New cars at Frankfurt Motor Show are the first to see： Mercedes-Benz and BMW cooperate to push new cars.
Known as the "Olympic Games" of the world automobile industry, the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany will be staged brilliantly from September 13th to 23rd. As the largest and longest-running auto show in the world, Frankfurt Motor Show, Paris Motor Show, Geneva Motor Show, Detroit Motor Show and Tokyo Motor Show are also called the five most famous auto shows today. Let’s preview what new cars will be seen at Frankfurt Motor Show.
2008LoremoLSConcept
This concept car is quite energy-saving. In addition to its cool appearance, foreign media also praised its fuel economy, saying that its excellent performance gave people a glimpse of the future car. The car weighs less than 1,000 pounds, uses a 1.5-liter twin-cylinder turbodiesel engine, and can travel an astonishing 117 miles on a gallon of gasoline. What’s more exciting is that it is expected to sell for less than $15,000 after mass production.
09 Audi A4
The new Audi A4, code-named B8, is 4703mm in length and 1826mm in width, which is 117mm and 54mm more than the current one, and the wheelbase is increased to 2808 mm.. On the engine side, A4 North American version will be equipped with three different versions, namely 2.0LTFSI version, 3.2LV6 version and 4.2LFSIV8 version, and the European version will be expected to be equipped with a brand-new 1.8LTFSI engine. Transmission also has a variety of options, including 6-speed manual version, stepless transmission and Audi’s latest manual/automatic integrated version.
New generation mazda 6
The new generation Ma 6 adopts Ford’s new CD3-2 platform, equipped with brand-new 2.5L and 3.5L engines. Among them, the 3.5LV6 engine comes from Ford, with a maximum power of 250 HP; The 2.5L inline four-cylinder engine is developed by Mazda itself, with a maximum power of 180 HP. Matching the engine will be a 6-speed manual transmission and a 5-speed automatic manual transmission, and the new horse 6 will also include four models: four-door sedan, hatchback hatchback, station wagon and coupe. In addition, all-wheel drive systems will be provided on all models.
Ferrari F430Scuderia
The new Ferrari F430Scuderia will be another V8 series sports car after F430Coupe and F430Spider. It will be a pure high-performance two-seater berlinetta, and advanced F1 technology can be seen everywhere in berlinetta production cars. It has an ultra-low weight-power ratio: 2.45 kg/horsepower, which is mainly due to the weight reduction: only 1250 kg, 100 kg less than the standard Ferrari F430; In addition, it is equipped with a naturally aspirated V8 with a displacement of 4308 ml and an engine with an output of 510 HP.
Ford VerveConcept
This is Ford’s small hatchback concept car "VerveConcept", which shows the future design direction of Ford’s small car. The front of the "VerveConcept" features a large trapezoidal grille, equipped with a panoramic glass roof and 18-inch aluminum wheels. In order to enable the driver to operate the navigator and AV system quickly and simply, a man-machine interface called "Convers+system" composed of a large display and a large operation switch is adopted in the center console.
Citroen C5Airscape
C5Airscape is a convertible sports car with lightweight, high strength and expensive carbon fiber folding hardtop. Positioning as "senior executive convertible car", it is a four-seat hardtop convertible car with beautiful appearance. It is equipped with 19-inch tires, a 2.7LHDiV6 engine with a maximum power of 208hp, and an "urban hybrid" system called by Citroen.
Bentley SUV
Apart from Volkswagen Touareg, Cayenne and Audi’s new Q7, Bentley suv will become the fourth vehicle with the same platform and technology. There are two possibilities for its engine: 6.75-liter V8 of Bentley Arnage and 6-liter twin-turbo W12 of Continental GT. Bentley’s 4×4SUV may be powered by a 6.0-liter W12 twin-turbo engine from Continental GT with a maximum power of 560 HP. The estimated price may exceed 120,000 pounds, or about 1.77 million yuan.
2009 Astor Martin V8VantageRS
We will see a lighter Astor Martin sports car, which is expected to provide more power, but the car will be lighter, and it will become a strong competitor of Porsche 911GT3.
Mercedes-Benz New C-Class Travel Edition
Mercedes-Benz will launch a successor to the C-Class Travel Edition. The new car will be equipped with two supercharged four-cylinder gasoline engines, namely C180 with 156bhp and C200； with 184bhp. Two V6 naturally aspirated gasoline engines are C230 with 204bhp output and C280 with 231bhp output and C350； with 272bhp output respectively. Three diesel engines are C200CDI with output of 136bhp, C220CDI with output of 170bhp and C320 with output of 224bhp.
Volkswagen Tiguan
This latest work, which continues Volkswagen Touareg’s SUV product line, has attracted considerable attention in the global car world, both in the concept car and prototype car stage. The TSI and TDI engine power compilation carried by Tiguan will also be unveiled at the same time, so that fans can see in advance the environmental protection power that Tiguan has all passed the fifth European emission standard. Tiguan takes into account the different car considerations of urban and off-road, but the setting of small sports recreational vehicles makes Tiguan more compact than big brother Touareg.
Mercedes-Benz BMW cooperates to push new cars.
BMW and Mercedes, the world’s two major competitors, will jointly develop small cars, which means that the replacement models of the next-generation Mini and Mercedes-Benz A-Class cars will become brothers, and both models will be produced on the same production platform and adopt front-wheel drive technology. The first alternative is to build a brand-new production platform for small cars, which adopts the mode of transverse and front engine, all-wheel drive technology and torsion beam rear axle. The second scheme is to keep the current Mini car and A-class car and develop a production platform with rear engine mode and rear wheel drive.
2008 Lamborghini
MurcielagoLP640
The design of this super sports car is inspired by the world’s most advanced jet fighter F22 Raptor. It will be a super star of Lamborghini, and only 20 cars are expected to be produced. Its price is astronomical, and it is expected to be 1.5 million dollars! The deposit alone costs $300,000! At this price, you can buy a bunch of famous cars: a BMW M5+ Audi RS4+ Porsche CaymanS+ Lotus Elise, plus a MiniCooperS.
New focus
Martin Smith, the designer of Ford’s new Mondeo and S-MAX, brought sharper design elements to the brand-new third-generation Focus, which borrowed a lot from the line styles of the new Mondeo and S-MAX. The more important changes of this new Focus come from the inside, such as the quality of materials in the car and the control system in the car, and the human-computer interaction system (HMI) used on the new Mondeo may also be assembled on the Focus.
2008 Mini Hybrid Smart Edition
This is a super car, which can only take two people. It belongs to a mini-hybrid vehicle with both oil and electricity. Its most wonderful feature lies in the automatic opening and closing function of the engine when driving at a low speed-in the traffic jam state, it will automatically stop the engine when it senses that the owner steps on the brake and the speed of the car is less than 5 miles per hour, and when it senses that the brake pedal is released, the engine will restart within 1 second. This function can save 8% of fuel consumption.
New BMW 1 Series
The BMW 1 Series 128ior135i will be launched in the United States next spring. The 128i is equipped with a 6-cylinder engine equipped on the 328i, while the 135i is equipped with a 3.0-liter 6-cylinder engine, with a maximum power of 300 horsepower and a speed of 100 kilometers from standstill in 5.3 seconds. It is reported that the BMW 1 Series will include 3-door and 5-door hatchback models, and the convertible will be available soon. (Xu Fanghua, Sardonar Lee)
Editor: Tian Shijia