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Mercedes-Benz with their SLS is just one of many carmakers providing major teases and major previews ahead of the official opening of Europe's biggest car show of 2009.
It's been tough this week to keep up with the action at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
We have seen hybrid cars, supercars, electric cars and even a tiny three-seat city runabout from Gordon Murray in Britain, a man who made his name and fame designing world championship winning grand prix cars for Brabham and McLaren.
What's most surprising is that the Frankfurt show does not begin until the back end of next week. Still, that has not stopped the world's carmakers doing major teases and even major previews ahead of the official opening of Europe's biggest car show of 2009.
This week we have first pictures and details of the Mercedes-Benz SLS, while BMW Group has already revealed its plug-in diesel-electric hybrid concept car and shown the Mini coupe it will soon put into production.
We have also had teasers on an electric Audi R8 and some special green cars from Volkswagen, and even a Peugeot version of Mitsubishi's plug-in iMiEV, which will become Australia's first commercially-available electric car before the end of the year.
It's big news and surprising stuff at a time when the world is still crawling back from the global economic meltdown and the organisers of the Tokyo Motor Show in October - which traditionally tries to trump Frankfurt - are talking-down their 2009 event.
