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The Volkswagen Group had a whole lot and then more to show off at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. There were about a dozen vehicles rolled out at the pre-show VW Group evening, and then more once the show opened the following morning. For the Volkswagen brand itself, the new production Up! was the main focus, sharing the stage with the Nils concept, the Beetle R showcar and the Polo rally car. But there was, according to the UK’s CAR magazine, to be one more major debut.

That additional concept car would have been a preview of the next-generation Phaeton, but apparently VW’s corporate strategists opted to hold it back so as not to detract from the Up! runabout. Instead, it will likely show off the concept second-generation luxury sedan at another show in the near future, but the production model isn’t expected to come until 2015.

When it does, we’ll find out what strategy the Phaeton will have switched to. Insiders suggest it will be downsized to slot in between the Audi A6 and A8 (rather than compete directly with the latter) and could include one or several less traditional (and more practical) bodystyles in addition to a traditional four-door sedan.

We’re also likely to be looking at smaller engines than the eight, ten and twelve-cylinder mills currently on offer, all in an effort to sell the new Phaeton to more customers than the current model, one in two of which reportedly stay in Volkswagen’s hands as VIP shuttles.

Volkswagen passes on showing Phaeton concept in Frankfurt, new car expected for 2015 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Seventy-five. That’s how many vehicles we managed to cover from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. And we’re completely spent. Our men on the scene have boarded their jumbo jets and are finally on their way home.

While we take a short break from auto show coverage – at least until November, when SEMA, the LA Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show are all vying for space on our calendar – we suggest you revel in all that Frankfurt had to offer by reliving it all in our table of concepts and production cars below.

Maserati GranCabrio Fendi	Radical SR3 SL	Aston Martin DBS Carbon
Techart GTStreet RS	2012 Fiat Punto	Hamann BMW M6 conv’t
Rimac Concept One	Bentley Interior Concept	Audi A8L W12 Exclusive
VW Polo R WRC	MB Viano Vision Pearl	2012 Opel Zafira Tourer
2012 Fiat Panda	BMW Motorrad Concept E	MB C-Class Coupe DTM
Peugeot 508 RXH	Audi A5 DTM	2012 Seat Exeo
VW Buggy Up! Concept	Alfa Romeo 4C Concept	2012 Suzuki Swift Sport
Brabus E-Class Electric	Seat IBL Concept	2012 Opel Astra GTC
2012 Ferrari 458 Spyder	2012 Toyota Avensis	Toyota FT-86 II Concept
Volvo Concept You	Ssangyong XIV-1	2012 Audi S6
2012 Audi S8	2012 Lexus GS 450h	Lancia Flavia Cabrio
Mercedes SLK55 AMG	2012 Toyota Prius PHEV	2013 Mazda CX-5
Brabus Rocket 800	Eterniti Hemera	Wiesmann MF3 Final
2012 Mercedes B-Class	Audi e-tron prototype	Alpina B6 Biturbo Conv’t
Abarth 695 Competizione	Ford Evos Concept	2012 Ford Focus ST
Jaguar C-X16 Concept	2012 911 Carerra S	Peugeot HX1 Concept
Kia GT Concept	2012 Subaru XV	VW Beetle R Concept
2012 Audi S7	Citroen Tubik Concept	2012 Hyundai i30
Fisker Surf Concept	Audi Urban Spyder	Gallardo Super Trofeo
Infiniti FX Vettel edition	2012 Honda Civic (Euro)	Yo-Auto Concept
2012 Lotus Exige S	Skoda MissionL Concept	Maserati Kubang
Volkswagen Nils Concept	Ducati Diavel AMG	Land Rover DC100
2012 Volkswagen Up!	Ford Focus ST-R	Mercedes-Benz F-125!
2012 Porsche 911	2012 Honda Insight	Ford Fiesta ST Concept
Aston Martin V12 Zagato	Lotus Exige R-GT	Audi A2 Concept

We obsessively covered the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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