Photo Gallery: 79th Geneva Motor Show - Alfa MiTo GTA

Today once again a small Fiat proved to be the big star in Geneva and for the world première of the 500C Fiat didn't disappoint, a dramatic ceremony saw four of the new cars rising from the Astroturf lawns of the special "500 garden"

Photo Gallery: 79th Geneva Motor Show - Fiat 500C [World Première]

Rapid Portuguese youngster Bernardo Sousa who is already committed to a FIA P-WRC campaign with a privately entered Grande Punto Abarth S2000 has announced that he has plans to also squeeze in up to three IRC rounds

New Model - Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce: The Murciélago model range is expanded with a new and more extreme top model that is even more powerful, lighter and faster than the Murciélago LP 640

Photo Gallery: Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce

Italy suffered another month of sharply falling car sales during January, however Fiat Group with 53,138 registrations across its brands outperformed the overall market to raise its share from 31.08 to 32.15 percent year-on-year

Pininfarina announced today that a tax commission hearing has upheld an outstanding 30 million euro VAT claim that the Turinese firm says could affect its long drawn out rescue plan and impact on its ability to remain a going concern

The Fiat Linea is set to take to the tracks this year with an official two car team contesting Argentina's highly competitive TC2000 championship pitting a full racing version of the sedan against a string of the Italian brand's market rivals

For Scuderia Ferrari the penultimate test session before the start of the 2009 F1 season in Australia in twenty five days time began early this morning at Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain with Felipe Massa at the wheel of the F60

Stalled plans by Fiat and Tata Motors to jointly build off-road capable vehicles at the former's factory at Córdoba in Argentina have reopened and are reaching a advanced stage with the first vehicles set to be launched by the end of the year

Photo Gallery: WPS Bathurst 12 Hours - Alfa Romeo (II)

79th Geneva Motor Show Preview - Abarth: A few months ago, Abarth announced its return to the racetrack, a moment that the Scorpion’s fans had long awaited: it is a full 43 years since Carlo Abarth drove his last record-breaker to victory

Fiat Automobiles is one of Europe’s ten best-selling automotive brands and for the second year running confirmed the lowest average value for CO2 emissions from the vehicles sold in 2008: 133.7 g/km (137.3 g/km in 2007)

Last weekend, the South African circuit Kyalami hosted the fifth round of the A1GP Championship and the event also saw four of the race track-only 'laboratory' cars from the prestigious FXX Programme taking to the track

An Grande Punto Abarth showcar, dubbed the “SuperSport” and inspired by the winning rally machines, will make its debut in Geneva, finished in Airfield Gray paintwork, the same colour sported by the Scorpion’s historic racecars

Lamborghini is to create an exclusive limited-edition version of the Murciélago LP650-4 Roadster that will feature a Grigio Telesto paint finish highlighted by bright orange detailing and a plush Alcantara-and-leather trimmed interior

To promote the MiTo, Alfa Romeo UK has created www.mymitorally.co.uk where people can log on and race the sporty hatchback at 10 different venues on 10 different web sites to score a best overall time and the chance to win a MiTo

In Geneva next week Ferrari will debut the sporty, dynamic Handling GT Evoluzione (HGTE) Package for the 599 GTB Fiorano and present the 599XX which is a technological laboratory aimed at a select group of clients

Italian design house Fioravanti will present two very different concept cars at the Geneva Motor Show next week, a high performance sports car that aims to bridge the gap to racing cars, as well digging out its Tris urban car from 2000

Haller Tuning has become the first aftermarket company to offer a wide array of upgrade parts to enhance and toughen up the Iveco Massif offroad vehicle in all areas to make it ready for even the most extreme theatre of operations

Photo Gallery: Iveco Massif [by Haller Tuning]

After a ten-year absence, I.DE.A. Institute returns to the International Motor Show in Geneva to present ERA, its latest concept car, first previewed in Turin last summer, and symbol of an invigorated I.DE.A Institute

Photo Gallery: I.DE.A ERA [Concept car]

In Brazil next week Anton Alén will be treading in the hallowed footsteps of history, his legendary father Markku came to the populous Latin American nation exactly 30 years ago to contest the first ever Rally Internacional de Brasil