Essen Motor Show


Essen 2009: 1,050-hp 1956 Mercedes Gullwing drag car

This ungainly little creature had an area all to itself at this year's Essen Motor Show. Built over four years by Swiss drag racer Stefan Winter – who is a roofer by trade – the most important thing to say is this: Winter did not mangle a genuine 1956 Mercedes 300 SL to create this beast, and we can thank all the gods that be for that. He copied the body in fiberglass and placed it over a tube chassis, hiding a small block Chevy in front that's been bored out to 422 cubic inches. With modified pistons, crankshaft, cylinder ... Read more →

Essen 2009: AC Schnitzer gives BMW 123d the police package treatment [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

High performance vehicles like Porsche 911s being used for pursuit duty on Germany's autobahn is nothing new. As such, in order order to grab the attention of Essen Motor Show attendees, the Tune ...

Pics Aplenty: 9ff Speed9 takes Porsche 911 Turbo Cabrio to the next level Noah Joseph

As we discovered earlier this month, the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo is one heck of a fast car. The quickest Porsche has ever produced, in fact. So it would take considerable moxie to try and improve ...

Loma Performance unveils Corvette C6.BlackforceOne Alex Nunez

Loma Performance seems to think that its new BlackforceOne Corvette is somehow evocative of POTUS' personal airplane. "Clearly reminiscent," they go so far as to say in their press release. (We ...

9ff speeds into Essen with Speedster-inspired Speed9 Noah Joseph

If you love the spirit of SEMA but tend to lean towards more European tastes, Essen is the show for you. The annual aftermarket show in Germany always brings out an enticing crop of European tuner ...

Event Alert: December Calendar of Automotive Events 1 year ago on Autoblog

We started our monthly calendar of events last month and learned almost immediately that we will never be able to make it as comprehensive as everyone would like, but that's where you come in. Take a look at the list we've put together for December after the jump, and if you see changes that need ...

Oops! VW accidentally distributes new Golf Plus brochure in Essen 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's been no secret that a facelifted VW Golf Plus has been in the works for a while. It's just that the Euro-market hatch wasn't supposed to be formally revealed quite yet. The car will be introduced on Wednesday with the usual fanfare at the Bologna Motor Show, but media at this week's Essen ...

GT3-spec Audi R8 LMS formally unveiled at Essen (w/ Video) 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Essen Motor Show is now underway, and one of the bigger manufacturer unveilings was Audi's official presentation of the R8 LMS, the new GT3-spec racing car aimed at privateer teams. It's seen as one of Audi's so-called "three pillars" of motorsport. The automaker will not field a factory ...

ABT Scirocco heads to Essen 1 year ago on Autoblog

So, the Essen Motor Show is coming up. For those of you unaware, it's basically a Euro SEMA. All the tuners will be there, showing off stuff that's both decent and dreadful, proving that yes, Europeans can do bad taste as well as anyone this side of the Atlantic. ABT is entirely capable of ...

Audi R8 GT3 will have coming out party in Essen 1 year ago on Autoblog

Audi has created an R8 that looks like it would rather kill things than win races, but knowing Audi it will probably just stick to winning. The customer-team specific R8 GT3 will be officially unveiled at the Essen Motor Show, which begins November 28. The car gets more than 500 horsepower ...

Essen 2007: Phantoms inhabit VW 2 years ago on Autoblog

Artist William Burge has found a way to artfully reattach all of the little pieces that have fallen off his 1968 Volkswagen Beetle. The results are far more impressive than the Bug's original and once-ubiquitous countenance. Actually, we counted all 21,000 gigashards of metal, and that's more metal ...

Essen 2007: delta4x4 DUNE PROJECT 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery While delta4x4 would like you to think its Grand Cherokee SRT8-based DUNE PROJECT is ready to storm the desert, those 23-inch rims wrapped in 40-series Continentals say otherwise. No matter. We think the DP's cool nonetheless, thanks mostly to the 499 horsepower it ...

Roundup: Abt Sportsline at the Essen Motor Show 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of Abt's Essen roster German tuning house Abt Sportsline brought everything and the kitchen sink to the Essen Motor Show, and rather than present it piecemeal, we figured we'd put the whole megillah out for you in one shot. From A4 to Touareg, the latest hardware from VW ...

