New Porsche Panamera 4S: official first videos
Porsche has released footage of its new Panamera sports sedan—we have the latest video of the car, both stationary and in motion. If it’s anything like the 911s we have driven, this car could do well. And we were right about the Cayenne being a sales’ hit for Porsche. While there are still people smarting […]
We’re glad to note that our Austrian friends at Fashionof?ce.org have joined us in offering a mobile service. For those who want extra news from Europe, as well as shopping tips, point your cells and mobile devices to www.fashion.at/mobile. Ours, of course, can be found at lucire.info—you can get a feel of the text-driven service […]
Porsche shows revised Boxster and Cayman at LA
Porsche has shown its new mid-engined Boxster and Cayman models at the LA Auto Show today. In some respects, this is a facelift for the cars, now looking more aggressive. Under the skin, the changes are more thorough, with new flat-six boxer engines and the new Porsche-PDK double-clutch gearbox. Below, videos of the new Boxster […]
New technologies from BMW at LA Auto Show
BMW will present a some of its new technologies at the Los Angeles Auto Show this year. The new shape some BMW fans will want to see will be the 7-series, which will also appear at the show as an Active Hybrid concept. We’ve video of some of the other technologies that BMW will be […]
Changes coming to the Lucire forum
We may be making some big changes to the Lucire forum this month. Once called StyleTalk, the forum has gone through quite a few incarnations, and its heyday was in 2003 when it was receiving tens of thousands of visitors regularly. But with blogs becoming the norm, more successful forums opening up elsewhere, a […]
Kevin Rudd’s stimulus package could be great for green
I congratulate Australian PM Kevin Rudd for announcing a A$6·2 billion stimulus package for the Australian car industry. And before you think I am going to go off talking cars again, this is about the environment—something that many Lucire readers care about with our UNEP connection. Australia has long innovated in the automotive industry […]
Sony Ericsson’s FanWalk brings MTV and Walkmans together
Sony Ericsson and MTV have hosted a FanWalk, where 100 music lovers from Europe, the Middle East and Africa participated in a nine-day, 400 km pilgrimage from London to Liverpool from October 29. The 100 were selected from 3,000 applicants who uploaded an online casting video to fanwalk.tv. They have been uploading personal daily […]
CitizenM’s win suggests the Dutch do it better
Normally we’re against those tiny hotel rooms that put style and design over space and comfort, but with CitizenM’s win of the European Hotel Design Award, we wonder if the Dutch do it better. Apparently they haven’t skimped on the comfort stakes and the group took home several awards beyond the Hotel of the Year […]
Meghan McCain humanizes her Dad’s campaign
One of our team, who hails from Washington state, thinks I remind her of Gov. Sarah Palin when I say, ‘You betcha,’ which I have used as part of my regular speech for around 20 years. A lot of my family is American but it’s not from that, but from a line uttered by Andy […]
We’ve added a small image to the right of the ‘Insider’ page for cellphones equipped with a camera and a QR code reader. Developed by Denso of Japan, the image contains information on the Lucire ‘Insider’ section, for those who wish to browse this part of the site on their cellphones. We’re gradually sorting out […]
