Buffeted by a slower-than-expected shift toward vehicle electrification and electronic architectures—along with the crosscurrents of tariffs and inflation—the global auto market turned in a muted performance in 2025. Yet even as layoffs and restructuring swept through many Western suppliers, Europe's and America's legacy Tier 1 manufacturers managed to hold margins steady, revealing a survival strategy built on internal austerity and external reinvention.
The Formula One (F1) season opened in Australia with a spectacle that was meant to inaugurate a new technological era. Instead, it quickly became a showcase of dominance by one team.
