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Between storming the Bastille and a national rejection of the Venus razor, the French certainly know the meaning of the word “revolt”. Interesting, then, that Citroen knowingly used the word – albeit Francofied with a superfluous E for its hybrid electric drivetrain – for its latest... 

22-09-2009

Hyundai returned to Frankfurt a far bigger player than it was two years prior. The Korean company has leapt up the sales standings to become the world’s fourth largest automaker, eclipsing such major players as Ford and Honda. And its product line has long since expanded from diminutive hatchbacks... 

22-09-2009

Oh Volkswagen. How is it that the automaker of the people makes what just might be the sleekest, sexiest sedan in the world? No offense to A-M’s Rapide, but the Volkswagen CC is not a two-door coupe with a stretch and some rear-doors grafted on. The CC is clean sheet, or at least as clean... 

22-09-2009

We usually close our posts by inviting you to check out our images, but this time we’re starting here: Go into the gallery and have a look at the little green clover logo adorning the front fender of the new Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde. You’ll notice that the classic Alfa performance... 

22-09-2009

When we walked up to the Bentley Continental GTC Series 51 resting on the hardwood floor of the Bentley stand, it immediately had us thinking a familiar thought. Just to make sure, we asked our colleagues if they had been experiencing the same thing, and that turned into a spirited discussion about... 

22-09-2009

Seat loves to present its concepts in a lapis-like blue with deep cream interior coloring. It’s usually a very good start, and the IBZ concept adds an Alfa-worthy beauty to what might otherwise be an ordinary wagon. Number three in the Ibiza lineup, the concept takes the Ibiza hatch platform... 

22-09-2009

Why San Diego? That way you could maximize the amount of time your new C70 spends with its top down. More than three hundred days a year — probably. We say this because we saw some leaked shots of Volvo’s latest hardtop droptop a couple of weeks ago and it looked real nice with the roof... 

22-09-2009

When it comes to the Phaeton, we really don’t care what anyone else thinks. The only justification we’ll offer is that back in the early 2000s, VW’s ubermensch Ferdinand Piech took off the calf-skin gloves and dropped the mother of all gauntlets. He told commanded engineers to ... 

22-09-2009

The new Hyundai Tucson ix35 may look good with a Britney Spears soundtrack playing in the background. It may even look good out on the road. But under the bright lights here at the Frankfurt Messe, it looks pretty much like every other compact import crossover on the market. Which is to say, attractive,... 

22-09-2009

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 we were looking... 

22-09-2009

Ah, the Fiat Punto: never quite what it pretends to be. Supposedly designed to look like a Maserati in hatchback form, the existing model was called the Grande Punto when it was anything but. And now the Italian automaker has launched an updated version and dropped the Grande tag for the vaunted... 

22-09-2009

Here at Autoblog, we loves us some Wiesmann. The voluptuous, retro-styled German roadsters and coupes win us over with their classic proportions and their BMW powertrains – and color palate aside, this new MF5 looks to be just what the doctor ordered. Brandishing a full 507 horsepower (evocative... 

22-09-2009