VIDEO: Time lapse of Audi's huge temporary exhibition hall being built

ALBUM: Frankfurt Motor show Day 1

Lots more photos after the jump

Decoding the Kia GT

Like other concept cars, the Kia GT is a window into the future of Kia design and a hint of what chief designer, Peter Schreyer is thinking about so let us look at the various design features that may appear in future models from the Korean carmaker.

From the front we can see the evolution of the tiger-mouth grille, it is more stylised with the sides flared downwards and taking on a more vertical position in profile.

The overall styling language is moving away from the angular and flat surfaces to more rounded panels and flowing lines, we can expect this general design to start appearing in future Kia models.

Maserati plays with mud in the Kubang

Italian Super GT brand Maserati is following the footsteps of Porsche and is coming up with a Sports Utility Vehicle to call its own and uniquely Malaysian buyers are squarely in their crosshair.

Called Kubang or mudhole in Malay, Maserati is really keen to impress to Malaysians that their SUV is at home in the mud.

Ok, actually I do not know why they care calling it the Kubang as none of the reports or Media Releases coming out of the Frankfurt Motor Show explains it.

Is Lotus bringing an all-new model to Frankfurt

Lotus released a teaser of an unnamed and unseen car (well not very clearly anyway) facing a  boxer. Why a boxer? that's a real mystery.
This is a screen capture of the mystery car, it could be an upgrade of a current model or if it is an all new model, then it is the Esprit... we assume this because Lotus had said earlier that they do not have the financial resources to develop two cars at the same time and they felt the flagship Esprit should be developed first.
My guess? An extreme Evora, maybe with a Lexus V8...the engine they were thinking about when they first started the Lotus revival plan

Watch the video after the jump

LEAKED?: Maserati's SUV looks a bit like photoshopped X6

I cannot say for sure that this is the new Maserati SUV because there are so many good photoshoppers out there. At a glance it looks like a photoshopped BMW X6...don't you think?

Well we will know for sure next week...

REVEALED: Production version of VW Up bares all before Frankfurt

Production car retains most of the concept's look and feel

The production version of VW Up, Wolfburg's interpretation of the K-car is  looking very good with clean lines, nice proportions and the usual neat detailing that the VAG group is well known for

This is the concept version and in my opinion the production car is more pleasing to look at.

For more photos and our thoughts on the Up, please follow the jump