Alpina B6 Edition 50 Bi-Turbo Coupe (Peter)
Take one of BMW’s prettiest cars, send it to Bavarian tuner Alpina, and you get a very special ride. Sure, the factory rear-drive BMW M6 Coupe is hot, but Alpina’s take on this car is different. Alpina starts with the all-wheel-drive 650 Coupe and adds its own recipe of increased power, handling and appointments. Compared to the M6, the Alpina B6 leans more to the luxury side of the equation, but driving one reveals an intoxicating blend of performance, refinement and dynamic security that separates from all other iterations of this fetching two-door. And 600 hp from the 4.4L V8 is nothing to sneeze at. Celebrating 50 years of tuning BMWs, the Alpina B6 Edition 50 Bi-Turbo Coupe has not been crash tested for North America, so we won’t be getting it.

Lamborghini LP 610-4 Huracan Spyder (Peter)
The Huracan coupe is an outstanding drive, so adding wind and sun to the mix can only make it better. Not to mention more aural stimulation from the screamin’ 610-hp 5.2L V10. The Huracan Spyder’s lightweight fabric top comes in three colours – black, brown and red – and retracts in 17 seconds.  It is operable at speeds up to 50 km/h and the electric rear window works separately from the roof, so you can leave it up as a wind blocker. The Spyder looks good with the top up, and spectacular when tucked away when the rear fins move into place, beautifully shaping the side view of the car. Pricing starts at 186, 450 Euros.

Porsche Mission-e Concept (Peter… and Jacob)

PB: Porsche surprised all with their Mission-e concept – a Tesla fighting electric car that could sell itself on looks alone. The electric motors make 600 hp, it has a 500 km range and Porsche claims with their new quick-charging system it will get 80 percent of its charge in 15 minutes. Build this puppy!

JB: If you don’t think electric is the future, Porsche is here to prove you wrong. If, like me, you also think Porsche builds kind of boring looking cars really, they’ll prove you wrong on that front too. This Mission-e concept is gorgeous. Gorgeous. It also looks realistic… maybe they’ll build it? I hope they do.

For more on Frankfurt and how the show looked from inside Jacob’s head, click here.

Mercedes-Benz Concept IAA (Jacob)
Also on the Electric-drive supercar bit, well, hybrid drive at least, was Mercedes-Benz. The Concept IAA is powered by a petrol/electric hybrid good for 279 hp and a top speed of 250 km/h electrically limited. All-electric range is 66 km, but it’s the transforming abilities that really make this car incredible. At 80 km/h (I wish it had been 88 – and yes I know that was mph but still….) the tail piece extends 40 mm, the grill and rims close, and the underbody panels move about to minimize drag. The result, a claimed world record drag coefficient of 0.19. Oh yeah, and it only took 10 months to design and build.

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