Last year was characterised for Maserati by a global strategy of stabilisation on all fronts, within the firm and externally and the commercial results closed in line with the objectives that were declared at the beginning of the year

A number of reputable media sources have this morning stated that Scuderia Ferrari will launch its new F1 car, the machine that will carry them through the 2007 Grand Prix season, at their Maranello headquarters this coming Sunday

Having safely made it through the first two days of the 2007 Dakar Rally, which took the teams across Portugal and Spain, the two Fiat Pandas head off into the Moroccan desert this morning as their African desert adventure begins

Fiats old and new will put pedal to the metal in the Fiat Australia Hillclimb to be run at the famous Mount Panorama race circuit in Bathurst later this month, the timed runs being part of the Fiat al Monte national Fiat festivities

"The aim is to arrive at 2010 with five billion euros in operating profits; ten thousand billion Lira, a huge number, never reached before in Fiat's past," CEO Sergio Marchionne reaffirms his targets while on a visit to the San Germano plant

As Fiat Automóveis build up to the Brazilian launch of the fourth-generation Palio model, disguised prototypes of the new 1.8 R have been seen around Betim, confirming that they see this sporty version as integral to the new range

A quickly growing Brazilian new car market coupled to greater demand for their models saw Fiat Automóveis recording a bumper 2006, with the Palio being the best performer with 162,728 units registered during the year

The Fiat Panda's Dakar Rally adventure beings today as the two tiny cars, in the hands of Miki Biasion and Bruno Saby, tackle the first stage, from Lisbon to Portimão, with 117km being timed, and a whole day distance of 464 km

Royal College of Art design student Uros Pavasovic is showing his project, Fiat 'Scratch' at Mitomacchina, an exhibition exploring car design being held at the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto

Alfa Romeo is poised to move its £50 million pan-European advertising account into the Young & Rubicam network, ending months of speculation about its relationship with fellow WPP agency United, reports Marketing Week

Legendary Italian performance car maker, Maserati, lifted its Australian sales by more than 33 per cent in 2006 to set a new all-time annual sales record for Maserati in Australia according to official figures released today

At the same time as the two factory-run Fiat Panda Dakar 2007 rally cars are busy trekking across the inhospitable Sahara Desert next week, a third example will be making its way to the UK to appear at Autosport International

In the same year that Fiat is set to launch a brand-new Fiat 500, Giovanni Viglione, a 100 year old resident of Roverto in Italy has had his driving licence renewed, allowing him to keep on driving his original 500 model

Fiat Auto saw sales in its home market rising by 0.95 pct last month, as it outperformed the overall market which fell by 2.55 pct and closed the year having sold 714,520 vehicles, up 13.96 pct on what it achieved in 2005

Fiat Automóveis, during the year that it celebrated its 30th anniversary of building cars in Brazil, was once again the local market leader in sales, the 465,562 vehicles it sold in 2006 accounting for a quarter of all sales

The preliminary operations for Dakar 2007 get under way tomorrow with the technical checks in Lisbon as the two Fiat PanDAKAR rally machines, piloted by Miki Biasion and Bruno Saby, get ready for their African adventure

On Tuesday 19 December, the 100,000th Vespa scooter to be assembled during 2006 came off the production lines at Pontedera, an impressive result that had not been achieved by the bike maker for 16 years previously

Irisbus-Iveco is leading a pilot project, promoted by the Italian Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to improve the environmental sustainability of transport in Tunisia

Avto Union Holding, the exclusive distributor of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Maserati in Bulgaria is building a brand new complex near Sofia International Airport which will bring the four Fiat Auto brands together under one roof

When Alessandro De Tomaso sold his entire holding in Maserati to Fiat, the new proprietors quickly set about planning a replacement for the Argentinean’s brawny flagship - Auto Italia recall the Maserati Quattroporte IV

The Coppa Milano-Sanremo will begin a new century with the next edition and the organisers will mark this significant milestone by dedicating a special number of places to the International Touring Superleggera Register

At Fiorano, in the presence of Iveco Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President Stefano Sterpone and Ferrari Managing Director Jean Todt, the delivery of two Daily vans and one Minibus to the Scuderia officially took place

Photo Gallery: 23rd 1000 Millas Sport Argentina (IV)

Continuing what has now become a tradition for Iveco, Luisa Trucco will drive an Iveco Eurocargo ML140E24W 4x4 when the 2007 edition of the gruelling Dakar Rally gets underway from Lisbon in just less than a week's time

Palazzo Madama is one of the greatest buildings in Turin's thousand-year-old history, the imposing and spectacular home of the Municipal Museum of Ancient Art; and just days ago it re-opened after being closed for eighteen years