"Being back on the podium is a nice reward for the whole team," says Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen who finished third in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, "the hard work of the last weeks finally bears some fruit, which is really positive for all of us"

The German government has held talks today with Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne over Opel's future with all parties describing them as constructive and more negotiations are set to follow tomorrow as the hours tick down to a bidder being chosen

Contemporaneously with four other Italian museums, Galleria Ferrari presents L’Automobile Italiana an exhibition offering car enthusiasts from around the world a unique opportunity to admire the milestones of a century of creative genius

With a decision on Opel expected to be announced early as tomorrow Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Vice-Chairman John Elkann will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in Berlin today

If Fiat's automobile manufacturing activities are spun out of the Fiat Group and merged with Opel, the Agnelli family's stake may not necessarily be diluted according to Gianluigi Gabetti, the chairman of family holding Giovanni Agnelli & Co

Talks are continuing between the German government and the three bidders for Opel - Fiat, Magna, reportedly the favoured investor, and RHJ - with negotiations between the former two being most intense due to the complexity of their bids

The new Quattroporte Sport GT S has arrived in Australia today, providing Maserati’s luxury saloon with a new sporting flagship that offers enhanced performance, subtle styling changes and a more aggressive chassis and gearbox

Alfa Romeo will be relaunched on the Argentinean and Uruguayan markets this summer through a new importer, Centro Milano S.A., with a full range of its sporty models that will lead out the independent firm’s ambitious new plans

While Sebastien Buemi crashed out early on team mate Sebastien Bourdais brought his Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso STR4 home in eighth place in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix to collect the final championship point on offer

In Monte Carlo this afternoon Ferrari secured its first podium finish of the season, thanks to Kimi Raikkonen’s determined drive to third place and Felipe Massa finished right behind him, to give the Scuderia its best finish of the season

German Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has expressed himself to be unswayed by the merits of the three bids lodged for Opel Wednesday despite Fiat's unexpected submission of a revised offer at the end of the week

Fiat Powertrain Technologies has started manufacturing of the 1.4-litre FIRE engine incorporating the brand new Multiair electro-hydraulic value actuation system ahead of its introduction production models starting from September

For the first time this season Ferrari has got a car onto the front row of the grid after Kimi Raikkonen set the second fastest time in Monaco just a couple of hundredths of a second slower than the Brawn of pole winner Jenson Button

With the bids already in for GM Europe's Opel/Vauxhall division, Fiat has dramatically submitted an improved offer today and it is now being reported that the other two interested parties, Magna and RHJ, are also preparing to up their bids

Scuderia Toro Rosso had an impressive qualifying session this afternoon in Monte Carlo with both of the Ferrari-powered cars making it into Q2 and Sebastien Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais claiming the 11th and 13th spots on the grid

With its bid submitted for Opel on Wednesday, Fiat is trying to dampen media reports that around 18,000 redundancies would come with a merger between the two carmakers, instead saying that the job losses will be much lower

Pininfarina Q1: Despite production turnover halving from 123.9 to 61.2 million euros, borrowing increasing, and shareholder equity shrinking further, nett loss reduced from 10.7 to 4.8 million euros and full year projections are now in line

Chrysler has responded to widespread concern at its plans to use the Chapter 11 procedure to jettison a quarter of its dealers saying that it has no choice but to reconfigure its network if it wants to have the alliance with Fiat approved

Both Toro Rosso drivers were knocking on the door of the top-10 yesterday in Monte Carlo with Sebastien Buemi reporting a positive day and making progress although Sebastien Bourdais was less happy with his Ferrari-powered STR4

With GM Europe confirming that it has received three bids for its manufacturing operations, Fiat has announced that it has retained three financial leading institutions to guide any Fiat-Opel merger towards a European stockmarket listing

Following news that Alfa Romeo has backed the UK Government’s scrappage scheme, it has announced a PCP finance deal that means eligible motorists can drive away a brand new Alfa MiTo, without any deposit, for just £146.50 a month

It was a trouble free first practice day for Scuderia Ferrari in Monte Carlo today with the F60s of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa looking competitive and completing a total of 73 laps each and finishing in the top ten in both sessions

eco:Drive, the Fiat in-car system that helps motorists save money and reduce exhaust emissions, has won another top industry honour. The high-tech system has taken the Fleet Environmental Award in the 2009 Fleet World Honours

"I will always support my team and to be honest, it is not just Ferrari standing alone in this," said Felipe Massa at the press conference in Monaco, "we have taken the lead in the matter, but most of the other teams think the same way"

More than six months of talks between Fiat and ambitious Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Auto have resulted in an agreement to form a passenger car manufacturing joint venture with an investment of 4.27 billion yuan (US$625.7 million)