Fiat is slashing its sales target for 2012 by half a million units, a drop of 18.5 percent, a graphic illustration of the mounting problems that the Italian carmaker is facing as it continues to attempt to connect customers with its product range

The two millionth car equipped with Blue&Me system, a Fiat 500 Lounge, has just been delivered to an Italian customer; this infotainment device was designed through a partnership between Fiat Group Automobiles and Microsoft

The Fiat Group saw its European sales nose diving again during November with the picture getting even more bleak as its overall market share dropped to 6.3 percent while in particular the troubled Fiat brand slid to just a 4.5 percent cut of sales

Dr Gian Paolo Dallara was presented with the prestigious John Bolster Award in recognition of his technical achievements in motorsport over the past fifty years at this year’s Autosport Awards, which took place this month in London

Scuderia Ferrari’s traditional Christmas lunch had a new significance this year as it coincided with the twenty years milestone that Luca di Montezemolo has been Ferrari president and the occasion was marked with the showing of a special film

Lancia is recycling the "Ecochic" label to denote the most environmentally efficient version of the new-generation Ypsilon, and to celebrate its arrival on the Italian market an "open house" is being held at dealers today and tomorrow

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition  takes a look at the interior of the forthcoming Dodge Dart, the reopening of the Viper's Conner Avenue Assembly Plant and the delivery of 10 plug-in hybrid Ram pickups to DTE Energy

A rare 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa will be the star at the first auction of the 2012 season when it comes under the hammer at the Scottsdale Auctions organised by Gooding and Company in Scottsdale, Arizona on 20 and 21 January

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Unlike the outgoing model, the new Fiat Panda is being built in Italy at the former Alfa Romeo factory at Pomigliano d'Arco near Naples following an 800 million euro investment, rather than at the Tychy plant in Poland

Scuderia Toro Rosso has dumped both its current drivers, Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, and instead for the 2012 F1 season will promote another two Red Bull Junior pilots, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne to full race seats

New Model - New Fiat Panda: Following its world première at the Frankfurt IAA in September the new third-generation A-segment hatchback arrives on the market to become a product that once again is vital to stem the brand's tumbling sales

Just days after it released two teaser exterior images of Dodge's new Dart, the Chrysler Group has offered a peek at the interior as well as some further information as this key subcompact car continues its countdown to its world debut in Detroit

Chrysler Group announced today that it will reopen its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit for the production of the next generation SRT Viper: with the plant’s reopening, nearly 150 jobs, both hourly and salaried, will return to the city

The very first Alfa Romeo, the G1, and the only one left in the world, will be entrusted to Spirit of Tasmania today when it travels from Melbourne, Australia, across Bass Strait to take part in a celebration of the historic Italian car maker in Tasmania

Boosted by demand for the new Palio, Fiat Automóveis continued to lead the Brazilian new vehicle market during November with a total of 66,278 cars and light commercial vehicles combined sold to take a 21.3 percent share of the market

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Following its world premiere in Frankfurt in September the new Fiat Panda has now made its second high profile public appearance - as well as its anticipated domestic debut - at the 36th Bologna Motor Show

Following its inclusion in the Dow Jones World and Europe Sustainability Indexes and addition to the Global 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index and Carbon Performance Leadership Index, Fiat is now a member of the ASPI Eurozone index

The Daytona 24 Hours, which takes place in January at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway, will feature the racing debut of the new Ferrari 458 Grand Am and Maranello is sending the crack AF Corse team as it bids for nothing less than victory