Fiat Group Automobiles has announced that it is to take legal action against Rai Due programme AnnoZero, for what it perceives were "highly defamatory and damaging" statements made during a road test of the Alfa Romeo MiTo

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes positive November sales results, new deals on minivans and other Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram brand vehicles and honours for the new Jeep Grand Cherokee

Maserati saw the FIA GT1 World Championship title slip from its grasp at the final round of the year held in Argentina on Sunday as a 1-2 victory for Aston Martin was just enough to overhaul the Trident and seal the SRO Trophy

Marangoni Tyre, the manufacturer of Italian-made tyres, has unveiled its latest high-customised demonstration show car for 2011, the Ferrari 430 Scuderia visually-inspired Alfa Romeo Giulietta G430 iMove Marangoni

Fiat Automobiles was able to ride an easing in the on-going slump in new car sales in Germany last month to keep it's year-on-year losses to a third although that meant it once again took it's place amongst the worst performers

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Scorpion brand is showing a mix of road and competition cars in Bologna ranging from the new Abarth Punto Evo and Abarth 500 C to the Formula Abarth single-seater and the Abarth 500 Trofeo 

Novitec has announced new performance packages for the Abarth 500 which see significant engine perfomance hikes in several available stages ranging from 164 to 212 HP along with suspension, exhaust and styling upgrades

Fiat Powertrain Technologies' new TwinAir has won its first UK award: the innovative two-cylinder engine – which currently powers Fiat’s 500 city car – has just scooped the Engine of the Year prize in the 2010 Top Gear Awards

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Brazil has just become the second country to manufacture the Fiat Bravo; the C-segment hatchback was shown to the Brazilian public for the first time at the 26th Salão do Automóvel de São Paulo 

With stories circulating over Fiat increasing its shareholding in Chrysler and the possibility of the creation of a single entity once the Italian industrial group is split up next month, Turin has issued a statement to clarify the process

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fiat has returned this year to the Bologna Motor Show this year with no new models but instead it is putting the new "TwinAir" engine centre stage and showing a number of questionable-taste special editions 

Vallelunga was the scene of an F1 test for the top three in the Italian F3 Championship organised by Scuderia Ferrari along with the ACI-CSAI and under the supervision of the head of the Ferrari Driver Academy, Luca Baldisserri

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Fiat Mio (FCC III) made its debut at the 26th Salão do Automóvel de São Paulo; this urban microcar concept was developed as the result of user generated ideas in an ambitious web based project 

Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Lamborghini, has been awarded the prestigious decoration of Grand Officer in the Order of Merit of The Italian Republic; the award was conferred during a ceremony at Palazzo Chigi

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari's Bologna display is headlined by the world debut of the 458 Challenge as well as featuring the successful F430 GT and the F60, the single-seater used during the 2009 F1 season 

The Fiat Group is suffering a dismal end to a dismal year on its domestic market: during November the Italian carmaker's sales slumped by a quarter year-on-year, underperforming the overall market which was down by just over a fifth

Chrysler Group saw U.S. sales of 74,152 units in November, a 17 percent year-on-year increase and broadly in line with the market, with the Jeep and Ram brands powering upwards to compensate for falls at Chrysler and Dodge

New Zealand’s premier national business and financial publication, the National Business Review, has presented the Maserati GranCabrio with the award of Sports Car of the Year in its annual awards for automotive excellence

The first of 152 right hand drive Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari models to arrive in the UK took centre stage at a glittering motorsport celebration night held recently at Fiat Automobiles' flagship London dealership, Fiat Marylebone

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: One of the main stars of the recent 26th Salão do Automóvel de São Paulo was the New Fiat Uno Cabrio concept car which offered a preview of the two door Uno version which is due early in the new year 

The Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club UK put of a comprehensive display of fifteen cars at the International Classic Motor Show at the Birmingham NEC perfectly representing the long and rich history of the marque in its centenary year

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: AROC UK's impressive line up at the International Classic Motor Show included models such as the 8C Competizione, Giulietta Turbo Delta, Junior Zagato, Montreal, GTAm and Spriint Veloce Trofeo 

Maserati has won the ninth round of the FIA GT World Championship with the crowd cheering home local hero Xandi Negrao as he took the chequred flag in the Maserati MC12 at the Interlagos track in Brazil at the weekend