67th International Motor Show Germany (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) [2017 Frankfurt Motor Show]

11alualhati · 14 September 2017 20:02

Well guess I’ll have to wait till the next auto show to post the rest of the new cars I made. DIdn’t even get to my big reveal lol. I guess the cars currently in the AL Autos Booth will have to do for now.

DeusExMackia · 17 September 2017 20:55

Final thoughts

Frankfurt’s 2017 show has produced a whirlwind of great vehicles. A proper mix of new vehicles that really showcase a healthy and vibrant auto industry. I don’t have time to go through every thing in detail, but I do have time to make some remarks about what was on display at the bi-annual car expo.

Miller’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Anacdona was a bit of a dissapointment; a one colour, plain looking coupe. It’s good from some angles, but it’s hardly something that scream 50 years of a marque. It certainly seems fast, but that isn’t enough to keep me interested.

Erin also celebrated an anniversary, 60 years of them being a car maker. Their ClassicSport concept was a real…(read more)

Zenshi’s Arum ‘Comme Des Garcons’ special was not what I was expecting from a collaboration with a clothing line. In essence, it was red everything with a special badge on the back, all based around a nice performance version of the sedan. I would have thought some, er, clothes would have been more appropriate but if you want to drive around advertising yourself as an expensive hipster, this is the car you’ve been waiting for.

BREAKING NEWS: Sachiuri have made brown look quite good! The sL800 has finally been birthed, meaning Sachiuri have a proper mid-size sedan now. This sLR800 variant, a sporty 485hp machine gun of a wagon looks like it came straight out of Evangelion and seems to be in a constant state of maximum attack. This is in no way a bad thing. $47.7k for the sports trim and $56.7k for the extra sports trim makes it well priced in this sector too.

The Shromet Dragon Limited has been turned into a “motorsport experience”. The engine has motorsport parts, the spoiler is motorsporty, the gearbox is manual to make it extra motorsporty and it’s fast. The fastest Shromet ever in fact, which is quite something for a machine that began life as a GT car. How does it drive? No idea, but undoubtedly sharper and harder than the rounded base car. Shame the looks couldn’t also be a bit more dramatic to suit its new purpose.

The new/facelifted Baltazar Zeppelin was revealed, reworking its smooth styling into something with more edge and class. It’s a marked improvement over the old looks, and with promise of a range of new engines and general retuning, it should be better to drive too. No word however on whether or not it’s lost any weight, the main problem I had with it in my roadtest. A new trim of the Quasar, the GT-S, was also revealed, designed to echo the touring car variants of the car. It aims to be the “ultimate FWD experience”, a bold claim but one that certainly sets out its priorities well.

The Zenshi Seriyu ZMD version made it’s debut; it’s ditching it’s ultra light weight credentials and going for more power instead. It’s more aggressive, much more powerful, and very, very blue.

At last, we got to see the Kimura A U B U R N unveiled. It’s a good looking machine, though the coupe looks quite squat and I cannot stand the “90s kids will remember” spiral spoked wheels. Usual range of engines, fairly large ones for a compact but it makes for a change in this market. There’s little else to say other than it’ll probably be as solid as most japanese family cars.

Albury unveiled a lot of cars, or at least I think they did, or maybe they revealed a lot updates. I wasn’t too sure, the press release was a mess. It was more of a brochure for their whole lineup rather then something that really got to the point. In short, a lot of cars will be availible soon and they have all had things done to them and do other things too.

A redesign Holts Alaris made an aperance. Blocky headlights with nice grille design and an appealing rear end make this a nice looking motor, and I am especially interested in the 1500 watt speaker system. Is that 1500 per speaker? Is this a Metallica concert?

IMP did a similarly Albury thing and gave us their entire range in one go, thankfully with slightly more photos than text. The star of the show here though was the new IMP Opera. It’s a bit flat in its design, but it is at least smart. Conservative then, but it’ll look good parked up outside a sky scraper in the city centre.

Damn. Miller really are channeling the original NSX with the new R Series. It feels backwards to make a car that looks like it should have come out in 1998, but at the same time my nostalgia senses really, really approve of it. Plust, 0-60 in 2.4 seconds? Screw the Honda tribute looks, this thing is a monster. 722 hp, 209 mph top speed. Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me.

It’s a new Petoskey Montauk! It doesn’t look as good as the old one! Heck, it looks tired, and very 2003. The specs are good, but it doesn’t look up to date, or indeed that good. It also a a bit of an Albury exhaust situation going on at the back. The short of it is that it doesn’t cut it for me, especially not for a muscle car.

