Troubled Pininfarina continues to shrink away: most recently it has now exercised the 'put' option that allows it to force its French partner Bolloré Group to purchase its 50 percent stake in Véhicules Electriques Pininfarina Bolloré

Jason and John White will be bidding to make it two wins on the trot for Lamborghini in the Targa Tasmania when they leave the start ramp for the prologue stage of the 20th edition this morning in their rally-prepared Gallardo Superleggera

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's highlights include March sales, Dodge Charger in the next installment of the Fast and Furious franchise and a preview of two Jeeps to be shown at this year's Moab Easter Jeep Safari

Valentino Rossi was back in the headlines at Jerez yesterday as wet conditions allowed him to overcome the deficiencies of his Ducati bike and power his way through the field to second before a tumble put him out of the fight at the front

The Fiat Group suffered another torrid month's sales in Italy during March tumbling 31.90 percent year-on-year dragged down by the Fiat brand which shed 39.81 percent while Alfa Romeo provided the only bright spot, up 51.20 percent

"Our car is better than it looked in Melbourne and it is hard to explain exactly why we failed to deliver," says Felipe Massa, "which is why we have to arrive in Malaysia with the car we actually built, not the car we raced last weekend"

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The International Media Test Drive of the new FF on the roads in Südtirol is in full flow for the 200 media from all over the world getting to know the new V12 four-seater with four-wheel drive from Ferrari

Yesterday saw the first of two days of training for the young pilots of the Ferrari Driver Academy taking place on the newly resurfaced Mugello circuit with Jules Bianchi and Davide Rigon taking turns to get in the cockpit of an F60

With the Fiat brand appearing in the sales data for the first time since 1984 the Chrysler Group turned out to one of the big winners on the U.S. market last month with sales of 121,730 units, a 31 percent year-on-year increase

Techno Classica Essen, which claims to be the world's largest classic car show, has opened its doors this weekend for the 2011 edition and Italdesign Giugiaro has a leading role with eleven of its most significant models on display

Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has made a number of claims this week relating to future rises in revenues, improvements in sales volumes this year, Chrysler's IPO, Russian market plans and unit losses on the Fiat 500 EV

ItaliaspeedTV: The Imola test officially opened the Trofeo Maserati GranTurismo MC season as 33 drivers got to know the revised car which includes changes: the engine and transmission software have been updated and power is up 38 bhp

The Portuguese Alfa Romeo club, ALFAnord – Clube Alfista de Portugal, has celebrated 'Club Day' with a large meeting of very rare classic models in Porto and Gaia, the two key cities in the north of Portugal

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Portugal's 'Club Day' attracted an array of significant historics including the 900 Superleggera, Giulietta Sprint, Giulietta Ti, Giulietta Spider, Giulia Ti, Giulia Spider 1600, 2600 Spider Touring and even a 155 Q4

ItaliaspeedTV: Seventh edition of Scuderia Ferrari Racing News takes a look behind-the-scenes at the team's preparations for last weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne including interviews with Stefano Domenicali and Marc Gene

Lamborghini's participation in the 2011 edition of the JEC Composite Show in Paris - one of the world’s most important exhibitions of composite materials - is intended to emphasise its abilities in this highly specialised sector

RM Auctions will offer six very rare Lamborghini, Lancia and Chevrolet badged one-off design concept cars from the now-liquidated Bertone Museum collection at its inaugural Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este sale in May

Fiat has been given the green light by the European Commission to acquire Penske's half stake in Italian diesel engine builder VM Motori in a deal that will see its new RA 630 3.0 V6 engine making its way into Fiat and Chrysler products

Scudería Fiat will be in title chasing action with the brand new factory-supported Fiat Punto Maxi Rally when the opening round of the Rally Argentino (Argentine Rally Championship) gets underway in Buenos Aires this weekend

The second-generation Fiat Palio is set to go into production in almost exactly a year's time, the news was revealed by Fiat Argentina President Cristiano Rattazzi at the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit in Buenos Aires

The Rector of Politecnico di Torino, Francesco Profumo, and the President of the University of Windsor, Alan Wildeman, today signed a collaborative agreement at a ceremony attended by Fiat and Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne

A 1973 Ferrari Daytona festooned with a host of eclectic connections including HRH The Prince of Wales, Max Mosley and Top Gear, is set to create a stir when it goes under the hammer at Historics forthcoming sale at Brooklands

Alfa Romeo is launching the "Model Year 2011" MiTo in Italy with improvements including a new body colour, fresh interior trims and Start&Stop across the range as it aims to reconnect the B-segment hatchback with consumers

Eighteen points is without a doubt not the sort of haul that lives up to its expectations and no one at Scuderia Ferrari can hide from the reality that this was not the start to the championship it wanted or hoped for

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Fiat Mio - the concept car created thanks to more than 10,000 online suggestions is being hosted in the 'Stazione Futuro' zone of the Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin as part of the Italian unification celebrations