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22 February 2022 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....

20 August 2020 The Global Automotive industry has suffered a sharp decline in sales in the first half of 2020. With the sector already slowing down in 2019, the impact of the pandemic exacerbated its condition already in Q1 when China started the lockdown. By the end...

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...

21 April 2021 Ferrari just held the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and the Exor CEO and current Ferrari CEO John Elkann gave some important statements. The most-reported these days has certainly been the one about the release of a full-electric model by...

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...

18 March 2025 Aston Martin is another luxury automaker that has gone through significant changes in a short time. After the IPO, and the difficult pandemic period sales and financial performance suffered a slowdown that resulted in layoffs and the start of its...

11 December 2019 The long-awaited, leaked and reported SUV by Aston Martin finally dropped on November 20th, 2019. Can the DBX help Aston solve its difficult financial situation and get up again? Everybody in the industry seems to agree on the fact that the SUV is the...

24 November 2021 Last weekend at Ferrari’s Finali Mondiali held at Mugello Circuit in Tuscany, the company presented the highly anticipated new entry in the Icona Series started back in 2018 with the presentation of the Monza SP1 and SP2. This time made its first...

18 November 2020 It is known that in the luxury automotive world Ferrari has such a unique history that very few come close. This strong identity reflects as well on its business model and its marketing mix. So, let’s dive in and see what and how many are the...

03 March 2021 The year is 2023, and it will mark Ferrari’s return to the top class of endurance racing. Its last entry was in 1973, and after that Ferrari only participated in the GT class where it collected numerous successes. The last one in 2019 with the 488 GTE...

02 March 2022 Pretty much everyone by now has seen the spy shots of Ferrari’s upcoming SUV (or FUV for Ferrari Utility Vehicle) Purosangue leaked a few days ago, way ahead of its launch. Just a few days later the automaker, as expected, reported record results for...

28 September 2025 A while back I reviewed a trend consolidating in the luxury automotive industry that saw established automakers drawing from their heritage to create distinctive designs and perpetuate the values that distinguish a brand from the rest of the industry....

14 May 2020 A few weeks back it was reported online how Ferrari had surpassed both General Motors and Ford in market capitalisation. With its shares jumping up by 7% after the positive report of Q1 2020 which I discussed in last week’s article, its market cap...

16 June 2021 Last weekend, Ferrari held a fashion show for its renewed clothing line right at the factory, beside its assembly lines. The event announces Ferrari's shift toward an even higher market segment in the fashion industry, and the brand’s attention toward...

13 January 2019 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...