The Ferrari 458 Italia has scooped two prestigious awards from BBC Top Gear Magazine as not only did the monthly nominate the 458 Italia Supercar of the Year, but also, for the very first time for a Ferrari, the coveted title of Car of the Year

The final day of F1 testing featuring young hopefuls at the Jerez circuit saw the top three finishers in the Italian Formula 3 Championship taking turns at the wheel of the F60, brought to the track by Scuderia Ferrari, for their prize drive

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: F1 Young Driver Test, Day 3, Italian F3 Championship Prize Drive - Marco Zipoli, Daniel Zampieri & Pablo Sanchez Lopez, Ferrari F60

The motorsports arena in Bologna this weekend will ring to the sound of Maranello racing engines as the sports cars of the Ferrari Challenge and FXX Programme will be in action while test driver Luca Badoer will demonstrate the F60

Yesterday's final sessions of the official F1 three-day test in Jerez this week that has been aimed at young drivers saw Mirko Bortolotti at the wheel of the STR 4 in the morning, with Brendon Hartley taking over for the afternoon

The proposed association between the Lancia and Chrysler brands outlined in Detroit last month has been demonstrated in a new Chrysler film that replicates the Lancia production shown at the recent World Summit of Nobel Laureates

ItaliaspeedTV: A new film presented today dedicated to Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi clearly demonstrates the Chrysler brand’s new marketing strategy of creating commitment to take on social causes

Alfa Romeo has all but vanished from sight over the last year, leaving enthusiasts of the brand to speculate on its future, and while there is a battle ranging at the top over its future direction this week Sergio Marchionne has waded in

Pricing in the UK for the new Fiat Punto Evo, which will offer five engines and five levels, has been announced ahead of its arrival next month, it will start at £10,995 and rise to the Sporting 1.4 MultiAir version which will cost £15,295

On Wednesday afternoon Jules Bianchi, the young Frenchman who has just signed a long-term contract with Ferrari, finished his two-day stint at the wheel of the F60 at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit as part of the official young driver test

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: F1 Young Driver Test, Day 2 - Jules Bianchi, Ferrari F60

To celebrate the final production year of the current generation Viper SRT10, the venerable American sports car is receiving some minor mechanical tweaks and new paint finishes as Dodge chased an ambitious 2010 target of 500 unit sales

An Italian driving for an Italian team was the scenario yesterday for Toro Rosso at Jerez as the official F1 young driver test entered its second of three days, as Mirko Bortolotti took over from Brendon Hartley in the cockpit of the STR4

New car registrations surged in Italy last month and Fiat Group saw its sales climb 27.64 percent year-on-year on the back of 55,661 units although this slightly underperformed the overall market which was up by 31.25 percent

Just a couple of days after a very last minute name switch from Milano to Giulietta was forced upon it Alfa Romeo officially previews the long-awaited C-segment replacement for the Alfa 147 with information and images

Swiss designer Franco Sbarro has presented his fourth Ferrari-based car to carry the Alcador namem unveiling it in Essen a decade and a half after the first incarnation, which was also based on the Testarossa, hit the roads

December has got underway with the first of three days of F1 testing aimed at young drivers at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit and running alongside the other teams yesterday was the Ferrari F60 in the hands of Jules Bianchi

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: F1 Young Driver Test, Day 1 - Jules Bianchi, Ferrari F60

Yesterday Brendon Hartley was in action at Jerez for Toro Rosso though his programme did not get off to the best of starts as he spun at the fast right hander, following the chicane, having just switched to different aero settings

Chrysler Group has reported another heavy sales fall in the U.S. with the announcement of November's total sales of 63,560 units which puts it down 25 percent year-on-year, and gives it an 8.4 percent share of the total market

More and more Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram customers are adding the ultra-convenient Remote Start feature to their vehicles and so far this year Mopar sales for the aftermarket Remote Start deceives are up 20 percent

Today will be a special day for Jules Bianchi as at Jerez de la Frontera the young French driver will make his debut at the wheel of a F1 car driving a Ferrari F60 on his debut for the Scuderia to which he is tied in a multi-year contract

In the hands of Rafael Daniel and Cláudio Dahruj the brand new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 had a terrific racing debut at the weekend, winning the sixteen and final round of the Brazilian GT3 Championship after starting from pole

One of the two V10-engined Lamborghini Gallardo police cars used by the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) has dramatically been written off it crashed into a row of parked cars reportedly as it tried to avoid hitting an errant motorist

ItaliaspeedTV: Stills of the Polizia di Stato's wrecked Gallardo after the sports car had hit several stationary cars in an emergency avoidance maneuver so hard that one of them ended up on the roof of the Lamborghini