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Mini Coupe / Roadster
Mini is celebrating its 50th birthday with the unveiling of the Coupe and Roadster concepts, cars that will make it onto the road next year. Up to the waistline, both are near identical to the three-door; above that the rake of the windscreen has increased 16 degrees, while the overall ...
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Peugeot BB1
One of the more relevant concepts of the show came in the form of the diminutive 2.5m long Peugeot BB1.
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Ferrari 459 Italia
After day one of the Frankfurt motor show it was hard not to be confident that this is the car design of the show. Everyone here is talking about the 458, and almost all the designers we spoke to agreed that it was truly a beautiful 21st century Ferrari.
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Aston Martin Rapide
This was the first time people outside of Aston Martin's Gaydon studios have seen the production Rapide, and the result remains impressively faithful to the concept seen at Detroit in 2006.
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Renault Zoe Z.E
The Zoe Z.E. is one of four electric concepts that Renault revealed in Frankfurt and the one with the most daring design ideas. Z.E. is Renault-speak for ‘Zero Emissions'.
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BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics
BMW opened Frankfurt with its Vision EfficientDynamics concept, a 2+2 seat plug-in hybrid sports car that set the overall tone for a show where green technology and low emissions were the dominant focus.
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Johnson Controls to show the car seats of 2020 at Frankfurt Motor Show
Seating concept created for autonomous-driving, lightweight, personalised future
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Daihatsu e:S
This is a significant concept, if not for its visual design then for its packaging and technological achievements.
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Nissan Fuga
The Tokyo show wouldn't normally be pertinent to the Infiniti brand - as it doesn't sell in Japan - but the new Nissan Fuga did inadvertently become the first full-car preview of the next Infiniti M due next year, as it is a straight re-badge of its upmarket sister model.
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Honda U3-X
It may not be a car, but Honda's U3-X was one of the most impressive concepts at the show.
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Honda StepWagon
Honda last week released the latest in their family MPV line, the Stepwagon, for the Japanese domestic market.
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Daihatsu Basket
The Daihatsu Basket concept makes a case for itself by targeting newly retired Tokyoites heading to the Japanese countryside to cultivate their own organic crops and engage in other ‘slow life' activities.
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Is there a new automotive design language in Manhattan? (And will Cadillac discover it?)
How central NY could be a great laboratory for the design of the urban car
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Nissan Roox
Another boxcar launch at Tokyo - this time a production model - was the skinny, tall and spacious four-seater Nissan Roox.
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Phiaro P70t Conch
This was one of the surprises of the show, an electric three-seater based on a golf-cart and styled as a conch by third year students at Tokyo Communication and Arts University (TCA). Under the guidance of Mazda-RX-8 designer Shigeo Hirata, students Daito Tokumori (exterior) and Kim Joon Sun (interior) took ...
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Honda CR-Z 2009
Small, affordable, and sportiness with heritage: the concept behind the CR-Z is unarguable and here moves one step closer to production. First shown in Tokyo two years ago, this year's model is much better resolved and largely what we'll see on the streets in Spring, aside from the front-clip, there ...
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Mitsubishi PX-IMIEV
Forget the awkward iMiEV Cargo van that ruins the purity of the original city car from which it has mutated, Mitsubishi's most important concept at the Tokyo motor show from a design and technology perspective was its new PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid crossover concept.
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Toyota FT-86
Having made a name for eco with the Prius, now Toyota looks set to define ego with its new 2+2 coupe, the FT-86. And it looks superb.