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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.

Auto Glamour: Yuni presents the AC Cobra
Auto Glamour: Yuni presents the AC Cobra

All-new Hyundai i30
Hyundai’s i30 hatch has been a monumental sales success for the brand since it launched here in 2007. Now the covers have come off the second-generation model.

MOTOR Magazines Performance Car Cup 2011 Contenders
View our gallery of the contenders for MOTOR Magazine’s Performance Car Cup 2011.

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.

Extreme Auto Expo
Extreme Auto Expo

Range Rover Evoque wins Women’s World Car of the Year 2012
Range Rover Evoque wins Women’s World Car of the Year 2012

Harry Styles of One Direction buys an Audi R8
Harry Styles of One Direction buys an Audi R8

Chocolate-brown Lamborghini Aventador looks tasty
Chocolate-brown Lamborghini Aventador looks tasty

Ride of a lifetime: Ken Block takes Motor Magazine for a spin!
Ken Block brought his smash hit viral videos to life last weekend with the final round of the Gymkhana World Tour held at Melbourne’s Calder Park.

Colour perfect for Peter
With the 5th anniversary of Peter Brock’s untimely death coming up, Holden has honoured the racing legend with a new colour available on all locally-built Commodore and Cruzes.

Street race ends with $2 million worth of luxury cars impounded
Police in Vancouver seized 13 sports cars worth $2 million after a dangerous street race that witnesses say reached speeds of 200 kph.

Second-gen Continental GTC convertible on its way
Bentley has announced it will reveal the all-new Continental GTC convertible at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show next week.

Freddie Mercury special edition Lotus revealed
Lotus has revealed first images of a special edition Lotus Evora S that will be auctioned next Monday evening (5 September) to raise money for the Freddie Mercury HIV AIDS charity.

New Honda Civic 2012
Honda is preparing to launch an all-new Civic model fully equipped to take on the class-leading Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf.

New Porsche 911 is economy leader, but hybrid is on hold
Porsche’s new 911 (codenamed 991) was revealed to Wheels at an exclusive function at the company’s Zuffenhausen museum. The design language of the 991 will be familiar to all Porsche fans, but under the nipped and tucked bodywork is a very different 911.

Ford Evos Concept
Officially called the Evos Concept, it will star as Ford’s headline act at this September’s Frankfurt Motor Show.