AL Autos made their apperance (they only ever seem to appear at car shows) with a few vehicles. The Dominus is perhaps their best looking car to date, though surely that 4.9l V12 could be upped to a proper 6l model. The Habilis is pretty decent too, and packs power with this 1.3l 175hp turbo model. At $23k for this sports trim supermini, it is very expensive. Its $15k base price is very high too.

Saminda announced that the C5KR ain’t dead, though its reveal date didn’t quite match the shows schedule. Still, they’re clearly not giving up on performance vehicles just yet.

And, er, that’s that. Another show done and the automotive circus heads off to the next city. ~~Paris I think is the next one? In which case, auf wiedersehen and bon voyage!~~ Nope, actually it’s Tokyo next. Or maybe Los Angeles. I need to check with my boss…

-Gavin Anderson

stickmaster62 · 17 September 2017 21:14

I’ll take 1 out of 2, much better than I was expecting tbh

If Mr. Gavin would like to take any of the Miller cars for a spin, I know a guy who knows a guy.

abg7 · 18 September 2017 00:13

The Paris motor show only takes place on even-numbered years. Frankfurt hosts its own show on the odd-numbered years. So logically, the next auto show will be the one in Tokyo, then another in Los Angeles.

And I was as disappointed as you were about the new Montauk’s styling. From the front, it doesn’t look different enough from its predecessor (and unusually bland to boot), and the plain rear fascia doesn’t seem memorable enough for anyone following it. At least it’s fast enough to be a true muscle car… But Petoskey’s stylists need to find a way to hide their exhaust tips. And their vaunted Scramjet engine deserves to be in a better-looking car anyway.

Starfish94 · 20 September 2017 14:08

Saminda revealed the C5000R ‘‘Concept’’ at Frankfurt Auto Show

The C5000R Concept previews a high-performance CthousandR that should make its way to Europe, Asia and North America for the first time in history in the next year or two.

On the outside, the C5000R preview the new Saminda ‘‘Spider Grille’’ that we might see in future Saminda’s vehicle.

But the biggest news is under the hood, where Saminda has fitted a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with 2 electric motors that makes more than 350 horsepower. This new powerplant is also powered in the up-coming C2000R.

‘‘Why is it important to Saminda?’’
It’s RWD, it’s rare for Saminda to bulit a car that drive on the rear-wheel and It also demonstrate Saminda’s commitment to performance and driving enjoyment. After the axed plan of the RXE and ZXE which was a collaboration with Maesima, Saminda still doesn’t want it performance heritage to end.

titleguy1 · 20 September 2017 21:44

Welcome to the first round of voting for the IAA 2017 awards. In this initial round, we will be voting for the best car in each category, with the winners going on to the second round of voting which will decide the ‘Best In Show’ winner.

In the event of a tie, the adjudicator (myself) will choose a winner to go though to the Best In Show round, though both cars will be awarded Best In Category.

This vote will only consist of brand new cars that have been revealed at the show.

One car per manufacturer per category, one vote per person per category, you can vote for your own cars, and that’s that. Best of luck to everyone!

Not every car has been included in here, either because there weren’t enough similar vehicles for it to fall into a category or because the company released a large number of vehicles and only a few were selected. Without further ado, let us begin!

Best Sports/GT/Super Car

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Best Compact (A- to C-Segment) Car

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Best Saloon (D-Segment and larger) Car

Typo - Ridgewell-Jeong Motors Eden Concept is supposed to be 2018 Sachiuri SLR800. I apologize for any miscommunication.

0 voters

Best Concept Car

0 voters

Awildgermanappears · 20 September 2017 23:49

Epilogue:

I’ve changed the Opera yet again, and re-added the Velocitas for 2018. Unusual for me it’s now running a smaller engine (5.8L vs 6.4L) with similar or better power figures (840hp/1110Nm vs 820hp/1220Nm). Also new is a back to basics approach to the suspension. The 2018 redesign does NOT utilize active suspension components anymore, in their place are special-order IMR competition components with a fixed setup. A tweaked Aero package reduces drag at high speeds.

The end results of the revamp are nearly 200kg in weight loss over the 2016 rendition, a slight reduction in price and most importantly a rather noticeable increase in top speed from 361kph to 374kph.

abg7 · 21 September 2017 00:36

Turning a big saloon into a supercar slayer is tough, but you pulled it off, and surprisingly, it looks ace in bright green! Lowering the weight and price of the revised model (which is also faster to boot) clearly helped.

strop · 21 September 2017 12:04

Are those suicide door handles? They are suicide door handles aren’t they!