Is China moving away from European Luxury?
Over the past 10 years, the luxury car market has grown consistently, with several brands growing to financial and sales volume peaks in their history. Yearly Luxury Vehicle Sales (2014-2024) *The Graph includes annual sales by Aston Martin, Bentley,...
New Online Course Available Now
Following up on the first half of the Luxury Automotive Strategy and Marketing online course published a while back, the second half is now available on Udemy at the link HERE. As for the previous one, this course too is thought for enthusiasts and...
Is luxury automotive marketing changing?
Times of uncertainty and overall luxury market slowdown as highlighted in previous articles have brought difficulties to several brands in the segment. However, regardless of current and recent success or struggles, trends in brand, diversification,...
Can Aston Martin become profitable in 2025?
Aston Martin is another luxury automaker that has gone through significant changes in a short time. After the IPO, and the difficult pandemic period sales and financial performance suffered a slowdown that resulted in layoffs and the start of its...
Are Luxury Performance EVs Dead in 2025?
2024 was a complex year for the automotive industry, with legacy automakers losing significant ground either in EV market shares, financial results, or both. This is due to several factors affecting the industry. Geopolitical, technological, and trends...
New Luxury Automotive: Going Beyond Performance?
The current luxury automotive landscape is shaped by a specific trend that has influenced various players and could increasingly define new products in the near future. In a way, it might even seem like the industry is going backwards. But the truth is...
Automotive Luxury Market in 2022: The Growth Continues
The luxury automotive sector showed significant resilience over 2020 as the Covid pandemic broke out. While the wider sector has been faltering in its recovery, the luxury segment kept growing in the following year and in 2022 as well. Along with the...
Aston Martin Sustainability Strategy: Going Racing Green
On the occasion of Earth Day, Aston Martin unveiled its new sustainability strategy called Racing.Green. which sets a new benchmark for the company’s next decade. Over the past few years, Aston Martin too, following the industry trend dictated by...
Luxury automotive Q1 2022: diversification and changing management
The global automotive industry is still going through a difficult period, with sales in the first quarter of 2022 shrinking in each continent. With negative effects stemming from Covid-19 cases still present despite the general media indifference of...
Lamborghini Releases Huracán Tecnica: Are Sports Cars losing their appeal?
A few hours ago Lamborghini released its latest and probably final version of the V10 Huracán as it approaches the hybridisation of its full line-up. The Huracán Tecnica. According to the Cor Tauri strategy, announced by CEO Stephan Winkelmann, and...
Aston Martin Strategy: Project Horizon and Future Vision
In 2021 Aston Martin reported strong sales, close again to its 2018 all-time high (just 4% less) almost doubling its 2020 figures. Financial performance too shows positive signs. Despite being still far from that of some of its competitors, every...
Bentley Beyond100 Strategy: 3D Printing in Automotive
Bentley announces a £3 million investment to enhance its 3D-printed components production. An important initiative for Bentley’s communication and marketing strategy as well as an innovation for the future sustainability and efficiency of the industry....
Marketing Racing #14: Lamborghini NFT Moon Landing
A few days ago Lamborghini has finally revealed its NFT project teased in December. it is one of the most creative, if not the most creative one seen so far in the automotive industry, with one important twist. And, as imaginable, it was a successful...
Why 2021 was a record year just for Luxury Automotive
2021 just ended and several companies in the luxury space have been publishing news reporting record sales this year. In many sectors, a significant recovery from 2020’s crisis caused by the pandemic was expected, but few foresaw results exceeding or...
NFT in Luxury automotive: Ferrari and Lamborghini jump in
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) have been around for a while, but only in 2021 we have seen this space literally boom. And this trend in technology directly linked to that of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, among others, is gradually affecting every...