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,...
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...
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...
McLaren’s Strategy Into 2022: A 5 Forces Analysis
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...
Maserati enters Formula E: the future is electric
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...
McLaren Denies Audi Acquisition but There Could be More
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...
Bugatti Rimac starts officially: Stephan Winkelmann’s legacy
On the 2nd of November, it was officially announced the operations’ commencement for the newly established joint venture Bugatti Rimac d.o.o. born from the partnership of Rimac Automobili with the German Group and especially with Porsche that now owns...
Rolls-Royce Marketing Mix: The 8Ps of a luxury goods company
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...
Rimac signs historic Strategic Joint Venture with Porsche to form Bugatti-Rimac
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...
Marketing Racing #10: How McLaren Social Media Strategy is Making a Difference
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...
The Best Car Configurator: Pagani and MHP with Unreal Engine
Last week the Unreal Build: Automotive 2021, an event that was first hosted in 2017, was held online. During the Conference, companies collaborating with automotive giants presented some bleeding-edge technology applications that promise to...
Luxury Automotive Startups: What’s the recipe for success
The luxury automotive segment is an extremely competitive niche, with just a few strong players and very high entry barriers. Over the last 30 years, many tried and very few succeeded. While electrification is partially lowering such barriers on the...
One-off Supercars: What’s the next step for luxury automotive?
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....