Fiat Yamaha Team rider' Jorge Lorenzo shook off last Sunday's disappointment in Australia and got straight down to business at the Sepang International Circuit today finishing the first free MotoGP practice session in first place

New Model - Nuovo Fiat Sedici: The facelifted Sedici 'crossover' boasts a swage of cosmetic changes as well as two new engines, a Suzuki-sourced petrol unit, with 120 bhp, as well as FPT's 2.0 Multijet turbodiesel with 135 bhp

The Alfa MiTo has become the first Alfa Romeo model to ever be shortlisted for the prestigious Car of the Year Japan award which has celebrated its thirtieth edition this week during the 41st Tokyo Motor Show where the MiTo is on show

Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa has completed rejigging the Strada range with the introduction of the Strada Life 1.4, a 'lifestyle' orientated version of the entry level Strada Working 1.4, which sits just above this model in the line-up

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fiat Strada Life 1.4 [South Africa]

Fiat Powertrain Technologies has been awarded the Technobest 2009 prize for its brand new Multiair Technology; the award was assigned by the international and independent Autobest Jury, comprising of 15 specialist journalists

Dodge today announced a production run of the 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic and SRT8 featuring the classic Plum Crazy Pearl Coat exterior colour: memorable blast-from-the-past design cues together with the HEMI engine

At the International Armoured Vehicles Event 2010 next February Iveco will display its highly-successful LMV for the first time in its latest variant as a protected utility vehicle fitted with longer, roomier cab and stretched wheelbase

On November 9 a fleet of Lancia Deltas will whisk the institutional guests along the streets to Brandenburg Gate where the spectacular celebration ceremony will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Fiat Group has reported third quarter declines across all its businesses with net profit coming in at 25 million euros compared to 468 million euros for the same period last year however it reports it is on course to achieve full year targets

"All in all the sixth place is a good result, considering what had happened," says Kimi Raikkonen, "now we’re one point behind in the standings: everything can happen in Abu Dhabi and we’ll give it everything to regain the third place"

Voting after their annual Truck Rodeo in San Antonio, members of the Texas Auto Writers Association named the 2010 Jeep Patriot Compact SUV of Texas, giving Jeep Patriot top honours over competitors in the compact SUV category

The Trofeo Abarth 500 GB will kick off in 2010 and the new series will be officially launched at Silverstone on Thursday with guests invited to the circuit to discuss, test, check, admire and enjoy the Abarth 500 Assetto Corse racing cars

Maserati welcomed the GranCabrio - which in the United States is to be called GranTurismo Convertible - to its showroom on Park Avenue, New York; the premiere taking place after a week on display in New York's Grand Central Station

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat 500 promotional video (Brazil)

On the occasion of the 13th Post-Expo in Hannover, Iveco was awarded the Transport Innovation of the Year trophy; this prestigious award was made in recognition of its fleet management telematics package, Blue & Me Fleet

It takes its name from its rated power output of 747 horsepower: To mark the farewell of the Ferrari 430 Scuderia, Novitec Rosso presents the Edizione 747 with a 0 to 100 km/h time of less than 3.4 seconds and top speed of 351 km/h

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari 430 Scuderia Edizione 747 [Novitec Rosso]

The Dodge Ram Heavy Duty and Dodge Dakota took top honours at the Texas Auto Writers Association annual Truck Rodeo outside of San Antonio, Texas this past weekend locking out the over three-quarters- and one-ton competitors

A year after its introduction onto the local market Fiat India Automobiles will introduce a more powerful version of the Linea as it seeks to expand the appeal of the sedan which has enjoyed great success in its first year on sale in India

With just three points for Ferrari at Interlagos thanks to a sixth place from Kimi Raikkonen the Scuderia now finds itself slipping to fourth place in the constructors’ championship but just one point behind the third placed team

Toro Rosso continued to demonstrate its recent improvement in form during yesterday's Brazilian Grand Prix and seventh place for Sebastien Buemi ended a points scoring drought for the Italian team that had extended to nine races

Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi finished second in an entertaining Australian Grand Prix, chasing home Casey Stoner to finish on the podium for the tenth successive year at Phillip Island and for the eleventh time this season

Giandomenico Basso needs just two points from the final round of the FIA European Rally Championship in two weeks time to collect the title for a second time after he put in a commanding performance on the Rally Antibes Cote d’Azur

Fiat India is set to facelift the Palio for the local market bringing the styling of the entry-level model into line with the Brazilian version and ruling out and talk of phasing out the entry-level model which has seen its sales tailing off recently