Studio Motors
Case study · Brand, identity, websitestudiomotors.com (opens in a new tab)

Exotic leasing and brokerage · Burbank, California

Studio Motors

Brand strategy, an identity system, and a new website for the Burbank brokerage that sources, leases, and sells Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, McLaren, and five more marques.

  • IndustryAutomotive / Luxury
  • ServicesBrand Strategy, Identity, Website
  • LocationBurbank, Los Angeles
  • MarquesNine, from Aston Martin to Rolls-Royce

01 / the brief

Exotics, treated as assets

Studio Motors is an exotic vehicle brokerage, not a dealership. A single broker handles everything: sourcing the car, structuring the lease through specialty lenders, and planning the resale for the client before the purchase is even made. When a client sells, they’re paid within 24 hours. Every deal stays private.

None of that works like a traditional dealership, and the brand couldn’t look like one either.

A buyer landing on the site from a Ferrari search needed to understand two things immediately: this company handles the entire transaction, and the first step is a conversation, not browsing inventory. That shaped the full scope of the engagement: strategy, identity, and the website that brings both together.

We wrote the positioning, built the identity system around the S monogram the client already owned, and designed and built the site: a dedicated section for each of the nine marques, a page for every model Studio Motors brokers, leases, or sources, and three conversion entry points (short forms rather than a plain inventory grid and contact button).

02 / the marques

Nine marques, one broker

Every marque page on studiomotors.com includes a row of historically celebrated models, each shown on a tall card with the model name in capital letters. This rail shows that card at full size, with one car from each of the nine marques. The names, years, and model-page counts come from the client’s site.

03 / the work

Chrome, black, and one red

The Studio Motors wordmark set over a black Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door on the showroom floor
The Studio Motors wordmark over a Mercedes-AMG GT on the Burbank showroom floor, from the client’s own image library.
  1. 01

    The monogram Studio Motors already owned

    Studio Motors already owned the S monogram, and we built the identity system around it. The wordmark is set in chrome lettering on black, like the badge on a car’s hood, and the facts are set in a monospaced typeface, so every page reads like a spec sheet.

  2. 02

    One red, used at full strength

    Every page is black and white. Red appears at full strength on the buttons that start a deal, such as Application and Request a Valuation, and on the full-width bands that hold the site’s headline statements, such as the Ettore Bugatti quote on the homepage.

  3. 03

    Buy, sell, or lease, one question at a time

    The buy, sell, and lease paths each start with a short form that asks one question at a time: first the client’s name, then the kind of car they want, then their timeline. Sellers are asked for the year, make, mileage, and VIN of the car, plus a few photos. Instead of an inventory grid with posted prices, every path starts with a conversation with a broker.

“Nothing is too beautiful, nothing is too expensive.”

Ettore Bugatti, quoted on the studiomotors.com homepage.
The client’s video reel, from the Locations page on studiomotors.com.

04 / the shipped site

Live at studiomotors.com

Every page uses the same black, white, and red system, from the homepage to the last of the 296 model pages.

The Ferrari page on studiomotors.com: the chrome shield on black, then Current Ferrari Models
The studiomotors.com homepage: a red Ferrari on the lit showroom floor
The three paths on studiomotors.com: Buy, Sell, and Lease, each opening with a short form

studiomotors.com on a phone

All nine marques, sized for a phone.

The top of the homepage and the row of nine marques, captured from the live site at phone width.

The studiomotors.com homepage on a phone: the hero and the nine marques

Live at studiomotors.com (opens in a new tab)

The record in numbers

05 / the record

9Marques brokered, leased, and sourced
296Model pages live on studiomotors.com
24hTime to pay a seller, the client’s own standard
3Paths: buy, sell, or lease

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