Photo Gallery: Inaugurazione Fiat Open Lounge, Milano

Photo Gallery: Festa del Fiat Yamaha Team @ Fiat Open Lounge, Milano

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo took his second MotoGP pole and fifth front row of the season after a scintillating qualifying session in Italy this afternoon, which left the top four riders separated by less than two tenths of a second

The sale of Chrysler's assets to a new company includes Fiat will happen on Monday after expectations that it would be resolved late last week were dampened after many of the objections were not dealt with before the weekend loomed

Concorso Italiano has announced that the Alfa 8C Competizione will be a featured vehicle at the leading kick-off event to Monterey weekend in August when as many as 1,000 Italian automobiles, motorcycles, and boats will converge

Fiat's hopes to take control of Opel seemed to be coming to an end last night as word emerged from the talks in Berlin that the German government and the Russian-backed Magna International had reached an agreement for a takeover

Lancia will be the official sponsor of RomaFictionFest 2009, scheduled to take place in July, the largest festival in the world dedicated to international television fiction in all its formats, from serials to TV movies, from mini-series to sitcoms

The German government's efforts to find a buyer for Opel were thrown into turmoil this morning when Fiat announced that it wouldn't attend today's crunch meeting in Berlin as it unhappy with the financial demands that are being made

The Iveco Daily is set to get both mechanical revisions including Euro V engines as well as cosmetic changes inside and out as part of a detailed 'Model Year' freshening up of the latest version of the van range introduced three years ago

Photo Gallery: 82nd Mille Miglia - 27th historical re-run (II)

The German government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with representatives of Fiat and Magna in Berlin today in another attempt to thrash out Opel's future after the last round of talks ended in failure two days ago

The Bankruptcy Court currently deciding the fate of Chrysler is expected to approve the sale of  its "good" assets into a "New Chrysler" that will have Fiat as a 20 percent shareholder after the hearing of more than 300 objections is completed

Last night's marathon German government meeting to thrash out Opel's future was turned upside down when the GM threw in a last minute demand for an extra 300 million euros in financing on top of the agreed 1.5 billion euros bridge loan

Photo Gallery: 82nd Mille Miglia - 27th historical re-run (I)

Experienced industry veteran Mark McNabb has jumped ship from General Motors where he was responsible for the prestige Cadillac, Hummer and Saab brands for the last thirteen months to become the new CEO of Maserati North America

While all attention is being focused on Fiat's efforts to acquire Opel, it was confirmed by Swedish government minister yesterday that the Italian carmaker remains one of the bidders fighting to take over GM Europe's niche Saab brand

Reports overnight say that a crunch meeting of the German cabinet last night handed Fiat and Magna 'preferred bidder' status and these two companies will now be able to examine Opel's books in detail and make revisions to their bids

Robb Report has presented Maserati with the Best of the Best award in honour of the Quattroporte Sport GT S; the sedan beating some worthy competition including the Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed and the new BMW 750Li

With Opel formally completing its legal separation from GM today it being reported that a decision on a bidder won't be made at this evening's crunch meeting in Berlin as the German government is still unhappy with the offers submitted

Chrysler LLC today has announced that the company has submitted three proposals outlining a US$448-million plan to the U.S. Department of Energy in order to rapidly bring electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles to market

With the German government set to hold a key meeting on Opel's future this evening, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has said that he has reduced his demands for state aid in the event of a takeover by 1 billions euros to 6 billion euros

New Model - Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S: New range topper with more powerful version of the 4.7 litre engine matched to a technical and equipment package producing the fastest to create most aggressive Quattroporte to date

Photo Gallery: Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S

Kimi Raikkonen will be back behind the wheel of his potent Grande Punto Abarth S2000 this weekend, but unlike his first two rallies earlier this year he will swap the freezing snow and ice of Finland for the smooth, fast asphalt of Italy

Fiat has chopped the amount of state loans it is looking for as frantic final negotiations go on with Opel's suitors hectically revising their plans to try to impress the German government in what has rapidly turned into a high powered 'beauty contest'