Formula 1's double debut, coming to Singapore and racing at night, ended its first day with the two Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers completing a total of over five hundred kilometres with Massa covering 54 laps and Kimi five fewer

Giandomenico Basso was in scintillating form today on the Sanremo Rally, steadily extending the lead he took into this morning's stages as he set fastest time after fastest time to finish the finish Leg 1 with a lead of almost a minute

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 8 - 50th Sanremo Rally (I)

Valentino Rossi made a solid start to his Japanese Grand Prix weekend by riding his Fiat Yamaha M1 to third place on the opening day of action at Motegi; however team mate Lorenzo suffered during the afternoon session

On 28 September, Singapore will host the first ever night-time Grand Prix event in the history of Formula 1 and as a taster to the exceptional event, a “500 Drive” will take place on 27 September, before the GP qualifying rounds

The fastest ever production Maserati, the GranTurismo S, has arrived in Sydney and done a tour of the sights ahead of its Australian and New Zealand debut at the Australian International Motor Show next month (9-19 October 2008)

The stunning 3D ‘showroom’ featured on Fiat’s UK website has been crowned as the Retail and Leisure Sector Technology Project of the Year during the important 2008 CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards in London

Fiat Group is participating in the 2nd World Fair of Natural Gas and Hydrogen Vehicles in Turin exhibiting natural gas powered models from the Fiat, Fiat Professional and Iveco product ranges, as well as Fiat Powertrain Technologies’ engines

Luca De Meo, Chief Marketing Officer of the Fiat Group and CEO of the Alfa Romeo and Abarth automobile companies, received the regarded 2008 Chief Marketing Officer of the Year award during a ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany

Maserati has unveiled first photographs and details of the dramatic GranTurismo MC Corse Concept, which proposes the Trident reviving its popular one-make 'Trofeo' series as well as turning the car into a GT3 class customer car

Photo Gallery: Maserati GranTurismo MC Corsa Concept

Zagato Centrostile, the automotive design company responsible for designing some of the most beautiful sports cars of the last century, today announce that Autoline Industries Limited (India) has taken a significant strategic stake in the company

The Fiat Fiorino has been named the International Van of the Year 2009 – with 112 points out of a possible 140 – by a jury consisting of journalists from 20 European countries, specialists in the commercial vehicles sector

Fiat is exploring the option of using its Ranjangaon plant near Pune in India as a global base for some key models in the future; this could even include European market destined version the new low cost car under development

The last leg of the season gets underway with a trip to Singapore for a new experience: a new circuit and a night race, and last week, both Scuderia Ferrari drivers went to the Fiat Research Centre in Turin to experience the circuit on the simulator

The farings of Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha bike in Motegi this weekend will sport effigies of Lupin III, the famous 'gentleman thief' from the Japanese cartoon series and comes ahead of a themed limited-edition version of the Fiat 500

Lamborghini released a third teaser shot this afternoon of the new project that it plans to present at next week's Paris Mondial de l'Automobile, with all the evidence pointing towards a new direction for the Bologna-based brand

An autumn reshuffle at Fiat sees Franco Miniero leaving Fiat Professional to take on Iveco’s Sales & Marketing department, with Fiat CEO Lorenzo Sistino extending his responsibilities to now cover the light commercial vehicle division

The concept of the Alfa Romeo stand at the Paris Motor Show arises out of the perfect marriage between design and technology and the model line-up will be dominated by the new MiTo with no less than five examples being on display

The Lancia stand at this year’s Paris Motor Show represents a departure from previous shows as it is decorated in the style of a haut couture shop, though it still retains the main distinctive traits of the Lancia brand experience

The Paris Motor Show next week will host the world première of the sporting TI specification of the Alfa Brera that is due to go on sale in autumn 2008; this version is distinguished by the TI logo applied to the front wings

Fiat's stand in Paris will be made up of modular elements with moving shapes and images; like an enormous high-tech garden with a fluid floor interspersed with lighted inserts that sprout gigantic stems carrying huge mirrored disks

The Paris Motor Show how will host the world premiere of the new PUR-O2 line that will be available on the Fiat 500, Croma and Bravo from November; it denotes their high-tech content, low fuel consumption and low CO2 emission levels

Chongqing ChangAn Suzuki is to produce the Fiat Sedici, a joint venture model developed in collaboration with Suzuki, in China to assist the Italian carmaker's efforts to rebuild its presence on the Chinese new car market

There is no stopping Abarth & C. S.p.A. as they bring several more new products to the Paris Motor Show next week including the “esseesse” kit for the 500 Abarth, the Assetto Corse Abarth and a new collection of technical equipment