25th Salão Internacional do Automovel, São Paulo

The Pininfarina family will sell their stake in the historic 600 million euro debt laden Italian design-and-engineering company as the long drawn out restructuring plan which will see an end to contract manufacturing is finally in place

Dallara today released further information about its entry level range of cars titled the Formulino (Little Formula in Italian); the latest addition is the Pro version which completes a 3 step range of cars, the Base, Plus and Pro

Police in Croatia have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of stealing no less than 30 Fiat Uno cars for joy rides over the past three months; appropriately the suspect was behind the wheel of a Uno when he was detained

Giandomenico Basso is confident that a pre Monte Carlo test will kick start a successful season for his Abarth team in 2009; the Italian clinched two wins at the end of this year’s season and is determined to hit the ground running in 2009

Fiat India Automobiles, the joint venture of Fiat and Tata Motors, has delivered the first batch of 100 Lineas from its plant in Ranjangaon near Pune to 50 of the 65 dealerships under the Tata Fiat umbrella across the country

The Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club of Malaysia recently marked the end of its events calendar for 2008 with their flagship event, the 11th AROC MY Grand Tour 2008, the 620 km long Targa Nord through the northern states of Kedah and Perlis

Photo Gallery: 11th AROC Malaysia Grand Tour 2008: 620 km Targa Nord

The Fiat Sedici is set to receive a cosmetic makeover early next year, first images of the facelifted crossover model, that is built in a joint venture with Suzuki, have circulated on the internet ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut

Reiter Engineering has followed up its new street styling kit for the Murciélago with the commercialisation of a comprehensive new bodykit for the Gallardo that is drawn from the aerodynamic package of its successful GT3 racer

Photo Gallery: Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo [bodykit]

Fiat Powertrain Technologies plans to make its range of compact and highly efficient engines available to Chinese carmakers and according to local media reports is now locked in talks with several major domestic brands

PIERUGO GOBBATO 1918-2008: A talented engineer turned executive who was known for constantly striving to push the boundaries of engine technical development, and best-known as ‘father of the Stratos’, has died in Turin

Iveco participated in the 14th United Nations Climate Change Conference and Exhibition held in Poznan, Poland, this month; as a leader in the field of natural gas commercial vehicles, Iveco exhibited Daily hybrid and electric models

Fiat Group is set to realign its £150m European media advertising business into WPP-owned agencies, a move that will see the Mediaedge:cia agency taking over the £10m UK account from Publicis Groupe's Starcom

Ferrari has confirmed the news that Tata will be a sponsor next year, stating just before Christmas that the logos of Tata Consultancy Services, the division that already is a supplier to the F1 team, will appear on the red F1 cars