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Turn back the clock a handful of years and you’ll find automotive strategists bearish..

If you have renewed your motor insurance recently you may have noticed that the price..

As an automotive marketer, you face many pressing challenges. Not only is the auto..

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Today’s fragmented media landscape presents a significant challenge to automotive..

When a consumer drives a new car off the forecourt it marks the beginning of one journey..

In a recent Let’s Talk Payments article, I discussed Elon Musk’s recently published..

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Each year, thousands of people worldwide are injured or killed in motor vehicle accidents..

I recently chaired the World Autonomous Vehicle Summit in Stuttgart, Germany where..

At the 2016 Mobile World Congress, Visa showcased a mobile payment concept with Honda for..

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One of the more surprising British financial facts of recent years is that, despite an..

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According to our Connected Car study, the car of the future is almost here. The arrival..

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The connected car will be a reality within a few years, as enhanced safety, economy and..

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Turbulent economic times in Russia are making their mark on sales of car tires and spare..

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The Russian market for engine oils is undergoing a shift: After a good 2013, the market..

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Daimler Truck unveiled a few weeks ago what is potentially the future of big rig..

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The connected car will be a reality within a few years, as enhanced safety, economy and..

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Safety, economy and entertainment are the three main benefits of the connected car. They..

Are the German and the Austrian tire markets actually as similar as they might seem? This..

In a competitive global marketplace, one key way for auto manufacturers to keep customers..

Do Germans love their cars? They sure do. Do they spend a lot on outfitting and tuning..

First it was central locking, then the transponder key. Will wearable watches be driving..

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Automakers must increasingly cater to the tastes and preferences of consumers in emerging..

In a competitive global marketplace, one key way for auto manufacturers to keep customers..

Not so long ago it was a concept associated with science fiction. Now the dream of the..

GfK and AutoScout24 surveyed around 8,800 people for the report ‘The Cars We Want..

In a competitive global marketplace, one key way for auto manufacturers to keep customers..

GfK and AutoScout24 surveyed 8,800 people for the report ‘The Cars We Want Tomorrow’...

GfK and AutoScout24 surveyed around 8,800 people for the report ‘The Cars We Want..

I used to associate gaming with spotty teenagers sat in their bedrooms killing aliens at..

GfK has mapped the market for engine oil in Nigeria and found that major engine oil..

GfK and AutoScout24 surveyed around 8,800 people for the report ‘The Cars We Want..

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Consumer Reports recently published its annual report on automotive reliability for 2014...

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Some of the most perplexing questions in marketing are indeed some of the most..

Young Japanese are known around the world as trendsetters - in the world of anime, manga..

It has become common currency in recent times to classify Generation Y as uniformly..

I have been working with retail panels for 14 years, but something I experienced recently..

A recent article in a business journal said companies are failing to follow established..

Buying or renewing car insurance is no longer a simple task for motorists. And for..

Viewed by most people as a commodity, what role does the brand have for drivers in the..

Buying or renewing car insurance is no longer a simple task for motorists. For insurers..

Getting the price right for their models in each market is vital for car manufacturers to..

In the last decade, China’s automotive industry has developed at an extraordinary pace...

Putting the customer at the heart of an organisation is no mean feat, and even with..

A GfK study revealed that overall, some 61 percent of consumers in France have a..

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Some 72% of respondents in Russia have a favorable opinion about EVs, but only 10% are..

Electric vehicles (EVs) could be interesting to American consumers, but then again, maybe..

It can feel as though we are constantly being bombarded with facts, figures and..

Japan is the leading market for electric vehicles (EVs), with the majority of customers..

A GfK study in six countries showed that Chinese consumers are the least interested in..

Spanish consumers show a deep and clear divide between their knowledge about electric..

Recently, I was reading an article about how consumers' choices are influenced not only..

Brazilians, despite their tendency to think in a green way, have few options for..

Each year, GfK’s Consumer Trends researchers ask more than 40,000 consumers around the..

Automotive marketers know that they must perform at or above an expected level on Key..

With the days getting darker and the temperatures dropping, talk among my consumer-trend..

With the plethora of news about diminishing natural resources, noise and air pollution..

As they do with people, consumers form concrete relationships with products and..

We are used to the idea that online advertising is increasingly personalized and amended..

BMW has teamed up with GfK to overcome the information overload that goes along with “big..

Although we saw Electric Vehicle (EV) sales grow by 15% between 2011 and 2012, the..

Testing in-car infotainment systems forces us to rethink the way we evaluate new..

At GfK Consumer Trends, we find that price isn’t the sole motivation for many consumers,..

The growth of technology has been viewed in numerous lights over the years. Writer Aldous..

On Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES®) in Las Vegas, GfK and the..

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Remember the line about a camel being a horse designed by committee? This idea flashed..

Many of today’s consumers – with extended commutes and a penchant for multitasking – see..

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One of the crucial stories for global marketers and manufacturers in coming years is the..

This coming month sees the release of the first deliverable from the new batch of Roper..

I’m a relative newcomer to the ideas behind disruptive innovation (when Clayton..

The look of mobile devices has changed considerably over the past couple of years, or..

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