jetta aimed at cajoling the American market into turning its back on gasoline. A hot VW Passat CC isn’t without appeal… The unambiguously named Performance ...

SEMA 2008 show report: Dodge Challenger

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Ben Whitworth, 06 November 2008 16:59

Chrysler may have its back against the wall, but that hasn't stopped its SRT skunkworks team churning out what is easily the most politically incorrect – and, as a result, wonderfully desirable – Challenger SRT-10. Holy tyre smoke! That's a mean looking Dodge Charger... Yes, and with an 8.4-litre 600bhp V10 Viper motor shoehorned into the Dodge’s engine bay, there’ll ...

Skoda at the Paris motor show 2008

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Ben Whitworth, 02 October 2008 17:33

Skoda launched its revised Octavia at the Paris motor show – and it's clear to see they've injected some mini-Superb DNA. And that was about it for the Czech marque this year; 2008 is a bit of a slow period for Skoda, before the product onslaught begins in earnest next year. Tell me more about the new Octavia With its ...

Audi at the Paris motor show 2008

Ben Whitworth, 02 October 2008 16:52

Audi’s sparkling new A1 Sportback – a thinly camouflaged version of its 2010 A1 Mini-basher – as well as its frugal A4 Concept E and a rather large trophy were the highlights of Ingolstadt’s Parisian offerings this year. Tell me more about the A1 Sportback In essence this follows on from the Metroproject that Audi unveiled last year. Slightly bigger ...

Seat at the Paris motor show 2008

Ben Whitworth, 02 October 2008 15:12

Seat wheeled out its feisty new Ibiza Cupra – all 180bhp of it – and followed it up by its new old A4-based Exeo, and topped off its show with its ultra-clean Ibiza Ecomotive. Tell me more about the Cupra Penned by ex-Lamborghini designer Luc Donkerwolcke, the Cupra is the first Ibiza that we’ve really warmed to. On its chunky ...

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