Fiat Powertrain Technologies and Perkins Engines Company Limited have agreed on a strategic partnership for a long term supply of a new FPT 3.4 litre engine, with a 60 to 115 bhp power range, for off–road applications to be marketed worldwide

Just a day after Toro Rosso fired driver Sebastien Bourdais and with hopes high as a significant aero update is due at the forthcoming Hungarian Grand Prix, Team Principal Franz Tost and Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli answer questions

The recently-launched Handling GT Evoluzione option for the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is now also available as an accessories package for dealer fitment, with two options available according to the customer’s specific requirements and age of vehicle

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano with Handling GT Evoluzione Package - Millbrook, UK

After supporting Betty Williams at the Nobel for Peace Hall 2009, Lancia's attention is now turning to Nelson Mandela who, on the occasion of his 91st birthday, will invite the whole world to "make an imprint" during a big concert in New York

Fiat is celebrating the success of eco:Drive as during the eight months following its launch over 50,000 people have downloaded it free of charge from the dedicated site while more than 20,000 people also use it all the time to monitor their driving style

One of the more unusual novelties that the Goodwood Festival of Speed throws up with each time this year was the long-forgotten Life 190 with its unusual W12 engine and dubious claim of being possibly the most unsuccessful F1 car ever raced

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon 1.8 TBi [Model Year 2009] (1/2)

Sebastien Bourdais has been fired by Scuderia Toro Rosso after a disappointing year-and-a-half in F1 for the former four time ChampCar title winner, reserve driver 19-year-old Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari is hotly tipped to be his replacement

BorgWarner has opened a new state-of-the-art production facility in Rzeszow, Poland, southeast of Krakow, where it will manufacture up to 500,000 turbochargers a year to supply to Fiat Powertrain's Polska factory for its 1.3-litre Multijet engine

The versatile Qubo mini-MPV is the latest in Fiat’s range to benefit from eco:Drive which allows drivers to download a record of their driving style from car to computer with a USB memory stick and learn how to reduce their impact on the environment

The famous victory at Le Mans in 2003 by the Prodrive-built Ferrari 550 Maranello was fondly remembered at Goodwood this year when the red GT1 machine was part of a display that celebrated 25th years of the British motorsports preparation firm

It is exactly a year since the first and only Abarth dealership in Holland was opened by Nieuwkoop Automotive Group and to celebrate a successful first year a special edition 500 Abarth Competizione limited to 10 units has been created

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fiat 500 Happy Birthday @ Fiat Open Lounge, Napoli

Fiat Group was the best performer amongst all of Europe's big carmaking groups last month up 11.7 percent year-on-year which equated to four times the rise of overall market which finally made it into positive territory, albeit up just 2.4 percent

After their American foray to Laguna Seca just ten days ago, the championship-leading Fiat Yamaha Team is preparing for a return to European shores with the first of a double-header of MotoGP races this weekend at the Sachsenring in Germany

The Ferrari 166 MM has been under the spotlight in recent months as the 60th anniversary of Ferrari's first at Le Mans has been honoured so it was entirely appropriate that this famous winning machine was represented at Goodwood this year

The first Ferrari Store in Germany was officially inaugurated by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa at a very special location: the Nürburgring, which nestles in the gentle Eifel hills and provides the fascinating venue for the German Grand Prix

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (3/3)

The long-running saga of the now bankrupt Gruppo Bertone took another dramatic turn today as Fiat Group confirmed that it has placed a non-binding offer to buy the Turinese firm's idled contract manufacturing division, Carrozzeria Bertone

The new Fiat Sedici is the official car for the Juventus FC training camp that is set to run until 21st July in Pinzolo, Trentino; the cars are ferrying Juventus players and their new coach, Ciro Ferrara, during their transfers on their busy training days

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (2/3)

Luca Rossetti agonisingly missed out on winning the Rally di San Crispino, the sixth round of the Italian Rally Championship on the very last stage at the weekend after a puncture pushed the Abarth factory driver down to third place

Ferrari is history's most prolific constructor of F1 single-seaters and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed each year a plethora of slippery its red machines take to the "hill" to wind back the clock and relive past glories that are vividly remembered

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Ferrari F1 single-seaters (312/68, 312T3, 126C4, F300 & F2008)