The New York Auto Show doesn’t quite attract the media attention of the season-opener in Detroit, but for consumers it’s by far the bigger event. Monocle looks at the role of the regional auto show in car manufacturer’s…
The auto industry is facing a moment of significant technological and social change as electric power begins to gather pace in its charge against fossil fuels. Monocle reports from the Frankfurt motor show on the effect…
Rewind to 1980 and the idea of a Japanese luxury car brand would have been unthinkable. Today, Toyota's Lexus division has become a dominant force in the US luxury market and wants to do the same in Europe. Monocle's Editor…
Green credentials and energy efficiency were the buzzwords at the glitzy annual Geneva Motor Show, now in its 78th year. But the real show-stopper was Nissan's latest project, its luxury sub-brand Infiniti, set to launch…
Frankfurt's biannual motor show is where the big guns roll out their great hopes for the future. While quality and newness are touchstones, global warming was the hot topic and "hybrid" the buzz word. Monocle's Robert…
This year's Geneva Motor Show arrived in style, with its luxury launches and all-singing, all-dancing attractions often diverting attention away from the actual cars. But it was also a solid year for sensible motoring, with…
Car sales around the world are in freefall but the global economy is not the only problem - too many vehicles are design disasters. Monocle visits this year's Geneva Motor Show to discover how the automotive industry is…
The 2011 Geneva Motor Show was a more positive, dynamic event than in years past. A record number of new machines were unveiled and the results of years of industry investment in green technology was especially evident.…
Tyler Brûlé updates us from Toronto. Plus, we visit the Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair and the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé presents the first edition of The Monocle Review. On this programme we highlight Narcotecture in Herat, a cosier version of Davos at Tällberg, a rock festival with a difference in Japan and a…
Car sales have collapsed but the economy is not the only problem: too many vehicles are design lemons – just see our list of 2009 sinners in issue 19. But this could be the year car design makes its comeback.
A gallery in Istanbul, a radio for rock star and a Q&A with New-York based art collector Henry Buhl.
The yachting industry has suffered some knocks and Cannes boat fair was 14 per cent down in attendance this year, but there are signs it’s on course for a recovery. And there’s a new appreciation of old-school and sustai…
Whether it is solid German engineering at Hochschule Pforzheim, new technologies at the RCA in London or size limitations at Academy of Art University in San Francisco, what rolls off students’ drawing boards today could…
Dubai and its neighbours have come to believe that even seven-star luxury and tax-free sunshine can seem stale without culture. Monocle visits Art Dubai to see who’s buying and ask if an oil state can reinvent itself as a…
When it first started rolling into suburban garages and pulling up on gravel country driveways, the term SUV was unknown to fans of the G-Wagen. Twenty-eight years after its launch, the boxy, rugged classic from Austria is…
When it first started rolling into suburban garages and pulling up on gravel country driveways, the term SUV was unknown to fans of the G-Wagen. Twenty-eight years after its launch, the boxy, rugged classic from Austria is…
Daniel Ortega's Nicaraguan comeback, new US passport controls and Hugo Chávez's guest list.
Alain de Botton, Richard Florida, Jonathan Raban, Ricky Burdett, Roope Mokka and Richard Alston – six leading writers, thinkers and academics give their view on the state of today’s cities, and their vision of the urban…
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