All the Fun of the Show

All the Fun of the Show
 

All the Fun of the Show

By Charis Whitcombe
Sep 13, 2007

All the Fun of the Show

The 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show

Supercars, city cars, concept cars and even the odd, everyday 4x4: here are just some of the many highlights, freshly snapped by our intrepid reporters. From Audi and Ferrari, Bugatti and Aston, Lamborghini and Porsche… and so the list goes on.

Over at Porsche, the 911 GT2 gains the attention of purists, while the new Cayenne GTS represents the latest high-performance evolution of the marque’s ‘cash cow’. BMW, meanwhile, is taking a (supposedly) green perspective with its X6 hybrid, due to reach the market by 2009. And Mercedes is proudly showing the C 63 AMG Estate, as covered in Classic Driver last week; not to mention the (utterly bonkers) Brabus Bullit C-Class with a 720bhp V12 engine. 

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