Porsche’s vision beyond electrification?
Porsche recently shared an official announcement detailing its strategy for the foreseeable future. At first sight, it could look like the company is going back on its electrification plans after a few years of relatively underwhelming performances and...
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...
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...
Has Luxury Automotive Peaked in 2024?
2024 has seen mixed results so far for luxury automotive companies, with brands continuing their strong performances (albeit with an ever-shifting business model), others that are stabilising, and others again that are instead going through significant...
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 enters Formula E: into the Future of Motorsport
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...
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...
Gender Equality: Women in Automotive and Motorsport
The discussion around gender equality has rightfully become central in every field today, whether it is sport, entertainment, or business. Naturally, in those environments that are still mostly male-led, there is a strong cultural component that is not...
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....
Gordon Murray’s T.33: How and Why
Just a few days ago Gordon Murray made the headlines again with his company Gordon Murray Automotive (or GMA) and their latest creation. The T.33. Right from the first look, the car seems familiar, yet different from anything else that arrives on the...
India: New Opportunities for Luxury Automakers
As of now, India is the fourth largest automotive market in the world. The luxury segment though accounts for less than 2% of the total due to high import tariffs that can be as high as 100% and due to the unique peculiarities of the Indian market....
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...
Circular Economy in Automotive: BMW i Vision Circular Concept
BMW has recently introduced its vision for the sustainable automotive industry and car of the 2040. The i Vision Circular. A compact four-seater developed with the objective of exploring what more can be done by automakers in terms of sustainability....