Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 10 July
A case for cars
I’m going to stick my neck out a little here and say perhaps, just a little bit, we need to be careful not to write cars out of our cities at the rate we currently are.
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Edits / Neighbourhood Business
Collingwood
Creative industries and individuals from near and far are flocking to the renovated factories and warehouses of Collingwood.
Edits / Food & Drink
Sydney
Going out in Sydney just got even better with new upstarts including a bike shop-cum-espresso outlet and a tequila bar.
Design / Automotive
Driving test
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…
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
This issue’s round up includes a concept store in Minneapolis, a canalside guesthouse in Amsterdam, a gourmet burger joint in Paris and a sweet shop in Athens. For Flights of Fancy we travel Sri Lanka by seaplane.
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: Self-sufficient
Matthew Evans was a successful chef and food critic before giving it all up to move to Hobart and run his own farm. For Evans, it’s all about eating and drinking local produce, which he points out to Monocle on a walk…
Business / Automotive
Monocolumn
Friday 27 November
Car makers race into India
Cross an Indian street and it probably won’t be news to you that car sales on the Subcontinent are booming here.
Business / Environment
Monocolumn
Thursday 30 September
Business hotels scrub up
I’ve just been to Hannover to attend an exhibition of vans and commercial vehicles (actually, I rather enjoyed it).
Business / Luxury
Monocolumn
Sunday 15 July
Quality not quantity
Luxury is a good thing. There, I’ve said it. I know in these straightened times it gets a bad rap – who, people ask, really needs a sleek high-end car, a bag made by artisans in an Italian village or champagne at their…
Business / Automotive
New York Auto Show
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…
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 20 July
Weekend agenda, 21/22 July
This weekend’s highlights include Hong Kong’s annual book fair, a pop-art car exhibit to celebrate London’s Cultural Olympiad and the latest album by The Very Best.
Business / Manufacturing
Braking the mould
Mitsuoka makes models based on classic cars and it works unlike most other automakers in that every car is handmade in its workshop in Toyama. This gives it the edge in an industry that’s lifting itself out of the doldrums…
Business / Entrepreneurialism
Briefing business
Why investors are turning to pawn, who is taking to electric cars, and India's post gets an extreme makeover. Plus Parchim: Germany's new cargo hub.
Business / Automotive
Power play
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…
Business / Automotive
Brand Lexus
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…
Design / Manufacturing
Over drive
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.
Business / Industry
Two-wheel deal
The car industry is in global disarray. So can the makers of affordable, greener scooters overtake the punch-drunk auto makers? At Honda’s HQ they are planning a two-wheeled revolution.
Edits / Technology
G-Force
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…
Business / Automotive
Geneva Motor Show 2008
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…
Affairs / Retail
Retail therapy
In the wake of bank bail-outs and car industry rescue plans, retail giants could find themselves standing next in line with begging bowls in hand. But it’s a re-think that’s really needed to keep the high street healthy.