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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?

Concept Car of the Week: Plymouth XNR (1960)

In the early ‘50s, both GM and Ford offered attractive and exciting sports cars, symbols of a proud post-war America. Ford had the Thunderbird and GM the Corvette, but Chrysler's approach was more pragmatic, producing cars that were practical and robust but also slow. After commissioning a long series of concepts designed by Italian carrozzeria Ghia, Chrysler gave a free hand to its design chief Virgil Exner to inject some life into its lineup.

New Renault Twingo revealed ahead of Geneva 2014 debut

Renault claims to have revolutionised the city car segment just over 20 years ago with the original Twingo – a small, cheap and frugal car that was great for punting around the back streets of Paris. For 2014 the Renault Twingo is back – and how, with the new third-gen car sporting some clever and innovative features. Volkswagen, SEAT and Skoda, watch out: there’s a new urban runabout in town.