ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (III) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo looked ready for business at Misano on the Italian Riviera today, the Fiat Yamaha Team riders putting in impressive times and finishing the day first and second, several tenths ahead of the next fastest

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (II) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

Ducati Corse has announced that Nicky Hayden, fresh from his first podium for the Italian factory team last weekend, signed a one year extension to his current MotoGP agreement and will line up alongside Casey Stoner for the 2010 season

ItaliaspeedTV: Lancia di Lancia, Venice (I) - The new boat has been developed jointly by four Italian companies each leader in its own sector: Lancia; luxury RIB maker Sacs; Fiat Powertrain provided the engines; and drinks firm Martini

Chrysler is to add a second shift at Belvidere, Illinois to increase production of the Dodge Caliber to meet growing demand for this model which has just been announced in MY 2010 specification with an upgraded interior and a new engine option

The Ferrari 599 GTB is the focus of new product developments from Novitec Rosso and alongside its fearsome twin-compressor conversion a new performance kit increases power output of the standard V12 engine by 40 bhp

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano [Novitec Rosso]

Fiat has been recognised as a leader in sustainability with its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and Sustainability STOXX Indexes receiving a score of 90/100 compared with an average of 72/100 for all companies in the sector

Iveco has presented a prototype of its new Daily Elétrico in Brazil which is destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America a project which is being realised in conjunction with Itaipu Binacional

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Iveco Daily Elétrico [Brazil]

"I chose Fisichella for several reasons, starting with the fact he deserves it," says Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, "we all wanted to have an Italian driver in our car for Monza and it takes the long term view as he will be our third driver"

"Over the last week some really incredible things happened to me," said Giancarlo Fisichella as he arrived in Maranello today, "the pole position and then second place at Spa and now I’m called by Ferrari to race the last five races of the season

With Mercedes planning to terminate its contract to supply Sprinter vans to Chrysler Group's Dodge brand at the start of next year it has been revealed that the Fiat Ducato and Iveco Daily are both now being considered as a replacement

Ferrari confirmed this afternoon that veteran Italian F1 driver and star of Spa last weekend Giancarlo Fisichella will switch from the Force India team to fill Felipe Massa's seat in time for the Italian Grand Prix and the remaining races this season

Extreme California turner Heffner Performance has created a twin-turbocharged rear-wheel-drive version of the Lamborghini Murciélago which it claims will boast a staggering 1100 bhp once the ambitious project is completed

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lamborghini Murciélago TT [Heffner Performance]

Just one week after their last outing at Indianapolis in the USA which resulted in victory, the dominant Fiat Yamaha Team will arrive on home shores this week for the second Italian round of the season, at Misano on the east coast of Italy

ItaliaspeedTV: Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni - Long revered as one of the many legends surrounding Lamborghini a remarkable test driver with his own personal cult status and now a Raging Bull car bears his name

Ferrari owners' are able to trace a direct line for a multitude of technological advances that make their cars today safer, faster, cleaner and able to offer lower emissions back to the cars driven on the track by a host of motorsport legends

Fiat Automóveis has announced at a big event in São Paulo in the presence of Ferrari F1 pilot Felipe Massa and the CEO of Fiat Group Latin America Cledorvini Bellini, two new exciting new categories for the Brazilian motorsports calendar

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fiat Automóveis presentation - Formula Fiat Future & Trofeo Linea

ItaliaspeedTV: Alfa MiTo - Introduced just over a year ago the MiTo has returned Alfa Romeo to the small hatchback segment in style and it has now been rolled out on markets as far from home as South Africa, New Zealand and Japan

Already on sale in countries across the world as far apart as Brazil, China, Turkey and Germany, the Linea sedan, fitted with the 1.4 FIRE engine and imported from India, this week arrives in the Fiat Automobiles showrooms in South Africa

Fiat outperformed the Italian new car market during August to end the month up 10.68 percent year-on-year compared to the overall market's 8.54 percent rise with Fiat (+10.18 percent) and Lancia (+26.51 percent) underpinning the result