Marketing Racing #15: Ferrari goes sailing
In a different phase for the luxury automotive sector, where marketing diversification is changing for different brands (as discussed in Is luxury automotive marketing changing?), at the beginning of the year Ferrari released a statement that changes...
Marketing Racing #13: Bentley brings the Christmas Decorations in 2021
With the holidays approaching, a lighter theme seems due. So, here is a follow-up on the 2020’s video about Christmas-related automotive social media marketing campaigns and YouTube videos. For the second year in a row, Bentley published a Christmas...
Marketing Racing #12: Ferrari and Epic Games' Fortnite Deal
Automotive companies’ collaborations with video games developers to promote their own image and product are not a new thing, and racing video games have been around for a while now. It started with Atari’s Gran Trak 10 in 1974, but it took until the...
Marketing Racing #11: Bentley and Fanatec unite Real and Virtual Motorsport
It is from last week, an important announcement by Bentley regarding a further step into the world of e-sports with a unique initiative and the collaboration with an extremely active player within the sector: Fanatec. But first, let’s see what has been...
Marketing Racing #5: Ferrari’s Art side of the Business
Here is a new article of my ‘Marketing Racing’ series, where I look closely and discuss the most interesting and innovative new and old marketing campaigns launched by luxury car manufacturers. Last month I looked at Lamborghini’s Huracán EVO RWD...
Marketing Racing #2: Bentley bets on sustainability as it turns 100 years old
Differently from the example of marketing strategy analysed in the previous article, this one might seem less ‘unexpected’. It is noteworthy nonetheless for the range of business aspects it involved and ultimately for its daring commitment, which was...
Universo Ferrari: into the Legend’s Galaxy
Universo Ferrari is the exhibition that, with stunning scenography and the sound of the voices that lived this passion, shows every visitor the values and history of the brand. But most of all lets them experience what only a limited number of...
Ferrari’s tribute to the most successful driver of all time
On the 3rd of January, the Museo Ferrari in the Italian city of Maranello opened a special exhibition to celebrate the 50th birthday of the German driver six years after the skiing accident. I drove from Bologna, my hometown, on a cold morning just a...