Autoweek's award winners from the Frankfurt motor show

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Friday, September 13, 2013                  We won't ruin the surprise, but the Audi Sport Quattro concept is somewhere on this list. Best in Show from Frankfurt By Autoweek editors | 09/13/13, 1:44 pm et The United States auto industry continues its strong recovery from the near-fatal recession of 2008/9/10. The European auto industry? Not so much. It continues to struggle. Annual sales are expected to be 13 or so million, down five million from the Continent's 2007 peak. While all carmakers were present and accounted for in Frankfurt, a grim realism dogged the festivities. The bright side is Europe is still doing better than the Japanese market, and there were bright spots on automakers' show stands in all the halls. That's the challenge with Frankfurt: There are something like 11 halls and this year they were all worth visiting. Performance cars, the whole reason we flew over there, were seemingly everywhere. From the powerful and aerodynamically efficient Ferrari 458 Speciale... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. You will not receive a reply if you use this e-mail address. Crain Communications, 1155 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, MI 48207.