After a spate of high-profile fires Ferrari is recalling the 458 Italia having discovered that a glue used in the rear wheel arch has been working loose and causing the mid-engined sports car to spectacularly go up in flames

Next Friday just over one hundred cars will set off on the fourth edition of the Peking to Paris Rally and just as in the legendary first edition in 1907, the first and oldest car off the start ramp in China will be a 1907 Itala

"It was not the Belgian Grand Prix we were expecting, that’s for sure," says Ferrari's Fernando Alonso after a no points showing dented his title hopes, "I think the key moment in my race came on the very first lap"

The Lancia Café will be trotted out for the fourth consecutive year at the Venice Film Festival which gets underway today, the concept aiming to be meeting place set up on the terrace of Hotel Excelsior at the Venice Lido

Fiat Automóveis' FCC II (Fiat Concept Car II) has won the IDEA/Brazil Award in the Gold/Transport category promoted by Associação Objeto Brasil in partnership with the Brazilian Export & Investment Promotion Agency

Ferrari will conduct a straight-line aero test at Vairano this week as it tries to analyse where it went wrong at Spa last weekend and bounce back in time for the next grand prix, the team's "home" race at Monza in 11 days time

Chrysler Group has hosted about 400 of its dealers to outline the requirements to become a Fiat dealer in the United States; the dealers met with the team responsible for establishing a Fiat retail network by the end of this year

Alfa Romeo is eking out sales of the Bertone-styled GT Coupé by creating a new special series to celebrate the brand's 100th anniversary, available in limited numbers it also comes fitted with the outgoing "Arese" V6 engine

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Alfa Romeo GT 3.2 Coupé 100th Anniversary Limited Edition

Front row starting Jorge Lorenzo finished third at Indianapolis yesterday while his recovering Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi came up from seventh to fourth place in a punishingly hot race won by Dani Pedrosa

Maserati's leading drivers have extended their lead in the FIA GT1 World Championship after a sixth place for Bartels and Bertolini in the Vitaphone Racing MC12 in the Championship Race at the Nürburgring yesterday

Scuderia Ferrari came away from Spa with just a fourth place thanks to Felipe Massa in a race that was incident filled and run in changeable weather while an error from Fernando Alonso ended his race on the kerbs late on

Jaime Alguersuari survived the chaos in Belgium to cross the finish line in tenth spot and earn Toro Rosso's first championship point in four races - although it was short lived as the stewards later docked him 20 seconds

Ducati has announced it has renewed its contract with Nicky Hayden that will see the American rider stay with the Italian factory's MotoGP effort for a further two years with the American set to partner new signing Valentino Rossi

Jorge Lorenzo took his eleventh straight front row of the season in Indianapolis on Saturday to extend his spotless 2010 qualifying record, but it was a difficult day for his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi who slid out

Ferrari failed to pay due respect to the legendary Spa circuit in qualifying yesterday and as the rain spluttered down the red cars wound up in fifth and tenth places on the grid with Massa getting the better of his team mate

Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi made it through to Q2 in qualifying at Spa this afternoon as the conditions wavered from wet to dry and back, but neither Toro Rosso driver could make any impression on the top-ten

Ducati, having participated with a factory team in every edition of the World Superbike Championship since it began in 1988, winning 16 manufacturers'- and 13 riders’-world titles has announced that it will quit the series

Toro Rosso made a solid start to the weekend at Spa on Friday: Jaime Alguersuari enjoying driving in the rain and hoping wet race tomorrow while Sebastien Buemi was slowed slightly in his preparations by a gearbox problem

Fernando Alonso went fastest as Spa wasted no time in keeping up with tradition, serving up rain of the light and heavy variety, even a thunderstorm early yesterday morning and moments of hot weather with sunny skies

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - The top stories from Chrysler Group this week include Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the Toledo Jeep plant where the Jeep Wrangler is built and a new Dodge Charger police vehicle

Pressure is continuing to mount on Fiat to respect an order to take back three sacked workers with Transport Minister Altero Matteoli and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano both saying it should adhere to the court's decision

Fiat Group's Turkish joint venture, Tofaş, which builds the Fiorino and Doblò LCVs and the Linea sedan, has seen its first half net profits almost double as it quickly bounces back from the effects of the global financial crisis

Chrysler Group has offered a fresh look at the restyled Dodge Charger just ahead of its commercial launch, with an image that captures the cosmetically-enhanced sedan in its "Pursuit" police force specification

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali looks forward to this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and he expects the Italian team to continue its recent return to front-running form