Photo Gallery: Abarth From 0 to 100, Torino Esposizioni (V) 500 Abarth Assetto Corse

In 2009 Abarth will be organising a single-make trophy series across Europe featuring the 500 Abarth Assetto Corse: the car will be produced directly by Abarth and will be sold to drivers "race-ready", through the dealer network

Following a promising showing last time out at the 2.5 Hours of Zolder the Giallo Corse Alfa 156 2.5 V6 will be back in action this weekend as the Dunlop Sportmaxx Endurance Cup returns to the famous Belgian race track

Photo Gallery: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2008 - Alfa 155 2.0 TS (Gabriele Tarquini, 1994 British Touring Car Championship)

Photo Gallery: SpaItalia 2008 - Giallo Corse Alfa 156 2.5 V6

Giallo Corse' Alfa 156 showed a lot of promise during the Zolder 500 kms satisfying the Belgian team that it can enjoy a good 2008 season with the 2.5-litre V6 powered racer and that the venerable racer is still a competitive proposition

The Fiat 500 has taken on and survived the daunting challenge of the Nürburgring 24 Hours with an Engstler-prepared racing version negotiating the 25.9 km, 177 bend lap of the 'green hell' 84 times in 24 hours to reach the finish line

Abarth this morning officially announced its return to track racing, and it has chosen to do so with its new 500 Abarth Assetto Corse, the baby supersports car from Abarth, which is due to be produced in a limited edition of 49 cars

The first factory-built 200bhp turbocharged 500 Abarth Asetto Corse which is set to form the basis of a new pan-European racing series next year, broke cover today as the competitors of the Mille Miglia gathered in Brescia

Photo Gallery: Mille Miglia Paddock, Fiera di Brescia - Abarth (inc. 500 Abarth Asseto Corse)

Team 48 Motorsport which plans to campaign the former A-Tech Alfa 156 racers in the British Touring Car Championship this year with Darelle Wilson and Matthew Gore has postponed its planned debut

Former AFL star Luke Darcy has proven just how safe the new Fiat 500 is, walking away from the ‘accident’ that all but stopped the second Vodafone Celebrity Challenge race in Melbourne at the weekend

Photo Gallery: Australian Grand Prix - Fiat 500 Celebrity Challenge

The Fiat 500 is set to take to the race tracks tracks around Europe in a new championship which will be contested by identical-specification 120 bhp 1.4-litre versions, the 5Hundred Cup

Paralympic champion Don Elgin is the latest Australian sporting legend invited to drive one of the Fiat 500s which will contest the Celebrity Challenge race at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne

Australian tennis champion Mark Philippoussis is the latest sporting hero to be announced to race a Fiat 500 in the Celebrity Challenge at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next month

For the second year running Alfa Romeo has taken diesel class victory in the Bathurst 12 hour race, this time the win falling to David Filipetto, Nathan Gotch and Wayne Vinckx in an Alfa 147 JTD

Photo Gallery: WPS Bathurst 12 hour

Australian cricket legend, Michael Slater, is the latest sporting hero to sign on to drive one of the Fiat 500 racers in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 F1 Australian Grand Prix next month

20-year-old women’s Surfing World Champion Stephanie Gilmore will swap her surfboard for the all new Fiat 500 in the Celebrity Challenge race at the F1 Australian Grand Prix on 16th March

Aussie Rules champion Glenn Archer and women's tennis player Nicole Pratt are the latest Australian sporting legends set to take part in the Fiat 500 Celebrity Challenge race at the Australian GP

Photo Gallery: Australian Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge - Fiat 500, Presentation

Video: Australian Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge - Fiat 500, Testing at Bathurst

The new Fiat 500 has visited the Bathurst race track, the spiritual home of Australian motorsport, as part of its preparation for its role in the Celebrity Challenge at the 2008 Australian Grand Prix

James Thompson's challenge at the wheel of the Alfa 156 in the World Touring Car Championship last year has been honoured in the annual awards of premier touring car website TouringCarTimes

The car that’s taking the world by storm, the Fiat 500, is to be driven in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne as it hits the race track for the first time

Heavy rain did not deter from N.Technology Alfa Romeo’s last outing with the Alfa 156 at the Bologna Motor Show as James Thompson claimed third place in the Nivea For Men Eurotouring event