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...
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...
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...
Marketing Racing #11: Bentley and Fanatec unite Real and Virtual Motorsport
It is from last week, an important announcement by Bentley regarding a further step into the world of e-sports with a unique initiative and the collaboration with an extremely active player within the sector: Fanatec. But first, let’s see what has been...
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 #13: Bentley brings the Christmas Decorations in 2021
With the holidays approaching, a lighter theme seems due. So, here is a follow-up on the 2020’s video about Christmas-related automotive social media marketing campaigns and YouTube videos. For the second year in a row, Bentley published a Christmas...
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 #2: Bentley bets on sustainability as it turns 100 years old
Differently from the example of marketing strategy analysed in the previous article, this one might seem less ‘unexpected’. It is noteworthy nonetheless for the range of business aspects it involved and ultimately for its daring commitment, which was...
Marketing Racing #3 – Rocket Science to market a luxury car
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...
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...
Marketing Racing #7: MSO & McLaren Sabre
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...
Marketing Racing #9: Rimac Social Media Strategy: Mate and his Technology
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...