Entries Tagged as 'FrankfurtAutoShow'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Frankfurt 2007: the shiny, invisible Bugatti Pur Sang

Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Bugatti

There was an official release of the all-aluminum Bugatti Pur Sang somewhere in Frankfurt this week, but it wasn’t at the official Frankfurt Auto Show. In fact, once it was shown — presumably, once — it wasn’t seen again. Not much of a loss, really, because you […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Frankfurt 2007: Aston Martin DBS is the new House of Lords

Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Aston Martin
Click the image above for more hi-res pics
Neither Daniel Craig nor his latest avatar made an appearance at the Frankfurt Auto Show, but that’s all right. If we had a choice of meeting Bond or his car in person, we’d have to go with the car. And there it […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Did Lamborghini “blow” it with the Reventón?

Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Coupes, Etc., Supercars
Click on the above photo for more hi-res pics of the Blown Tire Reventón
var digg_url = \’http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Lamborghini_blows_it_with_the_name_of_its_Reventon_supercar\’; As many commenters have noted, the Spanish name of the million-euro Lambo, Reventón, is a bit of a surprise. The accent over the ‘o’ changes the stress, but […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Frankfurt 2007: 2008 Lamborghini Reventón - 1,000,000 Euro to own

Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Lamborghini
click above image for more high-res shots of the Lamborghini Reventón
It’s finally here, arrived in secrecy just like the airplane from which it takes its cues: the 2008 Lamborghini Reventón. It lurked between three women dressed in beige overalls and work boots. The beige tarp that covered […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

VIDEO: MINI Clubman ad banned in Frankfurt

Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Marketing/Advertising, MINI

BMW’s MINI brand has been responsible for some unique ad campaigns in recent years, so when we first read that their latest ad had been banned in Frankfurt, our imaginations went wild. What’d they do this time? Nudity? Vulgarity? Drugs? Rock and roll? Boy were we disappointed to find […]

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