Frankfurt 2009: The Fraulein of Frankfurt
by John Neff on Sep 16th 2009 at 7:39PM 
Frauleins of Frankfurt – Click above for high-res image gallery
Yes, that's a Lamborghini in the picture above. We think. Could be a bar stool.
As we do with every auto show, Autoblog is happy to present the one post that we're sure at least some of you have been waiting for since we touched down in Germany to cover the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. It's time to honor those women (and one dude in a furry suit) who are charged with keeping our attention focused on those vehicles they've been paid to lean against. These sirens of chrome (not our label, see here) are sometimes controversial (are the women objectified, do we need this service anymore, who does their hair?), but always a pleasure to behold. Check out the gallery below for our roundup of an admittedly smaller group of car models than years past (damn global recession!).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
airchompers 7:34PM (9/16/2009)
alle die frauleins macht mien hosen kaput.
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James 8:54PM (9/16/2009)
Frankly, them frauleins all look good...as long as it's: "Bruno" free.
# 16 looks real hot though.. ;p
catchmyshadow 8:27AM (9/17/2009)
airchompers 7:34PM (9/16/2009)
"alle die frauleins macht mien hosen kaput."
haha, as a german i can´t agree more
willyolio 3:34PM (9/17/2009)
as a non-german, i can't believe i understood that. and agree.
Javanese 10:10PM (9/17/2009)
Meh, the pics arent "high-res" enough. If all it could be call medium-res, and am I alone in noticing most of the models are from last year? Jeez, these cutbacks are seriously hurting our chances of seeing fresh honeys.
phobic99 7:35PM (9/16/2009)
So sad I no longer live in Germany and this post hurts even more. I went to the last Frankfurt Auto Show and I'd have to say that surprisingly Opel had some of the best looking... umm... sirens of chrome.
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Smegley 8:30PM (9/16/2009)
I dont know, phobic. SOMEHOW the Abominable Snow-woman is hotter than the rest of the fräuleins in this pics, IMHO.
Und ich sollte es auch wissen - 8 jahre in München. Die deutschen Mädels sind doch geil, aber schön? .... nicht ganz so wie in Asien.
phobic99 8:50PM (9/16/2009)
And that's where we differ. :)
LoneWolf 9:11AM (9/17/2009)
..oder die polnischen Mädels...
nastinupe 8:33PM (9/16/2009)
I hate autoblogs new pic system. It always freeezes on me.
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BoxerFanatic 11:51PM (9/16/2009)
I thought it was my browser, but I have been having trouble, as well.
I always have to click on the pic I want to see, and then manually refresh the page. The URL change doesn't automatically reload the page.
Tony 7:38PM (9/16/2009)
This thread is a EPIC WIN!!!
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PumaGTO 9:02AM (9/20/2009)
dunno... Maybe I get some thumbs down from our german fellows, but I think the Geneva Auto Show last year was better served of women... Blame the economic crisis, perhaps.
Still... very great looking "chrome sirens" indeed. I wish Autoblog covered the São Paulo Auto Show, just for comparison...
(wishing I actualy knew any german phrase to say... Babel fish is just not fun)
Vdoc 7:42PM (9/16/2009)
#17... I see the unshaved look is back
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murzin82 8:10PM (9/16/2009)
I hope that you are talking about the #16...
vespid82 7:45PM (9/16/2009)
And this is about when Autoblog loses a little bit of credibility with me at every single show...
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SunC 9:21AM (9/17/2009)
Nobody is making you click on the link and go see the pics of the beautiful women..I mean cars, that just happen to have beautiful women standing by.
I still think Donatella is the best looking one of the bunch, and then the blonde in 4.
ALEXDB9 7:47PM (9/16/2009)
Look at the bubble on #8, she is yummy
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Scott 7:50PM (9/16/2009)
You guys really need to send someone who knows how to use a camera. Half of the photos the girl is not in focus and if she is the depth of field is so shallow that nothing else is like the car around her or even the girl next to her. If you flick off the little auto focus button and do it by hand you will become much faster and they will look better. Im sure your flash has Aperture compensation look in the manual.
Small thing that always gets me all the time about the photo taken inside.
Really like your coverage otherwise
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Venom 7:58PM (9/16/2009)
Easily on of the best posts if not the best post on Autoblog ever:)
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