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Frankfurt motor show revisited: a reader’s review

By Richard Webber Motor Shows 05 October 2009 17:26 Richard Webber won a competition held by CAR and Vauxhall to take a CAR Online reader to Frankfurt. Here's his earlier report from the 2009 IAA - and you can now watch his video preview of the new 2010 Astra below I was chuffed to bits to win CAR’s competition to go to the 2009 Frankfurt motor show. But would the IAA live up to the hype on a general access public day, rather than VIP only press day?

Fiat wants a crossover to compete against the Volkswagen Golf

Fiat has decided it won't launch a new conventional hatchback to rival the Volkswagen Golf, Europe's best-selling car. Instead, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne wants the Italian automaker to replace its slow-selling Bravo compact hatchback with an all-new high-roof crossover inspired by the hot-selling Nissan Qashqai. Marchionne first hinted at Fiat's plan to make the bold product move at the Detroit auto show in January.

Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior – Theatre and iPad Multimedia packages

Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Bentley has introduced the Mulsanne Executive Interiors with Theatre and iPad Multimedia packages on offer. Following close on the heels of the Bentley Bentley Mulsanne Mulliner Driving Specification last week – which offered a sporty option for the latest Mulsanne – we now get the Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior for Bentley owners who want to turn the back of their car in to a business and multimedia centre. Bentley are keen to point out that they don’t just get a crate of iPads and glue them in to the Mulsanne, but take great care to integrate the iPads and multimedia fully in to the interior of the Mulsanne, a task that takes 170 hours.