Alfa Romeo has lined up the Alfa MiTo on its stand in Bologna as the new coupé makes its Italian motor show debut while confirming that the future Alfa 149 is firmly on track for a debut next autumn despite the current severe economic crisis

Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 driver Mark Eddy has been crowned the new Australian GT Champion following the conclusion of the sixth and final round of the 2008 series held at Melbourne’s Sandown Park circuit last weekend

SRS Labs, an industry leader in surround sound, audio, and voice technologies, and ASK Group have partnered to incorporate SRS WOW in the advanced, premium-quality Interscope Sound System, available exclusively in the Fiat 500

In Bologna Maserati has unveiled the MC Sport Line customisation programme that focuses on the Trident’s racing heritage fresh from its latest international triumph in the FIA GT Championship with the Bertolini and Bartels in Argentina

Photo Gallery: Maserati GranTurismo S MC Sport Line

Lancia is to be the Main Sponsor of the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Paris from 11-13 December at the Hotel de Ville; a fleet of Deltas will constitute the official means of transport for all the Summit dignitaries

The Pininfarina board met yesterday to review the status of the negotiations carried out with credit institutions with the aim of defining the transactions that will be implemented to recapitalise the company and reschedule its debt

Jaromír Tarabus will be flying the flag for the Abarth brand when he takes to the ceremonial start ramp of the Wales Rally GB, the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship, which gets underway in Cardiff this evening

Head of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, Alfredo Altavilla, has set forth details of his company’s production plans for 2009, which reveal a very hectic schedule and the debut of a raft of new ground-breaking technological developments

On Saturday morning fifteen Ferrari F430 Challenge racers from the Italian series of the Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy will enter the arena used for on-track racing events at the Bologna Motor Show to take part in a series of races

At the Guangzhou Motor Show, the new A108 saloon car, designed and developed by Pininfarina for the Chinese carmaker JAC, and which is now going on sale in China, has beaten off its rivals to secure the Best Car in Show award

Photo Gallery: Trilogy of the Automobile 3: Dream, Torino Esposizioni - Pininfarina (I)

Marco Cavigioli, driving a Fiat Grande Punto Diesel, heads into the China Rally this weekend just three points behind his compatriot and rival Alessandro Bettega in the standings in the inaugural Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2WD Cup

Ferrari has chosen the 33rd Bologna Motor Show for the world unveiling of the new Scuderia Spider 16M, a special limited edition series of only 499 unique cars, launched to celebrate the Scuderia's 16th Formula 1 World Constructors' title

Photo Gallery: 33rd Salone Internazionale dell’Automobile e della Moto, Bologna - Ferrari

As of December 1, 2008, Jason Castriota, formerly the top designer at Pininfarina, has become the new Design Director of Stile Bertone, the design and engineering firm headed by Marie-Jeanne Bertone, first-born daughter of Nuccio

The Sintesi concept car unveiled by Pininfarina at Geneva this year has won the red dot award 2008 which was presented in Singapore for 'the excellent quality of its design and the outstanding innovation of its technological content'

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 has been voted SportsCar of the Year by German magazine AutoBild SportsCars; Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Lamborghini, accepted the award at the Essen Motor Show’s “Race Night”

China Premium Lifestyle has announced that its 49 percent-owned entity Technorient Ltd., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has opened a new Ferrari and Maserati 3S (Sales, Service and Spare Parts) Centre in Nanjing, China

As the economic downturn continues to impact hard on the automobile manufacturing sector worldwide, Fiat Group Vice-Chairman has said in an interview today that it would be open to talks on the idea of a positive merger or partnership

The Italian new car market continues to suffer from the dramatic global economic downturn, during November it was down 29.46 pct year-on-year, and while Fiat Group lost 28.46 pct this did allow it to raise market share from 30.96 to 31.49 pct

Photo Gallery: Trilogy of the Automobile 3: Dream, Torino Esposizioni - Lancia Nea

Lancia's fabulous Integrale, arguably the most famous and successful rally machine of all time, will be at the heart of an amazing line up of World Rally Championship winners in action at the Rally Show 2009 at Chatsworth House

United States automotive stylist Elite Carbon has announced a body kit upgrade, new performance exhaust system, improved braking, and interior trim parts for the Maserati GranTurismo that will be available from mid 2009

Photo Gallery: Trilogy of the Automobile 3: Dream, Torino Esposizioni - Fiat (II)