With a new owner, venue and classic Italian style, Concorso Italiano proved to be a huge hit with the highest attendance in six years celebrating all things Italian with a variety of notable Italian cars, legendary icons and array of beautiful people

No break for the Scuderia Ferrari nine days after the summer hiatus as after last Sunday's European Grand Prix the team is already getting ready for the next race, which will take place at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium this coming weekend

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari Belgian Grand Prix Preview - Kimi Raikkonen & Stefano Domenicali

After their differing fortunes last time out in Brno, MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi and runner-up Jorge Lorenzo, who re-signed for the Fiat Yamaha Team today, will arrive in Indianapolis this week for the second U.S. round

The Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger have earned the 2009 Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; to qualify a vehicle must earn the highest rating of good in front, side, and rear tests and have ESC

German tuner Karl Schnorr Kraftfahrzeuge has produced an upgrade of the Abarth 500 which is reworked visually, in the handling department and under the bonnet where new software, exhaust and a bigger turbo boost the power to 200 bhp

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Abarth 500 1.4 Turbo 163/200 bhp [tuning by Karl Schnorr Kraftfahrzeuge]

Fiat’s innovative Blue&Me infotelematic system has been upgraded with the introduction new software and a media player adaptor that will offer improved functionality and enable greater compatibility with an increasing number of mobiles phones

Altomar and Oswaldo Amorim driving a Fiat Palio emerged as the winners of the N2 category of the second round of the Campeonato Mineiro de Rally de Velocidade an event which also counted towards the popular Trofeo Fiat de Rally

ItaliaspeedTV: Iveco Light Multirole Vehicle (LMV) - This tactical vehicle with full-time all wheel drive called Lince by the Italian military and Panther by the English is a successful and highly active player on the international defence scene

Fresh from its win at Rio del Honda in the first of the TC2000's three long-distance races Fiat Pro Racing has just tackled the Buenos Aires 200 km but with less success with Spartaro and Maluhy bringing the Linea home in seventh position

The Maserati GranCabrio, the first four-seater convertible in the brand's history, will make its world wide debut on September 15 at the Frankfurt IAA; fitted with a electric canvas roof it will be based on the GranTurismo and use the 4.7-litre V8

Abarth's quest for a respectable result in the Czech Republic faded on the fourth stage of the second leg yesterday after Luca Rossetti lost more than three minutes with another puncture sending the Italian sliding down the leaderboard

ItaliaspeedTV: Iveco ECODAILY (VI)

There was better news yesterday for Fiat in the IRC 2WD Cup on the 39th Barum Rally Zlín as Jiří Skoupil swatted away a horde of more fancied Honda and Peugeot runners to record a memorable victory for the venerable Fiat Punto S1600

Just before the summer break Kimi Raikkonen finished second in Budapest and today the Ferrari driver was on the podium again this time in third place while on his debut for the Scuderia Luca Badoer brought his F60 home in seventeenth

While the Abarth factory challenge on the Barum Czech Rally Zlín faded this afternoon as Luca Rossetti slipped down the order, Italian honour was capably upheld as Aleš Máčala won the event's "Star Rally" in a stunning Alfa Romeo Giulietta

Toro Rosso had little positive to report in Valencia this afternoon with Sebastien Buemi's race effectively ending at the first corner while 19-year-old Jaime Alguersuari plodded along at the back of the field to finish a distant sixteenth

Abarth's challenge on the Barum Czech Rally Zlín crumbled in treacherous conditions as Giandomenico Basso crashed out while a spin and a puncture dropped team mate Luca Rossetti down the order to eighth going into today's final leg

Sime Darby Auto Connexion which is responsible for the Alfa Romeo in Malaysia has relaunched the brand in the country with the opening of a retail and service facility and the arrival of four new models, the 159, Brera, Spider and GT coupé

Deputy CEO Jim Press is set to leave Chrysler before the end of the year according to media reports this weekend completing the departure of senior executives that has taken place since Fiat took control of the struggling U.S. carmaker

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Under the Pentastar - The top stories from Chrysler Group LLC for the week: stories include American Customer Satisfaction Index scores, Dodge will continue NASCAR Sprint Cup series and Fiat Freak Out

Kimi Raikkonen was satisfied after qualifying on the third row of the grid for tomorrow’s European Grand Prix although his new Ferrari team mate Luca Badoer found the going much tougher on his F1 comeback and he will start at the back

ItaliaspeedTV: Iveco ECODAILY (V)