ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne in a speech announces the U.S. and Canadian government loan repayments to state officials, UAW representatives and the company's employees at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant

Top honours at RM's Ville d'Este sale went to a Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta at 3.3 million euros while key highlights included an Alfa Romeo TZ, which, with significant period racing history, achieved a world-record price of 627,200 euros

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Significant historic Italian cars from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lamborghini, as well as half a dozen rare concepts drawn from the Bertone collection, headlined RM Auctions inaugural Ville d'Este sale

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes the Chrysler Group planning to repay their US$7.5 billion dollar debt to the US and Canadian governments and Chrysler honours in the AutoPacific Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

Immediately Chrysler Group announced that it had paid back the U.S. and Canadian government loans in full yesterday than Fiat issued its own press release to confirm that it was exercising its option to take a further 16 percent stake

As was the case last year, this week Ferrari and the rest of the teams are currently facing one of the biggest logistical challenges of the year: moving the F1 “circus” from Spain to Monte Carlo in the tightest time frame of the year

ItaliaspeedTV: Despite the pressing task of the preparations regarding the manoeuvre of re-entering earth’s atmosphere, Paolo Nespoli, the Italian astronaut found the time for a phone call to Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo

Chrysler Group has announced the repayment of US$7.6 billion in outstanding U.S. and Canadian government loans following its raising of new debt, meaning the original loans have been repaid in full and more than six years ahead of schedule

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari's under pressure Brazilian driver Felipe Massa and Sport Director Massimo Rivola look forward to the unique challenges posed by Monaco to both pilot and team, a day before the action on track gets underway

New Model: New Lancia Ypsilon: The new fourth-generation model has gone on sale in Italy after its première at the Geneva; dubbed a "small flagship" by Lancia, it is just 3.84 metres long and for the first time is being built in 5-door format

After Ferrari's poor result in Barcelona two days ago the traditional search for scapegoats has got underway at Maranello and in a brief statement the embattled F1 team has announced that Technical Director Aldo Costa has been dropped

ItaliaspeedTV: Dynamic driving video of the new Lancia Ypsilon which goes on sale across key European markets from next month as the heir to three generations of subcompact that have amassed more than one and a half million sales

Exactly 11 km after crossing Nicaragua – Costa Rica border, the Fiat Palio Weekend Elétrico of the Zero Emission Project completed the first 10,000 km of the 25,000 km expedition that is taking it through 15 countries in 120 days

ItaliaspeedTV: Studio video walkaround of the all-new fourth-generation Lancia Ypsilon subcompact which is being offered in 5-door format for the first time, including close-up views of the interior

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group CEO, Sergio Marchionne, and the owner of Lakeside Fiat, Carl Galeana, preside over the official opening ceremony of the first standalone Fiat dealership in in Macomb Township, in Chrysler's backyard, Michigan

Qualifying promise didn't translate into race day results and Scuderia Toro Rosso' Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were outclassed by their midfield rivals and eventually came home 14th and 16th in yesterday's Spanish Grand Prix

ItaliaspeedTV: A group of the Alfa Club Thailand's Alfa 156 owners' stretch the sports sedan's legs on a day trip from the Thai capital Bangkok down to the picturesque seaside fishing village and resort of Bangsaen near Chon Buri

After first going forward right to the front, Fernando Alonso rapidly went backwards as it became apparent that Ferrari has lost more ground to its rivals since the last race, and, on home soil, the Spaniard ended up in a lapped fifth place

Luca Rossetti has made the best possible start to his European Rally Championship title defence after he swept to victory on the 38th Croatia Rally yesterday to make it two wins from two this year and take home another maximum points haul

Fiat Automobiles might have called time on its sponsorship of the Yamaha team but Iveco has decided to strengthen its MotoGP presence and is now linking its name to the Dutch TT race in Assen in addition to the Phillip Island race in Australia

Fernando Alonso pulled put a perfect lap in yesterday's Q3 qualifying session in Barcelona to haul himself unto the second row of the grid for the first time this year while Felipe Massa, who felt less comfortable with the car, will start on row four

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat North America promotional video shows the production process of the new U.S. market specific Fiat 500 where it is built in Toluca, Mexico, interspacing, and attempting to connect it, with routine domestic scenes