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Frankfurt 2011 - Best in Show

Given the array of new cars at motor shows, it's often difficult to pick one as the overall star of the show. While, in theory, there appears to have been a glut of new concept and production cars to choose from in Frankfurt, in reality there were less than a handful of marked standout designs. Here are our picks.

Concept Car of the Week: Citroën C6 Lignage (1999)

By the late ‘90s, the bold but ageing Citroën XM was becoming irrelevant compared to the freshly updated German sedans. The press even started to suggest the XM would be the last high-end car to carry the double chevron. What they didn't know was that the designers were already working on the next model, although that wouldn't be ready until few years later.

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 – the new Murcielago

Lamborghini Aventador LP7004 They could have chosen Matador or Toreador or Picador (or even Little White Bull). But rather than a bull fighter Lamborghini wanted a bull. We thought their bull of choice for the Murcialago’s replacement would be Jota.