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    Frankfurt 2009: Meet the 2010 Citroen C3
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    2010 Citroen C3 - click above image for hi-res gallery
    It's really a shame we can't buy Citroens in America anymore. Main reason is the awesome C6. Second reason is that all the small Citroens we poked our heads into at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show had sticks. By comparison, more than half the ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Peugeot BB1 Concept is messing with our minds
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    Peugeot BB1 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
    You know what the problem with Smart cars is? Not tough enough! Regardless, meet the Peugeot BB1. Yes, it is the logical result of a one night stand between a Subaru SVX and a Peel 50. What are we talking about? We don't even know what ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Citroen DS3 looks good, needs a new name
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    2010 Citroen DS3 - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Seriously Citroen, what is up? We're all for premium small cars (think Mini Cooper, Audi A3) and pray nightly that more will start coming to our shores. But calling this C3-based hatchback a DS? For reals? Look, any new Citroen DS has ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Bring us the 2010 Opel Insignia OPC Sports Tourer
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    2010 Opel Insignia OPC Sports Tourer - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Remember this? "More wagons! More wagons!" Well, here's another. Meet the Opel Insignia OPC Sports Tourer. Salient facts: 325-horsepower turbocharged 2.8-liter V6, AWD, six-speed manual, eLSD torque vectoring and it's ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Peugeot RCZ is our kind of French connection
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    Peugeot RCZ – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Some things are worth waiting for. Take the Peugeot RCZ, for example. French auto giant PSA has been talking about putting the RCZ into production since initially unveiling it as a concept car in this very hall back in 2007. And that day ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Mansory Vitesse Rose is anything but pretty in pink
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    Mansory Vitesse Rose – Click above for high-res image gallery (if you must)
    Opinions in the Autoblog media room here in Frankfurt are divided once again. Some of us think the Mansory Vitesse Rose is the ugliest thing on wheels, the most heinous thing ever done to a Bentley, while Lieberman ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Brabus E V12 Black Baron is where light goes to die
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    Brabus E V12 Black Baron -- Click above for high-res image gallery
    Fancy yourself as a real-life Bruce Wayne with the financial wherewithal to match? Have we got a workaday sedan for you. German tunemeisters Brabus have just lifted the sheet off their new E V12 Black Baron sedan, although we ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Porsche 911 GT3 RS goes 180 mph before coming to the show [w/VIDEO]
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    2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS - click above image to watch the video
    "You don't go from A to B -- you drive around in circles." So says Andreas Preuninger Manager of High Performance Cars at Porsche. First -- YES -- we want his job. Second, our buddy JF took a video camera into the Porsche 911 GT3 RS ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Yes, that is a mirror-finish Audi R8 5.2 V10
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    Mirror-Finish Audi R8 - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Oh how they laughed when we suggested chroming an Audi R8. Of course, our plan was to use a couple of rattle cans and a few rolls of blue tape to git er done. Right before screaming, "Hey y'all, watch this!" and launching the R8 off ...

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    Frankfurt 2009: Marussia B2 breaks cover, B1 Hybrid shown in new colors
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    Marussia B2 and B1 Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery
    When we hear the phrase "Russian Supercar" we initially think of either a turbocharged tank or something made from wallpaper, powered by fictional hubris yet somehow still finished in mirrored chrome. Any of which would come with ...

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