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26 May 2025 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...

23 April 2025 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,...

17 February 2025 2024 has been a difficult year for Stellantis’ top-tier luxury brand despite undergoing a deep image renewal with a new product line to match. A while back I wrote about Maserati’s renovated marketing communication on the eve of the release of the MC20...

16 April 2023 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...

01 June 2022 Another big name joins Formula E. From 2023, McLaren will acquire the Mercedes EQ Formula E team and join the full-electric racing series. There have been several big names going through the championship already, with some pulling out and others coming...

24 April 2022 With a continuous series of ‘black swans’ adding up on top of the already complex transition happening, the automotive industry is going through extremely uncertain times. Every company was affected to varying degrees, but in the luxury segment the...

11 January 2022 On Monday, Maserati announced its entry in the Formula E Championship starting from the 2022-23 season. This is not just a first for the Trident house, but a first for Formula E itself which sees the first Italian manufacturer entering the...

17 November 2021 On Monday, a rumour started by Autocar circulated on the internet according to which Audi had bought McLaren Group after a bidding war with BMW. The news, however, has been denied soon after with an official statement by the British automaker: “McLaren...

27 October 2021 Pininfarina just presented its latest automotive partnership offspring, the luxury saloon car developed for Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision Industry (鸿海集团), better known as Foxconn Technology Group. Most of those who know this company will associate it...

23 June 2021 During the Cannes Lions Awards that are being held between the 21st and the 25th of June, on the festival’s website has been published a panel discussion about a very interesting partnership started last year between McLaren, Coca-Cola, and Amazon. The...

21 April 2021 Ferrari just held the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and the Exor CEO and current Ferrari CEO John Elkann gave some important statements. The most-reported these days has certainly been the one about the release of a full-electric model by...

14 April 2021 Bentley Motors announced a few days ago the development of its latest project. A 60-stories building co-developed with American developer Dezer to offer a Bentley branded residence experience featuring lots of amenities. Among these, probably the most...

03 February 2021 The automotive industry sales have been decreasing for 3 years now. The drop in fact has begun in 2018, way before the impact of Covid-19, mainly due to stagnation in the Chinese market. The same cannot be said for the luxury automotive segment though....

13 January 2021 Despite the pandemic and the many difficulties for automotive manufacturers, 2020 has been a year full of surprises. Numerous limited series or few-offs, as well as one-offs and highly anticipated new production models, have seen the light. But the...

30 December 2020 As this strange 2020 draws to a close, I thought it would be fun and fitting to review the best social media marketing campaigns and different approaches used by the luxury automakers over the Christmas period to either celebrate the holidays or give...