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Frankfurt motor show 2011 photo gallery

  The Volkswagen stand was absolutely rammed with metal. They've already shown the Polo R WRC car - but just look at it! Can't wait to see it on dirt from next year  Volkswagen showed the Nils - a vision for a single-seater commuter EV for future cities Inside the VW Nils Land Rover showed two concept cars  Upright, square, wheel on the back... could only be a Land Rover Land Rover DC100: sounds like a plane, one of the hits of Frankfurt   Land Rover showed a brace of concepts, both looking to the new Defender due in 2015.

Volkswagen iBeetle takes iPhone integration to another level

When we’re all walking round with Smartphones that possess the sort of computing power only a major desktop could offer just a few years ago, it makes sense for car makers to tap in to that power to control functionality and Infotainment in their cars. Which is why Volkswagen has rolled out the iBeetle at this week’s Shanghai Motor Show with a level of integration with Smartphones from Apple, and that previews a roll-out of Apple integration from VW, offering far more functionality and control than we’ve seen before. Or at least that’s the VW claim.

Ford Fiesta eWheelDrive gets wheel hub electric motors

The Ford Fiesta eWheelDrive – a driveable research vehicle built by Ford and German specialists Schaeffler – may be a regular supermini in size, but it points towards a potential future EV which is much more compact and very manoeuvrable. Ford has taken a regular Fiesta and dumped its powertrain, replacing it with a battery bank where the engine would be and fitted a pair of in-hub electric motors on the rear wheels. But the plan is to build new cars with the batteries under the floor which frees up the space under the bonnet which can then be all but removed to create a very compact urban car that still has space for four.