The rest of the story on the VW Tiguan R-Line 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery So, the Tiguan R-Line we showed you last week has made its debut in Essen as a concept, but a release from Volkswagen UK makes it sound as if the prevailing wisdom is that it'll ultimately be offered as the top-line Tiguan (in the UK, at least). So, now that we have ...

Essen 2007: Volkswagen unveils Golf Variant RaVe 270 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery What happens when you take a Jetta Wagon, give it GTI-topping power, a stereo to wake the dead, and 4Motion all-wheel drive? You get the Golf Variant RaVe 270 concept that VW's showing off in Essen. The car's name is derived from its hopped-up GTI engine's 270 ...

VW Tiguan R-Line headed to Essen 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery The tuner-fest that is the Essen Motor Show will provide the backdrop for VW when it reveals its newest R-Line package from Volkswagen Individual. It's applied to the spanky-new Tiguan SUV, and aside from the wheels, bodykit and "R" logo on the headrests, we don't know ...

More power, less roof: TechArt Turbo Cabriolet 2 years ago on Autoblog

TechArt's performance modifications to Porsche's already-impressive sports cars might seem akin to adding a third warp nacelle to the starship Enterprise for the pure fun of it, but who are we to argue with the results? The supertuner/niche manufacturer has readied its latest creation for debut at ...

Abt tunes the VW Tiguan 2 years ago on Autoblog

Next month's Essen Motor Show will feature a ton of tuned vehicles from Europe's best and brightest, and among them will be Abt's interpretation of the new Volkswagen Tiguan. The new crossover has just hit the market abroad, but Abt has already done its best to make this new cute 'ute stand out ...

Love child of luxury: Bentley and Bugatti beget the Big Bang 3 years ago on Autoblog

Although we've talked about Bugatti's plans for a super sedan as a follow-up to the all-powerful Veyron, apparently there are some people out there who don't have the patience to wait for such a car to become reality. German tuner LEW Design can help you get at least part way there with its new LEW ...

Lipstick on a... It's STARTECH's Jeep Compass! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge With the tunerrific Essen Motor Show upon us, we've received more info on what Deutsch masters of mayhem, Brabus/Startech, prepared for the show (Startech is Brabus' Chrysler Group vehicle specialist). We'll start with their Jeep Compass. The Compass is a pretty ugly car, which is ...

Mission 400 Plus - Tuner supercar aims to be the fastest of them all 3 years ago on Autoblog

The vehicle you see above wants to be the world's fastest sports car. The Porsche 997-based Mission 400 Plus, as its called, is the joint creation of Jürgen Alzen Motorsport, RS Tuning and H&R springs, and its world debut occurs this week at the Essen Motor Show. The car itself was ...

Skoda Roomster earns merit badge: Scout model debuts 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge Joining the Octavia in Škoda's scout line is the quirky-cool Roomster MPV. Unlike the Octavia Scout, which at least has all-wheel-drive, the Roomster Scout remains a FWD-only vehicle, and the Scout trim is just a butch appearance package. That said, it looks good wearing the ...

Prodrive performance parts for the Aston Martin V8 Vantage 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge The Aston Martin V8 Vantage may well be the most desirable machine you can spend your hard-earned money on. Sure, you can find cars that are faster and more expensive, but none of them are the sex on wheels that the 8-cylinder Aston is. Did we just say that there are cars that ...

Speeder's Nightmare: Brabus CLS Rocket police car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Last year, the German Federal Traffic Ministry and the Association of German Automobile Tuners (VDAT) created the Tune It Safe! program, the goal of which is to encourage drivers to adopt safe and legal tuning practices (and presumably have them employ established German tuning firms to do so). To ...

TechArt Porsche 911 Turbo to make Essen Motor Show debut 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge When we last spoke of the TechArt 911 Turbo, the supertuner was simply showing off their new body kit for Porsche's latest autobahn slayer, as none of their planned performance mods were ready. Well, the other shoe has now dropped, and TechArt now has the engine dishing out muscle ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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