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11 results for Frankfurt Motor Show

Film

Q&A: Adrian van Hooydonk

10 September 2009

In the run-up to the Frankfurt Motor Show, Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design at BMW, about designing cars to suit the times, consumer expectations and the relationship between…

Film

Power play

26 September 2011

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…

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Article

Driving test

17 August 2007

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…

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Article

Getting into gear

23 September 2021

The motor-show format has stalled recently but a new approach could help the industry turn in an exciting direction. Here’s our steer from Munich’s IAA Mobility.

Monocle Minute

Change of gear

15 September 2015

Frankfurt Motor Show is going to send out some rather mixed messages this week. On the one hand, powerful, fuel-guzzling SUVs heading to the heights of the market will steal much of the limelight, especially Bentley unve…

Radio

The Globalist - Thursday 12 September

12 September 2019

The latest Brexit twists and turns after a Scottish ruling that the suspension of parliament is unlawful. Plus: rising tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, and a report from the International Motor Show in Frankfurt.

Monocle Minute

Steering clear?

1 October 2016

Arranging for an event called “Moving Beyond Cars” to take place during one of the world’s biggest trade fairs for the automotive industry could be seen as something of a provocation. And yet that is exactly what those…

Radio

The Briefing, episode 487

13 September 2013

Live from Frankfurt International Motor Show: Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW's head of design, tells about the process of developing the car manufacturer’s new “i” series, Ulrich Eichhorn, managing director of the VDA – Germany’s…

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Article

Road tested

20 April 2017

The head of design for BMW Group on the best pens to carry and what gets him revved up in the mornings.

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Article

Back to the future

18 May 2017

We travel back to a time when there was still hope for Berlin’s new airport and find out why it still hasn’t got off the ground, look ahead to the arrival of driverless cars – and ask whether they’re driving a future that…

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Article

The liveable cities index 2010

17 June 2010

We've been doing our homework and crunching the numbers for our survey of the top 25 liveable cities, but we know it's not just about statistics.