The star of the Ferrari stand at the Geneva Motor Show today is the 599 "HY-KERS" vettura laboratorio, an example of how Ferrari is approaching the development of hybrid technology without losing sight of the performance traits

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: 80th Geneva Motor Show - Ferrari 599 HY-KERS (vettura laboratorio)

ItaliaspeedTV: The 2uettottanta name evokes the legendary Duetto on the occasion of Alfa Romeo's centenary, but also the years of activity at Pininfarina, which launches the celebrations for its 80th anniversary with this concept

Fiat Group Automobiles and Nokia have announced the integration of Fiat cars with the latest generation of Nokia smart phones; Fiat's Blue&Me system will soon enable Fiat customers to use their Nokia smart-phones while driving their cars

The Italian new car market enjoyed another strong January and it was up 20.59 percent, Fiat Group was also up, by 16.67 percent, but underperformed the market which meant its share of all sales shrank by a point to 31.04 percent

Giugiaro will introduce a new hybrid car designed in conjunction with Proton and Lotus when the 80th Geneva International Motor Show gets underway this morning which is set to revolutionise traditional segmentation in the car market

Among Europe's best-selling automotive brands and for the third year running, Fiat Automobiles has logged the lowest average value for CO2 emissions of cars sold in 2009: 127.8 g/km; which is down from 133.7 g/km the previous year

More dynamic, lighter by 70 kg and with power increased to 570 CV – Lamborghini will launch the Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera at the 80th Geneva Motor Show tomorrow which will become the new top model in the Gallardo line-up

Yesterday in Barcelona Sebastien Buemi wrapped up Scuderia Toro Rosso's pre season testing programme with the STR5 which has covered more than five-and-a-half thousand kilometres as the team gears up on track for the new season

The Alfa Romeo MiTo will improve its onboard infotelematics capability with the addition of Blue&Me–TomTom, with the new option, so far only available on Fiat's Punto Evo and Doblò, debuting at the 80th Geneva Motor Show tomorrow

The pre-season Formula 1 testing programme concluded yesterday with the fifteenth and final day of on track which took place at the Barcelona circuit and for Ferrari the portents were good as the favourite teams finally showed their hand

Fiat India's rapidly expanding dealer network has just hit the three figure mark with the opening Bharati Automobiles, a new joint Fiat-Tata outlet in Mumbai that achieves the milestone of being the Italian brand's 100th dealership in India

Fiat Group Automobiles UK has signed another high profile fleet tie-up, this time with The Football Association, the agreement follows on from a partnership with British Cycling, and just seven months after a deal with the BSM driving school

Pininfarina is counting down to launching its Alfa Romeo "Spider" concept at the Geneva Motor Show, a show car that will launch its 80th anniversary year and demonstrate that the troubled design house is on a new path to a strong future

The penultimate day of Formula 1 testing before the Bahrain Grand Prix was hit by rain, which slowed down the programmes of Scuderia Ferrari and the other ten teams present yesterday at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona

Hamann-Motorsport has extended its tuning programme for the Fiat 500 with a new range of five performance steps for the Abarth version which culminates in a range-topper with a heavily reworked engine that has massive 275 bhp on tap

Friday saw a special test day at the Autodromo Piero Taruffi in Vallelunga with the F430 GT as the three 2009 Ferrari Challenge winners along with ex-Scuderia drivers Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella were all on track in the GT2 racer

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - The top stories from Chrysler for the week include a special Chrysler 300C is auctioned, Mopar drag pak for the Dodge Challenger and Camp Jeep in-door off-road

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari F430 GT test at Vallelunga with 2009 Ferrari Challenge prize drive winners Giorgio Sernagiotto, Stefano Gai and Yannick Mallegol, along with AF Corse drivers for 2010, Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella

The innovative Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano-based hybrid prototype which offers increased efficiencies has broken cover in the halls of the Swiss Palexpo as it is being prepared for its public debut at next week's 80th Geneva Motor Show

In the end there were over 21,000 spectators assisting Fernando Alonso's last day of testing at the wheel of the Ferrari F10 before the new season gets underway, a day which included a race simulation run as well as the second fastest lap time

Motorbike fans attending this weekend’s opening round of the Superbike World Championship at Philip Island will have an opportunity to see the latest and most powerful Alfa Romeo Mito, the 170 bhp 1.4 litre turbocharged Quadrifoglio Verde

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: World Superbike Championship Rd 1, Philip Island - Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 TBi MultiAir Quadrifoglio Verde 170 bhp [Safety Car]

ItaliaspeedTV: Fernando Alonso discusses the challenges of the 2010 season including the new ban on race refuelling and also describes the vital role played by Shell in its technical partnership with Scuderia Ferrari