If you love your cars open topped you’re spoiled for choice at Frankfurt. But there’s only one that everyone is looking at (including the boys from McLaren it seems) and that’s the Ferrari 458 Spider. In case the name doesn’t clarify what it is – it’s a 458 with a rather clever folding roof. So […] More »

Lamborghini’s big news from Frankfurt 2011 is confirmation that the wild Sesto Elemento concept shown this time last year at Paris will be built. Just 20 of these super hardcore, super lightweight carbon technology showcases will be offered so if you’re keen, you’ll need to get your name down in a hurry. There’s also another […] More »

New E-type? Forget it, the Jaguar C-X16 is more than car enough to step out of the shadow cast by Jaguar’s classic sports car. There’s absolutely nothing retro about this beauty either. Bucking several trends it’s, for a start, very compact. At 175in long it’s two inches shorter than the new 911 and just 51in […] More »

Zagato’s take on an Aston Martin race car went down very well earlier this year. It wasn’t a final product, though. Oh no, that’s Aston’s star of the Frankfurt show – The V12 Zagato, displayed here in raw ‘just from the track’ race spec and a street version too. And it’s a rather more involved […] More »

Last year Bentley launched the second generation Continental GT at the Paris Motor Show. Now, a year later, the all-new GTC has been unveiled at Frankfurt. It’s undergone a similar, subtle change to the GT. The rear track is wider, as is the front, the steering and suspension has been retuned for better handling. Which […] More »

Land Rover has unveiled two new concepts for the Land Rover Defender, the iconic go-anywhere vehicle. Named DC100 and DC100 Sport, the two concepts showcase the direction and thinking behind the ongoing development of the new Land Rover Defender, intended for production in 2015. DC100 and DC100 Sport capture the flexibility, adaptability and configurability that […] More »

A new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment will represent a natural direction for Maserati to enlarge its product range and strengthen its presence in the sport luxury market. For some reason SUVs today never seem to offer the kind of uplifting driving pleasure and luxury atmosphere that are two givens of today’s […] More »