As Chrysler prepares for its new future with Fiat it has rolled out a newspaper advertisement that says "we're building a new car company" and has announced a continuation of generous discounts to keep customers coming through the doors

Fiat UK has confirmed that it intends to take part in the new scrappage scheme announced by British Chancellor Alastair Darling in the recent Budget that will see £1000 put forward by the Treasury for motorists who scrap their old cars

The Ferrari board met today in Maranello to discuss the FIA's budget cap for next year and afterwards expressed its outright opposition to the plans saying that it will quit if they are implemented and bring to an end 60 years of F1 participation

Novitec Tridente has refined the Maserati GranTurismo S with a new supercharged engine package represents a jump in power output of the V8 engine from the standard 440 bhp to 600 bhp while torque increases from 490 to 588 Nm

Photo Gallery: Maserati GranTurismo S Novitec Tridente

With opposition to the proposed Fiat-Opel merger growing the carmakers' Italian and German unions are set to meet on Wednesday while the German government is now expected to decide on a strategy for Opel's future this month

Alfa Romeo has announced that its all-new MiTo model will arrive in Australia and New Zealand in July providing the new car market with a unique compact performance car that sets new standards for style, performance and technology

Just as Tofaş reports a first quarter revenue and profits contraction, Fiat has become the top selling brand on the Turkish market in April and for Q1 after breaching the 10,000 passenger car and light commercial vehicle barrier last month

Felipe Massa finally scored points for the first time this season, picking up the three that go with sixth place in Barcelona although before a refuelling issue reared he looked on course for fourth place; team mate Kimi Raikkonen retired

Abarth's Luca Rossetti has written his name into the Targa Florio history books after winning the 93rd edition by the slenderest of margins after a titanic battle with Paolo Andreucci which saw them separated by just 6.1 secs at the finish

Toro Rosso's interest in the Spanish Grand Prix had ceased by the time the field streamed out of the second bend as the two Ferrari-powered STR4 cars collided with each other after they were innocent parties during a first corner fracas

Both the factory Grande Punto Abarth drivers failed to make the top-10 on the final leg of the SATA Rally Açores with the no points score leaving the Scorpion brand with a mountain to climb if it is to haul itself into the championship running

More than 800 cars recently gathered for Hungary and Europe's biggest Alfa Romeo owners' meeting, AlfaCity09, which took place in the superb settings of Fort Monostor on the banks of the Danube in the historic border town of Komáron

Photo Gallery: Alfa Amore - AlfaCity09, Komáron, Hungary

Ferrari, benefitting from a new aero package, showed a dramatic return to form today in Barcelona with Felipe Massa setting the fourth fastest qualifying time although Kimi Raikkonen failed to benefit as a strategic error sunk his chances in Q1

Following the withdrawal of the dissident lenders' motion, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court managing the Chapter 11 restructuring of Chrysler LLC has entered an order approving a process for the sale of substantially all of the company's assets

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne yesterday pitched his bid to take over Opel to the government leaders from the German regions where the brand's manufacturing facilities are located and found his greatest obstacle was concern over job cuts

A little more than a week after announcing its alliance with Fiat SpA its intention to restructure its business, Chrysler is launching a new corporate advertising campaign, which highlights the range of current and future vehicles in its portfolio

Anton Alén is the leading Abarth driver on the Rally Açores after a strong drive on the opening day which featured constantly changing surfaces conditions and the Finn is currently just one place off a podium slot going into the final leg

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 4 - 44th SATA Rally Acores, Leg 1 (Grande Punto Abarth S2000)

In common with most of the teams Scuderia Ferrari has brought a significant aerodynamic update package to Barcelona, based partly on the planned development programme and partly on lessons learned from the first four races

For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, when a litre of petrol cost 38p in the UK and when Bobby McFerrin sang ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’, it’s possible to own a brand new Alfa Romeo model in the UK for less than £9,000

A second action plan by Fiat for a merger with Opel has fallen into the hands of the German media and this time it is being claimed that it is the document presented to the German government by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne on Monday

Against a backdrop of falling new car sales in the UK with the market 28.5 pct down on 2008 year-to-date Alfa Romeo, is bucking the trend by posting buoyant sales results in the past two consecutive months and was up 76.3 pct in April