Set to arrive in the Italian showrooms in June the fourth-generation Lancia Ypsilon, available for the first time with 5-doors, is now open for ordering at the dealerships with the comprehensive range kicking off at 12,400 euros

A new Dodge Avenger rally car concept was unveiled today at Chrysler Group's Mopar Complex in Center Line, Michigan, heralding the first collaboration in the brand’s newly announced relationship with Magneti Marelli

ItaliaspeedTV: Mopar chose a rally car concept to christen the new alliance with Magneti Marelli due to the latter company's rich tradition in rally car competition as well as the rising popularity of the sporting discipline in the United States

Fiat Automóveis added 64,539 registrations in Brazil last month to close the first quarter of the year with a total of 172,003, leading the market for both periods as well as setting a new sales record for the opening three months of the year

Increased power through supercharging is the recipe of Novitec Tridente, the German tuner's arm devoted to Maserati, and after applying this technology to the GranTurismo and Quattroporte, it is now also available for the GranCabrio

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Maserati GranCabrio - supercharged by Novitec Tridente

"Back at the factory we have to have a big push to understand our lack of performance,” says Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali, "We need to push a lot to upgrade our aero package because aerodynamics is the key to it all"

Having completely renegotiated the terms of the second 5 percent increment, Chrysler Group today announced that Fiat's ownership interest has now increased from 25 percent to 30 percent, the change coming with immediate effect

The zero-emission Fiat Palio Weekend Elétrico has just set off from Los Angeles to start the first ever Brazilian expedition to feature an electric car; it will cover 25,000 km across the three Americas, crossing 15 countries in 120 days

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, during the presentation of the DVD La Grande Storia Ferrari, stated that he has great faith in the team despite the fact that the results in the first two races of the season have not lived up to expectations

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: A special launch party evening was held in the setting of the Fiat Open Lounge in Milan to celebrate the Italian market arrival of the latest niche version of the Fiat 500, the "500 Bicolore"

The Formula 1 circus does not get a moment to catch its breath with this back-to-back schedule in the Orient and with the first leg done and dusted in Malaysia, now it’s China’s turn, with the third race of the season taking place in Shanghai

The Piaggio Group is kicking off a new phase of growth in Asia involving expansion to its manufacturing and sales operations throughout the area and is targeting revenues of approximately 1 billion euro on Asian markets within four years

ItaliaspeedTV: A high speed onboard lap of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza from different angles with the brand new Ferrari 458 Challenge one make racer driven by 'Challenge Trofeo Italia' series reigning champion Stefano Gai

On the same card at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza as the opening round of this season’s Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, featuring the new 458 Challenge car, there was another significant track debut, that of the Ferrari 458 Italia GT3

The opening round of this season’s Italian and European editions of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli took place this weekend at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, with the focus of attention being the racing debut of the new 458 Challenge

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Italian/European Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, Rd 1 Monza: Ferrari 458 Challenge

Felipe Massa finished this afternoon's Malaysian Grand Prix in fifth position one place ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso although a slow pitstop for the former and a mistake by the latter cost either the chance of a podium position

Fiat is set to imminently raise its stake in Chrysler Group to 30 per cent as it achieves another target to increase its stake in the U.S. carmaker, with the final increment of 5 percent likely to be ticked off before the end of the year

China yesterday suspended imports of Jeep's Wrangler after consumers reported a number of fires that have been traced to a fault in the automatic transmission area, a problem that was subject to a global recall early last year

ItaliaspeedTV: Close-up look at the six new concept vehicles from Jeep and Mopar that will be shown to off road enthusiasts at the Jeep Easter Safari including the Compass Canyon, Wrangler Blue Crush and Wrangler JK8 Independence

Sebastien Buemi pipped his team mate Jaime Alguersuari to thirteenth spot in the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon after overcoming a stop-go penalty after a race where the Toro Rosso pair remained firmly rooted in the midfield

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's highlights include Moab Easter Jeep Safari vehicles, Ram 1500 Express debut and 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee named Northwest 2011 SUV of the Year

As Ferrari again trails Red Bull and McLaren, Technical Director Aldo Costa admits that the team is all at sea: "How do we get out of this situation? If it was easy, we would have done it, but we are not yet clear as to where the problem lies"

A very intensive qualifying session for Scuderia Ferrari, which tomorrow sees one driver, Fernando Alonso, on the third row of the grid with the fifth fastest time and the other, Felipe Massa, on the fourth row having been seventh quickest