Aprilia has returned to the winners' circle in the Superbike World Championship after its new-for-2009 RSV4 machine in the hands of Max Biaggi at Brno raced to a first victory for the Italian bike maker in the series since it quit back in 2001

The Piaggio Group has today reported a improvement in its operating results during the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, thanks to the competitiveness of its offer and the strong recovery on the Asian markets

Kimi Raikkonen has made highly impressive start to his debut on the world rally stage on the Rally Finland, and after this morning’s opening five stages he is lying sixth in Group N, posting times respectably close to the experienced Anton Alén

Hardly has the announcement of the shock return to the cockpit of Michael Schumacher started to sink in than the German driver reports that he is in Maranello and pressing forward with preparations for his grand prix comeback

After several consecutive record years Lamborghini today reports a big decrease in sales for the first six months, they are down 37 percent to 825 cars and although it managed to remain in the red posting a pre tax profit of 5.4 million euros

Fiat’s recent announcement that it is to supply Britain’s leading driving school with a 14,000 strong fleet of Fiat 500s as part of a four-year deal is in line with the company’s local strategy, according to managing director Andrew Humberstone

The factory Abarth drivers Giandomenico Basso and Luca Rossetti have begun their bid to win the 50th Rali Vinho Madeira which kicked off yesterday with a Superspecial stage of the streets of Funchal and will get underway proper this morning

"It doesn't matter what sport you do you always want to have a competition out of it," says Kimi Raikkonen as he counts down the hours to his WRC debut, "so it's hard to just drive about and not care about the times, it’s always going to happen

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Kimi Raikkonen, who makes his FIA World Rally Championship debut this evening on the Rally Finland, said today that he will be honoured to have Michael Schumacher as a team mate and that he could envision a future as a rally driver

"When Luca di Montezemolo asked Michael if he wanted to give us a hand at the moment," says Stefano Domenicali, "I understood from looking in his eyes, even before he replied, how strong are the links between Michael and the Scuderia"

The birth of the Ape Calessino two years ago added new impetus to the passenger transport ambitions of this famous three wheeler and now this quirky vehicle gets refreshed with new colours and trims and a zero-emission version

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Ferrari has sensationally announced that the legendary seven-time F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, will return to Formula One to replace injured Felipe Massa from Valencia subject to the completing of a training programme

There has been more good news today from the AEK in Budapest, where Felipe Massa has been recovering since last Saturday following his crash and according to Ferrari today he has been sitting up and even able to take his first steps

Belgium's leading Fiat Group Automobiles' dealer Buga Ital Auto used this year's SpaItalia, the annual Italian car extravaganza held on the legendary racetrack in the Ardennes, as the perfect setting to showcase the Abarth brand

After just having been involved in supporting the 'Final Eight' of the Eurocup basketball contest, Iveco now officially enters the world of basketball as from 1st August, Iveco will become the official partner of the Italian National Basketball Team

Ferrari Lap Time is the new exclusive watch developed specifically to the meet the needs of the Scuderia Ferrari: it is a combination of superb accuracy and functionality that make it the ideal all-round, high performance chronograph

BSM and Fiat have today announced a new partnership which will see Fiat providing BSM (the British School of Motoring), the UK’s most popular driving school, with 14,000 cars, mostly made up of the 500 model, over the next four years

The Ferrari 458 Italia is the latest incarnation of the mid-rear engined berlinetta; the F430 replacement model will be unveiled at the Frankfurt IAA and it is set to make a massive leap forward from Maranello's previous mid-rear engined sports cars

Ferrari has issued another update on Felipe Massa and the prognosis will be a relief for motor racing fans, the statement saying that "his condition is improving quickly and consistently" and that he is "more and more awake and reactive"

Fiat is the favourite to take control of Bertone's contract manufacturing business with CEO Sergio Marchionne saying that the factory would be used to build niche production models although he had no interest in acquiring the Bertone name

First images of the forthcoming mid-life facelift of Fiat's best-selling Grande Punto supermini have broken cover on the internet revealing a very heavily revised front end as well as a new interior and some further cosmetic updates to the rear

Ferrari released another update on Felipe Massa's on-going medical situation last night saying that his critical condition since his qualifying crash on Saturday was showing signs of improvement as he remains in Budapest's AEK hospital

Fiat and Alfa Romeo's biggest car sale of the year in the UK has been staged at British Car Auctions Measham and it recorded a huge success with 200 cars sold averaging above residual value and netting over £1.5 million of revenue