A rare 1959 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder will be the highlight under the hammer at the event referred to as the 'Pebble Beach of the US East Coast', the Automobiles of Amelia Island auction, organised by RM Auctions on 14 March

Lamborghini has announced its Academy dates for 2009 which allows enthusiasts and owners to take part in track driving schools that provide an opportunity to experience the potential of the sports cars alongside professional instructors

Giugiaro will present a new concept at the 79th Geneva Motor Show that evolves the Italian designer's alternative fuelled high powered sports car theme of recent years and which the firm is dubbing as the fastest hybrid in the world

Fiat Group on Friday announced that it had obtained a 1 billion euro credit line as it prepares to meet debt obligations that fall due for repayment this year; however the announced new finance was much smaller than had been expected

Tofaş, Fiat's joint venture car manufacturing company in Turkey, has posted a slightly lower than predicted full year net profit for 2008 as it begins to suffer from the steeply falling demand for new vehicles both at home and abroad

The 500 Abarth Assetto Corse is getting itself race track-ready with the racer currently busily rolling off Abarth’s production line in time to be ready for the first race of the season on 29 March at the historic Monza race track in Italy

After eight days and more than 3,500 kilometres Scuderia Ferrari's test sessions at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain came to an end on Thursday afternoon with Felipe Massa the driver who started and ended the sessions at the Persian Gulf

Italian niche car manufacturer DR Groupe is expected to unveil a fourth member of rapidly its growing model range at next month's 79th Geneva Motor Show; this time the car to be presented will give it a contender in B-segment

Lauded as 'a sports car cleverly designed as a supercar, without any of the usual supercar shortcomings,' the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 has been selected by Robb Report as the luxury lifestyle magazine’s 2009 Car of the Year

The first image purporting to be of the Alfa MiTo GTA has been leaked just ahead of the high performance sports coupé's world preview which is scheduled to take place at the 79th Geneva Motor Show in just under a fortnight's time

Lamborghini has become the latest car manufacturer to announce a production slowdown as it grapples with shrinking global sales: it will halt the production lines at Sant'Agata for two weeks between February and March

Felipe Massa was back behind the wheel of the Ferrari F60 yesterday as the marathon test in Bahrain went into its penultimate day; however the test was once again blighted by technical problems which reduced track running time

Photo Gallery: Alfa 159/159 Sportwagon MY 2009

First sketches to be released by Alfa Romeo offer a quick glimpse of the cam cover and air induction system of the high performance MiTo GTA just prior to its public unveiling in concept form at the Geneva Motor Show in March

The new "Mille Chili" laboratory has been inaugurated in the engineering department at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia which is being supported by Ferrari for undergraduates to study the field of vehicle weight reduction

Chrysler Viability Plan (II): Cutting-edge Fiat technology to play a key role as Chrysler gets ready to launch 24 new vehicles during the next 48 months with eight of these new products due to arrive in the next year and a half

Kimi Raikkonen's last day of testing at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain was extremely troubled with a cooling failure on the new KERS system costing several track hours although the Finn still ended the day with the fastest time

Chrysler Viability Plan (I): The 177-page report outlines the benefits of an alliance with Fiat that would create the world's sixth largest automaker with a complimentary geographical presence and provide a springboard for expansion

Much attention is focused around Fiat's new Start&Stop technology however claims that this is a groundbreaking introduction for a Fiat are wide of the mark as two decades ago the long-forgotten Regata ES offered this innovation

Chrysler LLC has submitted its viability plan to the U.S. Treasury Department, outlining its plans to: enhance its product line-up; complete its ongoing aggressive restructuring; and achieve cost reducing concessions from stakeholders

After a short break of two days the test sessions for Scuderia Ferrari resumed yesterday at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain with Kimi Raikkonen back behind the wheel of the new F60 and getting a full day of development work in on the track

It's crunch time today for Chrysler LLC as the floundering carmaker goes to Capitol Hill to justify a further US$3 billion bailout that is a conditional part of any proposed alliance with Fiat, although little firm detail of the deal is expected

Fiat officially reveal first images and information as the countdown beings to the worldwide preview of the Fiat 500C in a presentation that will take place at the next Geneva Motor Show before its launch throughout Europe this spring

Fiat Group Automobiles cars, including the Alfa MiTo and Fiat 500, have been honoured by the readers of leading Italian automotive magazine Quattroruote that have taken part in two surveys: Novelty of 2008 and The Cars I Prefer 2008