Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 2 - Vodafone Rally de Portugal, Leg 2

In conditions of torrential mud and rain, Fiat came away with victory for Luís Tedesco and Raphael Furtado driving the Palio 1.8 R on the 11th International Rally of Erechin, the second round of 2008 Brazilian Rally Championship

Photo Gallery: Brazilian Rally Championship, Rd 2 - 11th Rally of Erechin

François Duval in a strong third place leads the Abarth challenge at the end of the opening day of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal which saw the factory entries hit major problems and Didier Auriol turn back the clock in impressive style

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge, Rd 2 - Vodafone Rally de Portugal, Leg 1

Anton Alén and François Duval were the fastest of the Grande Punto Abarth mounted runners this morning as the Italian brand prepares to fight for victory and maximum IRC manufacturers points on the Rally of Portugal

A six strong line up, led out by the factory duo of Giandomenico Basso and Anton Alén, will be in action as Abarth bids for nothing short of victory this weekend on the second round of the IRC, the Rally de Portugal

The Fiat 500 is set to thrill the hordes of spectators on the FIA European Rally Championship-counting 35th Croatia Delta Rally later this month when a special rally-prepared version runs as ‘course car’ ahead of the field

Photo Gallery: Fiat 500 - Course Safety Car - 35th Croatia Delta Rally

Grande Punto Abarth factory-supported driver Renato Travaglia came home third on the Rally 1000 Miglia at the weekend to move himself into contention in this year’s European and Italian Rally Championships

Photo Gallery: FIA European Rally Championship, Rd 2/Italian Rally Championship, Rd 3 - Rally 1000 Miglia

Five Grande Punto Abarth S2000s line up today to take the start of the 32nd Rally Mille Miglia, third round of the Campionato Italiano Rally 2008 and second round of the FIA European Rally Championship

Jason White, who won Targa Tasmania in 2005, is confident of again pushing for victory this year and will start today as one of the favourites in his Lamborghini Gallardo which has been improved since last year's event

A Pagani Zonda will act as the 999 Sweep Car for this year’s Targa Tasmania, which starts in Launceston today; the Sweep Car follows the last competitor through each stage before it is reopened to the public

One of the most dramatic, exotic and unusual entries on the Targa Tasmania rally in Australia this week will be a very rare Bizzarrini GT America which is being driven by Queenslander Graham Copeland

Luís Tedesco and Raphael Furtado got their 2008 Brazilian Rally Championship title challenge underway at the weekend in the best possible circumstances by winning the opening round, the Rally of Pomerode

The pumped-up off-road Fiat Idea Adventure has just played a key safety and security role in the hands of the Córdoba police force on the Rally Argentina, the fourth round of the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Rd 1, Istanbul Rally (II)

Exactly 50 years on from one if its most famous historic victories, a group of Fiat 500s will once again return to historic Liege in Belgium – leading a 10-day celebration of one of the greatest endurance rallies ever

Anton Alén was the best finisher of the Abarth contingent in Turkey today, the Finn making the last step of the podium of the Istanbul Rally finishing and one place ahead of the similar machine of Renato Travaglia

Photo Gallery: Intercontinental Rally Challenge Rd 1, Istanbul Rally (I)

Mouthwatering classic Italian road machines were much in evidence during the 15th edition of the Maroc Classic which once again took the competitors on an adventure into the heart of the Moroccan desert

Dani Sola leads out the Abarth runners in second place overall as the Istanbul Rally reaches the halfway point and with the factory Abarth challenge dented by a heavy roll for Basso and engine worries for Alén

The Fiat Sedici 4x4 has taken to the North African desert in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles piloted through the adverse terrain by an all-female crew with the adventure supported by Fiat Auto Belgio