How VW turned Lamborghini into the success it is today?
Lamborghini today is a strong and fast-growing company. In the last two years, its already growing sales have literally skyrocketed as the firm took advantage of the SUV craze that dominates every segment of the automotive market. LAMBORGHINI'S SALES...
Implications of VW selling Bugatti to Rimac
A couple of weeks back, the news spread about Volkswagen’s intention to sell its top luxury low-volume automaker, Bugatti. What is more surprising is that Croatian EV automaker and tech supplier Rimac has been quoted among the interested parties in the...
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,...
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,...
Lamborghini Reaches for the Stars with Stephan Winkelmann: Direzione Cor Tauri
Just yesterday, on May 18th, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann announced the company’s strategy for its electrified future under the evocative name ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ (Heart of the Bull in Latin) and using the Taurus constellation’s brightest star,...
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...
Lamborghini Strategy: the Next Decade
In recent weeks, the Italian luxury performance automaker has made the news twice. Once for the release of the latest Huracán iteration, STO (Super Trofeo Omologata), and another time for the appointment of Stephan Winkelmann back at the wheel of the...
Luce: A Misstep, or Ferrari’s Smartest Gamble?
A few days ago, Ferrari released its much-awaited first electric model, the Ferrari Luce. Since the launch, there has been a continuous stream of opinions and pieces discussing its controversial exterior (and interior) design, whether the car truly...
Luxury automotive Q1 2022: diversification and changing management
The global automotive industry is still going through a difficult period, with sales in the first quarter of 2022 shrinking in each continent. With negative effects stemming from Covid-19 cases still present despite the general media indifference of...
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 #14: Lamborghini NFT Moon Landing
A few days ago Lamborghini has finally revealed its NFT project teased in December. it is one of the most creative, if not the most creative one seen so far in the automotive industry, with one important twist. And, as imaginable, it was a successful...
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 #4: A Lamborghini in your Living Room
It was around a month and a half before the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show that Lamborghini announced it would have skipped the event. Then, even with the pandemic affecting the entire industry, media and enthusiasts got a degree of satisfaction....
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...
McLaren and Ferrari: matching product diversification strategies?
In 2019, Ferrari and McLaren both launched two new models that expanded their respective lineup and market coverage. The Roma and the GT, which especially for McLaren Automotive represents a totally new segment, aim at competing with models such as...