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10 May 2022 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...

10 February 2021 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...

23 June 2021 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...

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...

15 June 2025 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...

17 March 2020 In the luxury performance car market McLaren, despite being young, has already distinguished itself for producing some of the cars with the most alien and imposing presence, which often translates to performance as well. This is thanks to the...

21 July 2020 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...

13 January 2021 Despite the pandemic and the many difficulties for automotive manufacturers, 2020 has been a year full of surprises. Numerous limited series or few-offs, as well as one-offs and highly anticipated new production models, have seen the light. But the...

11 March 2021 Rimac is the latest success in the luxury automotive industry, and in just 10 years distinguished itself for being an extreme innovator with its high-performance electric powertrains as well as other correlated technologies. As Mate Rimac stated during...

01 March 2020 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...

17 November 2021 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...

01 June 2022 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...

02 June 2020 McLaren has recently released its financial statement for the first three months of 2020. Like other automotive companies, the business has been seriously impacted by the virus outbreak. Why, all things considered, other companies in the same market...

24 April 2022 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...

31 August 2020 In August 2020, around three months after the official announcement, Tobias Moers has finally joined Aston Martin Lagonda as the new CEO. He leaves his previous role at the Mercedes AMG division and replaces outgoing Andy Palmer after almost six years....