New Model - Lamborghini Reventón Roadster: Based on the 670 bhp V12 engine and underpinnings of the Murciélago LP670-4 SuperVeloce, the new Roadster version will number less than 20 units priced at 1.1 million euros each

Romeo Ferraris has unveiled his latest dramatic project which takes the Abarth 500 performance theme to its most extreme level yet, the 500 Monza boasts 260 bhp and was appropriately unveiled at the weekend's 60th Gran Premio d’Italia

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Abarth 500 Monza by Romeo Ferraris

Luca Rossetti lost more points to his Italian title rival Paolo Andreucci on the 28th Rally Costa Smeralda at the weekend after a puncture ended his chances of victory and he came second, a result sees the crown slipping further from his grasp

Kimi Raikkonen finished the Italian Grand Prix in third place but his appearance on the podium at the Prancing Horse’s home race was in doubt until the very last lap while team mate Giancarlo Fisichella was ninth on his debut with the team

Exactly a year on since its first grand prix win, Scuderia Toro Rosso returned to Monza for a fruitless weekend and after starting from the back row neither Sebastien Buemi or Jaime Alguersuari made any impact in the 53-lap race

Abarth’s challenge to win the 46th Rally Principe de Asturias swiftly evaporated on the second stage of the final leg after Giandomenico Basso spun, and lacking any reverse gear or spectators to help, he lost more than five minutes

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 9 - Rally Principe de Asturias

Fiat has expanded further its acclaimed ‘Natural Power’ range with the introduction of the Qubo Natural Power featuring the fuel-and-emission reducing combination of a powertrain that is able to operate on gasoline and methane

The Dodge Journey has joined its brand sister model the Avenger and Chrysler's Sebring sedan in earning the much-sought after prestigious 2009 Top Safety Pick rating which is awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Alfa Romeo 3, which débuted at the Maxi Yacht Cup in 2008 and is now making a "new début" following a complete redesign meaning its a case of two different boats with different performance features and dimensions sharing the same name

The two Toro Rosso cars remained firmly rooted to the bottom of the timesheets in qualifying at Monza yesterday in stark contrast to one year ago when Sebastien Vettel claimed the Faenza based team's first pole position

Qualifying for Scuderia Ferrari’s home race ended with one F60 on the second row of the grid, through Kimi Raikkonen’s third place and the other car, with Giancarlo Fisichella at the controls, on the seventh row in fourteenth place

Magneti Marelli and STMicroelectronics have signed a MoU for an agreement in the sector of power electronics modules and components for energy conversion electronic systems (inverter) to be fitted on hybrid and electric vehicles

Michael Schumacher has extended his contract with Ferrari's GT development division and will continue working as a consultant which he has been doing since he retired from the F1 team at the end of 2006 for another three years

Two and a half months after signing a partnership, Giugiaro and Microsoft have jointly presented the first prototypes of their cooperation to emphasise the importance of technological innovation in processes of corporate development

Giandomenico Basso goes into the final day of the Rally Principe de Asturias with a slender lead at the front after a fast and furious final few stages that saw the factory Abarth driver wrest the advantage away from the Skoda drivers

For Giancarlo Fisichella the start of this morning’s free practice at Monza was the moment he had been waiting for ever since he came second in the Belgian GP a fortnight ago when he got the call and possibly ever since he was a little boy

The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers', Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, had a steady opening day and posted respectable times at Monza today as the first two practice sessions for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix got underway

As the survivors are thunder through today's eighth stage of the Silkway Rally, an event that is traversing Russia, Kazahstan and Turkmenistan, Gerard de Rooy is an impressive second overall in Team de Rooy's new Iveco Trakker

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First images of the Roadster version of the jet-fighter inspired Reventón, which will be even faster and more expensive than the coupé, have been released today the new Lamborghini supercar gears up for its world première next week

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Lamborghini Reventón Roadster

"I will be taking it step by step," says Fisichella as he prepares for his Ferrari debut today, "My aim is to help Ferrari ensure third place in the Constructors,’ to be as close as possible to Kimi, to score points and maybe get on the podium