Alfa Romeo is preparing to present a showcar at in Geneva that offers a radically different solution in terms of size, packaging, weight and power. Set to be based around KTM's Dallara-engineered X-Bow two-seater extreme sports car

Fernando Alonso took the new Ferrari F150 to the top of the timesheets yesterday for the first time as testing at Valencia went into a second day; this morning Felipe Massa got his first turn in the cockpit although a fire has taken him off track

The Alfa Spider recently came to the end of its production life, but for Australian and New Zealand buyers this Spider has one final sting in its tail: the new powerful and efficient 1750 TBi engine has now arrived in limited numbers

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso Chief Engineer Laurent Mekies discusses the development of the new STR6 single seater which is the second car to be developed in-house under Red Bull's ownership of the Faenza based team

Yesterday saw the first official day of pre-season F1 testing getting underway at the Valencia circuit in Spain with Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of the new Ferrari F150 in action for the first time alongside ten of the other teams

ItaliaspeedTV: Highlights from the launch of the new 2011 F1 season Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari single seater in the pitlane at the Valencia circuit in Spain yesterday including comments from Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli

Fiat has started the new year in Italy just as it finished the old one, losing sales and underperforming the market: 48,045 units during January equated to a 27.72 percent year-on-year fall and left it lagging the overall market which fell by a fifth

"I'm going to give everything to be able to have very good results and be as much as possible in the points," said Toro Rosso's Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi at the launch of the STR6 and then what next season is doing we don't know"

Chrysler Group today reported January U.S. sales of 70,118 units, 23 percent and twenty seven thousand units up year-on-year which breaks down as Jeep (+47 percent), Dodge (+22 percent), Ram (+18 percent) and Chrysler (-7 percent)

Every season is important and definitely this one is going to be very significant for myself," said Jaime Alguersuari, "because it is my second full year in Formula 1 and because it is the second year that Toro Rosso builds its own car"

"For this year, we have to aim for eighth place," said Toro Rosso Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli at the unveiling of the STR6, "because that is our target and I didn't think that was possible if we had gone with some sort of conventional car"

"It's the sixth season of Toro Rosso and the past five years have shown a good history for the team," said Scuderia Toro Rosso Team Principal Franz Tost at the launch of the STR6, "as we had to build everything up almost from zero"

Shortly after 9am this morning, in the pit lane at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit, Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi pulled the wraps off the STR 6, the car with which Scuderia Toro Rosso will tackle the 2011 F1 World Championship

Chrysler Group announced its fourth quarter and full year results today, trimming its losses to $199 million for the last quarter and to $652 million for the whole year as it continues to steadily turnaround its financial performance

Fiat's Indian joint venture with Tata Motors is unravelling rapidly, slumping demand for Fiat models is now causing alarm at partner with CEO Carl-Peter Forster being publically quoted for the first time as being "not happy" with sales

MotorVillage, the flagship Fiat Group Automobiles' showroom on Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, Paris, has become "MuseoVillage" as the flagship location is turned over to an emotional exhibition that traces the history of the carmaker

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: In a MotorVillage Paris exhibition historical Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Lancia and Maserati models recall the history of the Fiat Group along with cult objects and 'haute couture' from the corresponding decades

Italian niche specialists Autostudi, Bertone, Castagna, Fioravanti, Pininfarina, Salt, Spada and Touring Superleggera showcased their latest projects in a special 'collective' organised in collaboration with ANFIA at the Qatar Motor Show

Over a thousand people braved the cold and damp conditions to see the new Ferrari F150 make its shakedown runs at Fiorano along with the Scuderia’s full complement of drivers including Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari's fifty-seventh F1 single-seater, the F150, made its track debut at Fiorano immediately following its unveiling on Friday, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa both getting behind the wheel

Chrysler's facelifted 300, to be badged as a Lancia Thema, and its platform twin Dodge's Charger, have been named Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety marking the first time they have achieved the highest ratings

ItaliaspeedTV: Highlights of the launch of the new 2011 season Ferrari F150 grand prix single seater at Maranello in front of the media and a list of guests including Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and Fiat Chairman John Elkann

Ferrari and Maserati’s latest high performance sports car models were the glamorous stand out stars of the 7th Kuala Lumpur International Auto Show which was held at the city’s spacious Putra World Trade Center in the run up to Christmas

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: At the Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show Ferrari showed off the 458 Italia and California while Maserati gave a Malaysian debut to the GranCabrio which lined up alongside the Quattroporte

ItaliaspeedTV: "The KERS is a complex system, not only technologically regarding the battery and the control system, but also regarding the logistical management of the parts" Head of Engine and Electronics Luca Marmorini