Car industry drives into Frankfurt

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Audi's Frankfurt stand
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The 66th Frankfurt motor show is underway, with hundreds of thousands of visitors due to attend the displays of new cars, concept cars, classic cars - and on this Audi stand, holograms of cars.

Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche
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Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche gets the rock star treatment as he presents - to his mostly-male audience - the new Mercedes-Benz S-class cabriolet.

General Motors' chief executive Mary T Barra
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The most powerful woman in the global car industry, General Motors' chief executive Mary T Barra, unveils the new Opel Astra.

Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo
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Bugatti's Vision Gran Turismo concept car points to where the manufacturer is heading now that it has built its 450th and final Veyron supercar

Jaguar F-Pace
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Most carmakers unveil new models by pulling off a large cover. Jaguar's F-Pace was unveiled as it drove round a giant loop-the-loop track, entering the Guinness World Record for the largest such stunt in a car.

BMW chief Harald Krueger
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Harald Krueger fainted during a presentation. But the BMW chief executive, who had been feeling unwell after an extensive travel schedule, is recovering fine, the company said.

The new Audi S4 (C) is unveiled between the new A4 models
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Audi keeps the world's motoring press guessing, with the new S4 (C), waiting to be unveiled after the carmaker presented its new A4 models.

Toyota's virtual test drive
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Who needs an expensive fleet of demonstrator vehicles when potential Toyota customers can thrash vehicles on the road with a virtual test drive.

Smart fortwo cabrio
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The Smart brand gets a racier look with the unveiling of its new Fortwo cabrio.

Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster
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Ho hum. Using glamour models to attract attention is getting rarer at car shows, but Lamborghini clearly felt its Aventador SV Roadster was not stylish enough.

The Borgward BX7
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Germany's historic Borgward brand, which went bust in 1961, was revived earlier this year, with the Frankfurt seeing the re-born company's first car - the BX7.