The Ferrari 458 Spider has made its Greater China debut at the Guangzhou International Auto Show this week, underlining the importance of this region which, in the first nine months of 2011, became Maranello's second largest market worldwide

ItaliaspeedTV: At the Guangzhou Auto Show Mr. Edwin Fenech, President and CEO of Ferrari Greater China, unveils the new Ferrari 458 Spider which has joined the 458 Italia in widening the range of Ferrari’s mid-rear engined V8s

Jeep's Grand Cherokee showed in the EuroNCAP tests that big SUVs don't necessarily add up to being the safest vehicles on the road and concerns raised on almost every test criteria saw it winding up with 4 stars out of the possible 5

ItaliaspeedTV: Views of the EuroNCAP crash testing programme for Jeep's Grand Cherokee which saw the large sized SUV ending up in the second tier and collecting 4 stars after it was singled out for sharp criticism in several areas of safety

Originally scheduled to debut at the Frankfurt IAA in September but pulled from the show to allow all the focus to rest on the new Panda, the vitally important restyled Model Year 2012 Punto is now set to debut at the Bologna Motor Show

The Fiat Panda only secured four out of the possible five stars in its EuroNCAP crash testing, losing the final rating point for not being fitted with Electronic stability control as standard, although this technology becomes mandatory from next year

ItaliaspeedTV: The new Fiat Panda has been dealt a setback just as it prepares to arrive in the showrooms as EuroNCAP crash testing results released today see the new supermini missing out of the top-ranked rating and having to settle for 4 stars

With its current fondness for sticker-only limited editions, Fiat will show off a new 500 version at the Bologna Motor Show: the 500 Nation will kick off a run of models that celebrate the countries around the globe where the supermini is sold

ItaliaspeedTV: The eleventh edition of Ferrari Corse Clienti Racing News focuses on the season-ending "Finali Mondiali" at Mugello, the calendar highlight that brings together all the modern and historic Maranello racing programmes

Alfa Romeo will have one new model version to show off at next month's Bologna Motor Show as it will add an LPG version to the Giulietta range; the Euro 5 120 CV 1.4 Turbo bi-fuel model will come with the car's usual three specification levels

Having been sidelined since mid September, Fiat North America's embattled CEO Laura Soave has finally been officially replaced, now Chrysler Group veteran Timothy Kuniskis steps up to try to get the misfiring Fiat stateside relaunch on track

Abarth will be at the Bologna Motor Show next month with four new niche versions, three 500s and one Punto, which will demonstrate an extension its customisation programme options as well as an updated version of its one-make "Cup" racer

SERGIO SCAGLIETTI 1920-2011: A skillful craftsman who applied his artistry to some of the finest sports cars ever to emerge from Maranello and whose name has become indelibly linked with the Italian "carrozzeria" era, has passed away

ItaliaspeedTV: At the LA Auto Show last week Chrysler presented the 300S-based "426S" concept fitted with the 426 cubic inch V8 'crate' engine and customised from the Mopar parts catalogue; introduced by Chrysler brand CEO Saad Chebab

Talbros Automotive Components Limited (TACL), India’s largest gasket manufacturer, and Magneti Marelli through its subsidiary company Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A, have setup a 50:50 joint venture focused on suspension systems and modules

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat North America continues to plug Jennifer Lopez's new album, this time the on-going collaboration has extended to a new advertising spot for the limited-edition Fiat 500 given a recent makeover by the Gucci fashion house

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes a $1.7 billion investment in the Toledo Assembly Complex, and highlights from the LA Auto Show which include the unveiling of the Fiat 500 Abarth and two new SRT buzz cars

Announced exactly a year ago as a 1 billion euro plan to secure the future of the Mirafiori factory in Turin, the proposal to build a new-generation D-SUV for the Jeep brand from 2013 was this week instead confirmed for the Chrysler Group's Toledo factory

ItaliaspeedTV: One of the biggest splashes made at this week's LA Auto Show came from the U.S. public debut of the high-performance Abarth version of the Fiat 500 with was introduced to the media by new Fiat brand head Olivier François

ItaliaspeedTV: Dynamic driving footage and interior close ups of the new North American specific Fiat 500 which is built for these markets by the Chrysler Group at its Toluca plant in Mexico; 500 shown in the video in Lounge and Sport trim levels

Just as the high-performance Abarth version of the Fiat 500 makes its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show the full scale of the 500's failing U.S. relaunch has been laid bare with news that some staff working on the car's engine line have been laid off

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: This year's Giro d'Italia Automobilistico saw a diverse array of Italian racing machines in action, from the tiny Abarth 500 Assetto Corse to the Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo MC and Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo (II)

Fiat Group lost yet more ground in Western Europe last month, the 65,904 cars it sold was down 9.5 percent year-on-year to keep it amongst the worst performers and meant its market share shrank by more than half a point to 6.7 percent

ItaliaspeedTV: As the Fiat 500 Abarth makes its U.S. public debut at the LA Auto Show this week with a huge task of helping to halt sliding sales since the brand's Stateside relauch, a new advert from Fiat North America is being rolled out

The new Panda incorporates technology that would normally be found in bigger cars and with its accessibly both in terms of its price and its running costs, Fiat hopes it can be a family's "main car" especially in such uncertain economic times