WHEELS EVENTS

Wheels Magazine: Tokyo show report
A quiet, reflective Tokyo Motor Show this year, in a country that’s very far from recovered from the disasters that struck in March.

LA Auto Show: Porsche Panamera GTS
When Porsche’s head of research and development uses the words, “uncompromising sportscar” and “race track experience” you expect him to unveil a 911 GT3, but these words introduced the new Panamera GTS.

Mazda 3 geared-up for sales showdown
Mazda has launched its face-lifted 3 hatch and sedan range, with lower prices, extra equipment and a new fuel-saver variant added.

Auf widersehen, Frankfurt
The presentations are over, the press kits handed out, engineers and designers questioned, and now a bleary-eyed Wheels team are on long-haul flights back from the Frankfurt International Motor Show.

Peter Robinson’s blog: Day 2 of the Frankfurt show
No car at a Frankfurt show oozing with a record number of new production models and concepts was more significant than Volkswagen’s tiny, long-awaited and, to me, brilliant Up.

Frankfurt’s dark corners
Several interesting miscues at Frankfurt 2011, tucked away in the darker corners of the giant IAA exhibition halls.

Carey Frankfurt Show blog
Mark Adams and Rita Forst thought there would be nothing else at Frankfurt like their tiny, bubble canopied, tandem two-seat electric concept.

Girls of the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
Girls of the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011

Supercars at Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
There are plenty of supercars at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. And they’re from the big hitters too.

WHEELS Magazine: Top ten of the Frankfurt Show
In no particular order, here’s the best of the 2011 Frankfurt show from our reporters on the ground. Stay tuned for further updates.

Frankfurt Blog – Bill Thomas, Wheels Editor
As expected, day one at Frankfurt was dominated by the Big Three from Germany – Mercedes, BMW, and the VW Group.

Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
Days away from the opening of the 2011 show, we’ve assembled a preview of the main concepts and production vehicles set to debut.

Smart grids up for Frankfurt
Mercedes-Benz has revealed a heavily revised version of the Smart Fortwo ED (Electric Drive) boasting greater performance and additional range among other refinements to the compact rear-wheel drive plug-in electric car.

Melbourne Motor Show wrap-up
The 2011 Australian International Motor Show is in full swing, so here’s our wrap of the best fresh metal that graced the halls.

AIMS 2011 to showcase Swift S concept
Suzuki has announced that its display will be headlined by the unique Swift S-Concept, following its debut in Geneva earlier this year

2012 BMW M5 Concept Revealed At Shanghai
BMW has lifted the lid on its 2012 M5 Concept ahead of its Shanghai Auto Show unveiling later this month, offering the first official look at what we can expect to see on showroom floors later this year.

North American International Auto Show 2011
The Detroit Auto Show is one of the largest car shows in the world and here is our exclusive coverage of the 2011 event

Beijing International Auto Show part 1
Beijing International Auto Show part 1

Beijing International Auto Show part 2
Beijing International Auto Show part 2

Fastest ever Ferrari set to launch at Beijing
Ferrari will take the wraps off its fastest ever road car, the Ferrari 599 GTO, at the Beijing motor show later this month (April 2010).

Small the new big in Detroit
You know the world has changed fundamentally when the hero cars at the Detroit motor show are not big bore V8s or hulking pickup trucks but diminutive four-cylinder compacts and eco-cars.

Revenge of the Supercar
It wouldn’t be a proper motorshow if there wasn’t at least one off-the-wall, over-the-top and utterly ambitious supercar concept from a team of starry-eyed dreamers intent on announcing their arrival in the big league.

Another point of view: 2009 Tokyo Motor Show
The 41st running of the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened its doors this week, suggests it is not all business as usual for the Japanese car industry.

Tokyo show report
Centerpiece of Japan’s car industry lacks its usual pizzazz … Ed Ged reports from the Land of the Rising Sun.