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20 October 2021 In its latest report, Porsche confirmed the record results of the first half of 2021. Despite the ongoing chip shortage that is affecting the industry with production and logistics bottlenecks, Porsche minimised the delays by retrofitting vehicles’...

18 October 2021 Last year, the automotive market was hit extremely hard by the pandemic. However, the luxury segment as many predicted proved to be more resilient and several companies managed to limit significantly the losses. The first half of 2021 instead has been...

29 September 2021 The evolution of the automotive industry poses a lot of challenges especially when it comes to sports and supercars that for their nature are created to offer something more than just moving from A to B. It is a different concept of driving. Emotions,...

22 September 2021 Each company in the luxury automotive industry has its own "niche within the niche". Being an oligopoly, characterised by a very limited, and very demanding customer base, this market requires each one of the few key players to distinguish itself...

15 September 2021 Two big announcements were made by Aston Martin and Porsche just a couple of days ago. This time, however, they are not regarding new cars, but two big projects for new facilities that suggest plans for the two companies’ future. ASTON MARTIN As of H1...

08 September 2021 Just two days ago, ahead of the presentation at the IAA Mobility in Munich, Porsche unveiled a new electric car concept, the Mission R. The last time we saw a car with a similar name, it was a few years ago and the model was the Mission E, which turned...

01 September 2021 Between 2017 and 2018, numerous automakers released pilot tests of their own subscription models versions. Services that, for a monthly fee, would grant a client the choice of a new vehicle among a wide range of options and include insurance, (almost...

25 August 2021 In this important moment of transition for the automotive industry, luxury OEMs are, at different paces, moving toward vehicles electrification, autonomous driving, improved connectivity, and increasingly sophisticated ADAS. There are substantial...

11 August 2021 Ahead of the 2022 season, which will bring significant changes to the rules, Formula 1 reaches half of its longest season with 23 races initially planned. Thanks to an agreement between the owner Liberty Media and the FIA, the sport has recently...

05 August 2021 Aston Martin has just released its results for the first half of 2021. It has been a year since new CEO Tobias Moers took office, coming from its successful experience at AMG. A little less since the announcement of the renewed partnership between the...

25 July 2021 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...

21 July 2021 This is the third article within the “Marketing Mix” series, and this week is about Bentley. I previously discussed Ferrari and Aston Martin, applying the same analytical framework to each brand to highlight their respective strategy, important...

15 July 2021 A while back, I wrote an article drawing the situation of the Chinese automotive market and trying to frame the buzz around the new energy vehicles growth in the world’s largest automotive market. You can find it here. The observation started from...

07 July 2021 On Monday, July 5th, 2021, Rimac Automobili held a live event during which were announced a series of changes at the corporate level that represent historic milestones for the young Croatian company. Mate Rimac, on the stage, revealed the birth of...

30 June 2021 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...