ItaliaspeedTV: Developed in 1992 for Group C sports car racing and then locked away for a decade and a half the recent emergence of the beautiful Abarth-built Alfa Romeo SE 048 SP has filled out a blank in the marque's history

A little over a week after it was announced that the Abarth 500 esseesse will arrive in Australia in March the importer has now revealled that the first shipment is already sold out despite the fact that prices have yet to be announced

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Many generations of Alfa Romeo's production history were dotted around the halls at Automotoretro, with the slippery Bertone-penned 105 series coupé and Giulia Super both being very much in evidence

While the world's attention was firmly focused on state security forces opening fire on protestors seeking democracy just 250 miles away in Bahrain, in Abu Dhabi Ferrari owners gathered at the Yas Marina circuit for motorsports festival

ItaliaspeedTV: The story of Autobianchi was retold at Automotoretro through displays of many of its most famous models, from the Bianchina through versions of the highly successful A112 and up to the final rebadged Lancia Y10

Felipe Massa will start his second consecutive day behind the wheel of the new Ferrari 150th Italia single-seater at the Barcelona circuit this morning as the third official Formula 1 test session of the season goes into its final day

ItaliaspeedTV: Automotoretro is a show dedicated to classic cars, however Alfa Romeo, as well as hosting a stand filled with cars from its museum, joined up the historical dots by providing its newest model, the Giulietta, for 'test rides'

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fifteen cars took to the track during the Ferrari Festival in Abu Dhabi: seven Ferrari 599XXs, five FXXs and three historic Formula 1 cars, the action split into six track sessions on the Yas Marina track

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: It is more than 15 years since a new car wore its badge; however Autobianchi holds strong affections amongst car enthusiasts in Italy and at Automotoretro its road and rally heritage was widely on display

Lamborghini Singapore is celebrating its tenth anniversary as the official importer by commissioning a special edition of the Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni Edition, limited to just ten numbered units and boasting a number of individual touches

ItaliaspeedTV: Alfa Romeo brought four cars, three historic storied racing machines as well as its latest production road car, all in red, and all indelibly linked by the "Quadrifolglio Verde" legend, to Automotoretro last weekend

At the 81st Geneva Motor Show Novitec Rosso will launch the specially tuned Ferrari California "Race 606" which thanks to a new mechanical supercharger system will significantly boost the sports car's power to a claimed 606 HP

ItaliaspeedTV: From just a set of sketches in July 1980 Abarth built the Lancia SE 037 in record time and before the year was up, the 'prototipo' for the proposed new rally project was in testing action on the former runways at Corso Marche

ItaliaspeedTV: Official video shows a lightly disguised development prototype for the forthcoming Lamborghini LP700-4 sports car during cold weather testing; footage includes first look at the inside the cockpit and the new V12 engine

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's highlights include the announcement of Ram's new entry-level, lifestyle buyer focused pickup codenamed 'Adventurer' while Chrysler Group has wrapped its Detroit HQ to promote the 200

ItaliaspeedTV: From a heavily rusted Aprilia through to iconic cars such as the Fulvia, Stratos and Delta integrale: road and rally Lancias drawn from a century of tradition grabbed attention at every turn during Automotoretro

For this year's 81st Geneva Motor Show Stile Bertone will present a Jaguar-based luxury sedan concept featuring a hybrid powertrain which is to be called the B 99 to celebrate the occasion of the Italian design house's 99th anniversary

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: One of the most unusual sights around the booths at Automotoretro last weekend was the Lancia SE 037 'prototipo', the Abarth department's dramatic development car for the Group B 037 Rally project

Ducati and Cigarette Racing Team have unveiled the new Cigarette Racing 42X Ducati Edition at the Miami International Boat Show launching a new collaboration between two legends of marine and motorcycle performance

Fiat's inability to make ground in rapid growth developing markets has once again played out as today the planned 2.4 billion euro joint venture with Sollers broke down and instead the Russian carmaker announced a new project with Ford

DeTomaso has released official information today about its forthcoming concept crossover as well as a new image of a car that has been castigated across the press in recent days, both for its styling and its raid on the Cadillac parts bin

Amari Supercars has announced the launch of its own styling and tuning division, and the first project out of the blocks will be the Lamborghini Gallardo Invidia Edition which will feature significant under and over the skin alterations

Alfa Romeo presented an official stand at Automotoretro in Turin, showcasing the Giulietta, equipped with the 1750 TB engine, alongside three historic racers drawn its museum at Arese, all four cars linked together by the "Quadrifoglio" legend

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Five cars indelibly linked by the "Quadrifoglio" were shown off by Alfa Romeo at Automotoretro last weekend: the RL Targa Florio (1923), 1900 Sport Spider (1954), GT 1300 Junior (1070) and Giulietta (2010)

IED Turin has unveiled the first sketch of its project for this year's Geneva Motor Show: Scorp-ion, an Abarth-branded environment-friendly full-scale concept designed by the students of the Master of Arts in Transportation Design 09/10