Following a torrid two year absence during which the famous Bertone name very nearly vanished, the Italian design house will be back in Geneva next month where it will unveil a stunning new concept V8 engined Alfa Romeo 2+2 sports car

Next month's Bahrain Grand Prix will mark the beginning of the 60th anniversary of Formula 1 and three evocative Italian winners from that first decade - the Alfa Romeo 158, Ferrari 500 F2 and Maserati 250F - will be honoured at the race

Even though the luxury sports car market suffered an average reduction of 35 percent in 2009, Ferrari has announced only slightly lower results than in 2008, the most financially successful year in the Prancing Horse’s entire history

Tirrito Cars is the latest in a long line of aspirational supercar builders from Italy with founder Andrea Tirrito hoping to follow in the tradition when he launches his new high performance sports car project at Top Marques Monaco in April

New Model: Maserati GranCabrio: Four proper seats, comfortable and inviting; never before has an open-top Maserati offered this; never before has a Trident badged car allowed an entire family or four friends to enjoy a journey in the open air

"It felt very special – the more I drove it, the better it got and the more the memories came flooding back," said Chris Amon as he reflected on being reunited with a great love of his life, a 57-year-old Maserati 250F grand Prix single seater

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Maserati GranCabrio features a 440 bhp 4.7 litre V8 engine, a canvas roof that can retract in 28 secs and offers a Cx of 0.35 when extended, while it weights just 100 kg more than the coupé it is derived from (II)

UK pricing for the new Fiat Doblò Cargo has just been announced by Fiat Professional UK, kicking off with the basic 1.4 16V at £11,195 and rising up to the range-topping long wheel base Combi Maxi 2.0 MultiJet 16v which will cost £16,945

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Maserati GranCabrio features a 440 bhp 4.7 litre V8 engine, a canvas roof that can retract in 28 secs and offers a Cx of 0.35 when extended, while it weights just 100 kg more than the coupé it is derived from (I)

Ferrari has wrapped up four days of testing in Spain where both Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso have put many more kilometres on the new F10 which has proved reliable throughout both the official test sessions held so far this year

To celebrate the start of the Alfa Romeo centenary year, UK dealership Allams Alfa Romeo in Epsom, Surrey, has attempted to make history by setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest ever parade of Alfa Romeo cars

Scuderia Toro Rosso has completed the official four-day Jerez F1 test with Sebastian Buemi behind the wheel of the new Ferrari-powered STR5 for the opening two days while Jaime Alguersuari took over for the final half of the test

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - The top stories from Chrysler for the week include the new Furious Fuchsia Dodge Challenger, a great reason to trade for a Dodge or Chrysler brand minivan and optimistic words from Ralph Gilles

Lamborghini is celebrating an historic event: an LP 670-4 SuperVeloce version of its current flagship V12 Murciélago, carrying the series number 4,000, has just left Lamborghini’s factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, destined for a Chinese buyer

Although Abarth has backed away from the demanding challenge of the IRC this year, rally fans will be delighted that Luca Rossetti and Giandomenico Basso will chasing the Italian title in the potent Abarth Grande Punto S2000

Fiat has officially announced its new joint venture with Russia's Sollers which will see the two companies embarking on 2.4 billion euros investment that will target annual production of 500,000 Fiat and Chrysler Group vehicles by 2016

Abarth has announced the calendar for the two new grassroots rally championships which will be fought out on the Italian stages this year using the Abarth 500 R3T: the Trofeo Abarth 500 Rally Selenia and the Challenge Abarth – BFGoodrich

Following its debut season last year Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo has announced its six-round triple-header race calendar for 2010, again to be contested by the 570 bhp Gallardo Super Trofeo, which will commence in April at Hockenheim

Nearly one in four British motoring enthusiasts who cast their vote on the MSN Cars website in a poll chose the powerful new Ferrari 458 Italia making it the winner of MSN Cars sixth annual Car of the Year 2010 awards

It was another positive day for the Scuderia Ferrari and Fernando Alonso yesterday at work with the new F10 on the second day of the official F1 test sessions this week on the "Circuito Permanente de Velocidad" in Jerez, in Andalusia

The Italian government is to end its raft of 'eco' incentives to encourage buying new cars with Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne responding by saying that he agreed with the decision despite the impact that it is expected to have on new car sales

Fiat and Russian carmaker Sollers’ new joint venture project is expected to create the second biggest automotive group in Russia after an investment of 2.4 billion euros (US$3.3 billion) and will target building up to 500,000 cars per year

The rain was the main protagonist on the first day of test sessions in Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia yesterday as the second F1 test of the year got underway with Fernando Alonso back in the cockpit of the new pace-setting Ferrari F10

ItaliaspeedTV: The Maserati GranCabrio, which will be marketed in the U.S. as GranTurismo Convertible, makes its on-the-road debut in these official videos at the start of the international press test drives (VIII)

The new Iveco Ecodaily has been elected Utilitarie de l'Année 2010 by the prestigious French weekly L'Argus de l'Automobile, with the award presented during an event that took place in Paris in the splendid scenario of the Eiffel Tower