After six years of sailing at the leading edge of international maxi yacht racing with his maxi and ‘super’ maxi yachts Alfa Romeo and Alfa Romeo II, Australian yachtsman Neville Crichton is ‘down-sizing’ - but still retaining the Alfa Romeo marque

Photo Gallery: Alfa Romeo III

After the runaway success of the Panda and 500, Fiat are now readying the Topolino which will be the smallest model in the range when it goes on sale late next year, and this week prototypes have been spotted out testing for the first time

For the first time ever all six variants of the Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California plus the prototype will be displayed among the world’s elite vehicles at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on the occasion of the car's 50th anniversary

Australian MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner was on hand as the limited edition Alfa 147 Ducati Corse arrived on sale in the UK this week with the 5-door 1.9 JTDM 16V Q2 170 bhp priced at £17,995 and the 3-door version priced at £17,495

"Now we are looking ahead to the next race and react without panic," said Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen as he reflected on last weekend's British Grand Prix, "We know that we have a winning car: we just need a weekend without big problems"

Manufactured in a limited number the 500 Abarth 'Opening Edition' kicks off production by offering a characteristic look of great personality and above all exclusive equipment with regards to mechanical units and the extensive list of standard features

Fiat Group is planning to temporarily lay off workers at four of its six Italian assembly plants - Mirafiori, Melfi, Pomigliano d'Arco and Termini Imerese - in the autumn as the slowdown in new car buying across Europe continues to impact

Happy first birthday Fiat 500! A year ago the stylish supermini was launched during a lavish ceremony in Turin and since then it has claimed the Car of the Year 2008 award amongst other prizes and built up an over 200,000 strong order book

BMW Group and Fiat Group Automobiles have officially announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on components and architectures under consideration for Mini and Alfa Romeo vehicles

New Model - 500 Abarth 1.4 Turbo T-Jet (135 bhp): Introduced at Geneva and due to be marketed from July 19 on major European markets, the new 500 Abarth was developed in the spirit of the legendary 500 Abarth cars of the 1960s

Photo Gallery: 135 bhp 500 Abarth 1.4 Turbo T-Jet (II)

Photo Gallery: 135 bhp 500 Abarth 1.4 Turbo T-Jet (I)

Just over one year has gone by since the announcement and, as planned in the brand relaunch plan, Abarth & C. S.p.A. has kept its promise to resume and bring up to date all the activities that have made its name go down in history

Fiat is set to announce that it is to form an alliance with BMW to develop a new small car platform that will underpin the next-generation Grande Punto and Mini while new petrol and diesel engines are also being discussed

Top UK TV presenter Alex Zane and new pop group the Crane Brothers were among the attractions that had the crowds rocking at the Fiat 500 PicNic in North London at the weekend where the car's first anniversary was celebrated in style

The Fiat Yamaha Team faces the first half of a transatlantic double-header this weekend as the MotoGP World Championship heads to Germany for the tenth round of the season, followed immediately by a trip to the USA for round eleven

Maserati GB hosted a very special day for their lady clients last week at London’s most exclusive Club, the Hurlingham, where they were joined by supermodel and Maserati ambassador Jodie Kidd and TV presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson

A total of 3,500 kilometres, the equivalent of over half a season's mileage, is the distance covered to date by the new A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Powered by Ferrari car with the latest series of tests taking place in Spain

Scuderia Ferrari left a damp Silverstone on Sunday with five points and a sour taste after what team principal Stefano Domenicali described as "a Sunday to forget" but having said that, Domenicali was also taking a positive angle from it

Following the success of the 'Delta Project', an initiative launched in February, the Lancia New Delta website is now on line at www.lancianewdelta.it, where visitors can browse its innovative contents thank to the six interactive sections

Photo Gallery: Ferrari California (II)

Fifth place this afternoon at Oschersleben in the FIA GT Championship for Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels driving one of Vitaphone Racing Team's Maserati MC12s means that the pair continue to head the drivers' points standings

Scuderia Ferrari didn't have the best of times at Silverstone this afternoon with Kimi Raikkonen salvaging fourth place and Felipe Massa down in thirteenth spot in the British Grand Prix, both drivers suffering lack of grip in the slippery conditions

Photo Gallery: SpaItalia 2008 - Scuderia Maranello Prototype MR 400