The Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 Roadster, with 640 bhp and a 6.5-litre V12 engine, has arrived on the scene with first photos and information being released just as the new car makes its public debut in Los Angeles today

Developed on the basis of a standard production car equipped with the 1.9 Multijet engine, the new Fiat Grande Punto R3D/VK has been prepared to meet the regulations of Group R which will come into force in next year

Fiat Palio driver Trevor Tuck was named the overall Class C winner at the weekend’s final round of the South African Production Car Championship, rounding out his season with another overall aggregate win at Kyalami

With just over nine months to go before it is launched, a focal point of the Fiat stand in Bologna will be the installation of two large spheres which will illustrate the bond between the eagerly anticipated 500 and the original model

Nokia and Lamborghini have launched a mobile phone, the 8800 Sirocco, which features special graphics, a documentary video and unique ringtones; it will be limited to 500 units and sold to the sports car maker's customers

The Lancia stand at the Bologna Motor Show will celebrate the brand’s centenary with an attractive display in the shape of a veritable ‘Maison Lancia’, with the Musa, Ypsilon, Thesis and Lancia Delta HPE concept on the catwalk

Fiat will be present in Bologna next week with a youthful, fresh, and visually striking stand, with simple, rounded lines and plenty of white everywhere, on the walls and the floors, in order to set off the design of the cars on display

Alfa Romeo will presents its full range at the Bologna Motor Show next week on a stand which will form a striking display area where volumes closed on one side contrast with the aluminium and glass sun-screens at the front

The new Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 Roadster will receive its world première at the Los Angeles International Auto Show tomorrow, less than a week ahead of its full European debut, scheduled for the Bologna Motor Show

The Fiat FCC Adventure concept car, a vehicle developed by the Fiat Styling Centre in Brazil, which proposes the innovative concept of a two-seater ‘sports off-roader’, will make its European debut at the Bologna Motor Show

One result of the collaboration between Fiat and Dainese will be on show in Bologna next week, an original two-seater concept car with three doors, called the Panda Tanker and realised in conjunction with Fiat Centro Stile

The place of honour on the stand Fiat stand at the Bologna Motor Show next week will go to one of the two Panda Cross ‘Dakar 2007’ rally cars which will be competing in the famous desert raid from January 6 to 21

Photo Gallery: Fiat Panda Cross Dakar 2007

Garage Italia will be taking part once again in the Bologna International Motor Show with its entire Meta-branded 'city car' range which have undergone exterior and under the skin facelifts since last year's event, on display

In the UK Iveco is delivering a total of 50 of its new Daily van to Europcar, the number one car rental company in Europe, each fitted with a Luton body manufactured by Boalloy, as part of Iveco's DriveAway Options programme

Fiat will be back in action on the French ice this winter with a new machine, the Grande Punto to replace the outgoing Stilo, and which is set to be piloted on the slippery surfaces by Philippe de Korsak and Franck Lagorce

Throngs of Bajans and visitors, estimated to be in excess of 20,000, clamoured for positions yesterday morning to get a "once in a lifetime" look at a Formula 1 racing machine in action on the Caribbean island of Barbados

Suleiman Kerimov, the Russian businessman listed by Forbes as the 72nd richest person in the world, was seriously injured on Saturday in an automobile accident that saw another Ferrari Enzo completely destroyed, in Nice

The President of Alfardan Automobiles, Omar Alfardan, has inaugurated the first of three Ferrari Stores planned for Qatar, at the prestigious Alfardan Centre, which becomes the first exclusive Ferrari outlet to open in the Middle East

Official FIA World Touring Car Championship computer game, the RACE, created by Swedish game developer SimBin along with partner Eurosport, will allow Alfisti to get behind the wheel of Augusto Farfus' race-winning Alfa 156

The driver's seat is positively shrivelled and dust is caked on its once gleaming exterior, but the Ferrari Daytona Spyder custom built for the popular 1980s Miami Vice television series soon will be restored to its former splendour

As MotoGP star Valentino Rossi confirms that he will take part in the 2007 WRC Wales Rally GB and will consider a rally career after bikes, he is this weekend being joined by a host of motorsport stars in the Monza Rally Show

The Lancia Club of Japan held their showpiece event of the year, the Lancia Lunch, which saw more than 250 Lancias gathering and star guests including former rally champion Miki Biasion and designer Enrico Fumia

Photo Gallery: Lancia Owners' Club Japan - Lancia Lunch, Tokyo

Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd, India’s largest diesel three wheeler manufacturer and a division of Italian firm Piaggio, has announced a record sale of 400,000 vehicles during a just 6 years, and a 45 pct share of its segment