Conceiving the automotive future is always a very challenging task. Some brands have also a future-oriented attitude more than others in their DNA, and one of them is certainly Citroën. 75 years ago, they brought us the 2 CV, a car which embodied nothing less than a four-wheeled French revolution, embodying Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Indeed, this adagio of the French revolutionists fitted the post war French citoyens admirably, as the 2CV brought them just that. Freedom for all, with low-cost mobility, practicality and go-anywhere capacity. This revolutionary dream of the brand with the double chevron has never died. And Pierre Leclercq, the Belgian born head of design, proved its…
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We spoke with Manuele Tomasorri, Exterior Designer Lancia: the art of sculpting the modern world into a premium automobile with an iconic past…
At the occasion of the presentation of Lancia Pu+Ra HPE at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Bruxelles, we took the opportunity to have an interview with the young and inspired exterior designer of the Lancia Pu+Ra HPE… it proved very interesting indeed! Q: The Lancia design department has been producing now a wonderful and iconic car which embodies the styling language of future Lancia’s. You are responsible for exterior design, can you tell us what is your vision on design, and why have you chosen to join the Lancia design department? Also can you tell us a bit more about your design education, your school, and even more…
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Lancia is back…
Belgium has always been a country with many Lancia enthusiasts, and the iconic brand returns therefore in its renaissance strategy also to our country and Luxemburg as one of its 6 major European markets. We could witness the presentation at the Italian embassy in Brussels of the beautiful and stunning Lancia Pu+Ra HPE, a concept car which embodies, as Lancia puts it, “the brand manifesto for the next 10 years in terms of design, interior home feeling, sustainability, electrification and effortless technology.” We will come back in more detail on the styling and innovations incorporated in this car, which will indeed be a harbinger of things to come for the…
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Audi’s Q8 gets an update…
Audi recently made its top SUV line even more attractive. It revised the exterior design of the new Q8 with new front and rear aprons, underscoring the strong character of the SUV coupé. The optional S line exterior package caters to customers who desire more sportiness. See photo below… For the first time, Audi is equipping the Q8 with HD Matrix LED headlights with a laser as an additional high beam. The headlights also feature digital daytime running lights with selectable light signatures. Digital OLED rear lights with four selectable rear light designs complete the expanded light offering. New wheels, colors, decorative inlays, and seats with contrast stitching highlight the…
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Exclusive exhibition “Porsche, driven by dreams” at Brussels Autoworld
Porsche has been making people dream for 75 years, and Autoworld, the iconic automotive museum in Brussels, joins in on that dream with the end-of-year exhibition “Porsche, Driven By Dreams”. The exhibition runs from December 8, 2023 to February 25, 2024. After the exhibition ‘Porsche – Electric to Electric’ in 2013 and ‘Porsche 70 Years’ in 2018, Autoworld continues its successful collaboration with Porsche Belgium and the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. With a never-before-seen collection of exclusive Porsches, collected thematically in a unique setting, you are taken into the overwhelming dream world of Porsche. The storytelling goes much further than just the cars… In addition to the beautiful cars, the…
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In the new Porsche Panamera the driver is put at the centre…
We have always admired the instrument layout of Porsches, where the big round dials for revs and speed are a true delight to the drivers’ eyes. Porsche continues this good tradition… In the new model generation set to be unveiled to the public on 24 November 2023, the Porsche Panamera will feature also the driver-centered Porsche Driver Experience control concept we saw already in the Taycan. It offers a fully digital display, a wide range of customization options and intuitive operation. A key feature of the concept is the grouping of the control elements relevant for driving in the immediate vicinity of the steering wheel. All elementary functions are therefore…
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Porsche celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 911 with a special purist edition: the 911 S/T
The 911 is now already 6 decades with us. As soon as your servant hit 18 years, he sat behind the wheel of a 911 S 2,4 press car. What a legendary experience it was. My love for this car has remained unbroken ever since. Already the hissing sound of its (then air-cooled) flat six made you addictive. So Porsche takes us back to the “pure” original, with of course the power and panache of the modern day 911. In a limited run of 1,963 examples, the Porsche 911 S/T offers lightweight design and the sound and fury of the high-revving engine from the 911 GT3 RS. The purity lies…
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Watching F1 races from your cruise ship: MSC Cruises extends its global partnership with Formula 1®!
MSC Cruises is going from strength to strength, and May 5 it announced that it will extend its global partnership with Formula 1®. They said this in Miami, on the eve of its Grand Prix™. MSC Cruises will therefore continue to be the official partner of Formula 1® for the cruise segment, until the end of the FIA World Championship in 2026. MSC Cruises continues this partnership for all the good reasons: the ever growing interest in the Formula 1® universe around the world, and particularly in key markets for MSC Cruises, resulted in very strong results for the company and its product portfolio. The success of this collaboration between…
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The new Lamborgini Huracán EVO Rear-Wheel Drive Spyder: superb open air pleasure….
Automobili Lamborghini reveals the new Huracán EVO Rear-Wheel Drive Spyder virtually, using for the first time Augmented Reality (AR) on its official website lamborghini.com. The new V10 model provides drivers with an open-air celebration of lightweight engineering, with rear-wheel drive and a specially tuned Performance Traction Control System (P-TCS). Roof up or down, daily driving and high-performance fun are accompanied by the inimitable sound of the V10 aspirated power plant, delivering the same 610 hp (449 kW) and 560 Nm of torque as the coupé version. With a 0-100 km/h acceleration of just 3,5 seconds and a top speed of 324 km/h, like its coupé stablemate the Spyder is an…
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Miami wheels…
Before Corona hit our shores, we went in February to Florida to soak up the early sun. Undoubtedly this proved to be a wise choice, as at the moment of writing, we are still not allowed to travel. We visited Miami and made a drive to Key West, in a rented Nissan Altima. A very comfortable mount with a well pulling and smooth 2,5 litre 188 HP four cylinder petrol engine coupled to a soave CVT transmission. This CVT performed well, raising the revs gradually following the push of your right foot, and restraining fussy revving even when you accelerate full throttle. Once above 4,000 rpm, it will make crisp…
