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Auto News For September 15, 2015 – Porsche And Audi Show Tesla Rivals At Frankfurt Auto Show

2015 Frankfurt auto show debuts

Here are the nine must-read, must-watch auto news stories, reviews and videos for Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Above image: top left, 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan; top right, Infiniti Q30; middle right, Mercedes-Ben IAA Concept; bottom right, Audi e-tron quattro Concept; bottom left, Porsche Mission E Concept; middle left, Jaguar F-Pace. We’ll have a summary of today’s Frankfurt debuts tomorrow morning.

FAR-OFF FUTURE
The Mercedes-Benz Concept IAA is not your next E-Class. But Mercedes-Benz frequently integrates styling cues from their wildest concepts into subsequent production cars. The IAA, which stands for Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile, was introduced at German’s Frankfurt auto show yesterday.

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