Chrysler Group is adding a third shift and 1,100 new jobs to its Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit and expanding the Jeep Grand Cherokee lineup to include manufacture of the VM Motori-powered diesel version for the North American market

ItaliaspeedTV: The DR2 was DR Motor's entrance into B-segment with a car 20 cm longer than the DR1 and fitted with the same 83 CV 1.3-litre engine; based on the Chery A1, it debuted at Geneva in 2010 before going on sale in Italy that summer

A fighting recovery drive by Gerard De Rooy made it a hat trick of stage wins yesterday to extend his Dakar advantage to 17 minutes, but the wheels came off the Iveco steamroller as both his team mates, Miki Biasion and Hans Stacey, hit major problems

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group video shows the forthcoming Dodge Dart in dynamic driving action and reveals in full its many styling influences, drawn from both the carmaker's history and externally, of the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta based sedan

Fiat Group has ended the year in Italy with another poor month to cap a dismal year, with its 31,737 registrations in December representing a fall of one-fifth year-on-year, as well as an underperformance of the overall market, which dropped fifteen percent

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: First leaked official interior and exterior images have circulated just days before Chrysler Group pulls the covers of the its new C-segment Dodge Dart sedan at the North American International Motor Show in Detroit

A new 18 million euro museum built around the birth place of Enzo Ferrari and his first workshop, from where he launched what would become one of the car industry’s most famous names, will open in his home town, the city of Modena, on March 10

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes a 37 percent gain in sales in December and a 26 percent rise for 2011, Fiat increases its stake and Chrysler Group will add a total of 1,250 jobs at two Detroit assembly plants

Iveco is continuing to stamp its mark on this year's Dakar Rally and Gerald De Rooy in the #502 made it two consecutive stage wins on yesterday's shortened SS5 to extend his advantage at the front of the truck pack

Fiat Group Automobiles will find out on Monday if two of its newest models, the Fiat Panda and Lancia Ypsilon, have made it through to the final shortlist of seven cars bidding to be crowned the 2012 European Car of the Year

ItaliaspeedTV: The entry level model in the DR Motor range is the DR1, a rebadged version of Chery's Faira NN 5-door hatchback, it was unveiled in Bologna in December 2008 and comes equipped with the Chinese carmaker's ACTECO 1.3-litre engine

The cards are all falling Iveco's way on the gruelling Dakar Rally so far as, after the conclusion of the fourth stage, the trio of Team De Rooy trucks have now moved into a 1-2-3 position with an almost ten minute cushion over the next competitor

Fiat's stake in the Chrysler Group has increased to 58.5 percent after the final increment of the three performance-related milestones to increase its shareholding, the arrival of a fuel efficient engine in the forthcoming Dodge Dart, was ticked off

Legendary former Lancia FIA World Rally Champion Miki Biasion is really making his mark on the Dakar Rally this year, powering his Team De Rooy Iveco truck to victory on the third special stage yesterday to move up to third overall

Chrysler Group has reported U.S. sales of 138,019 units last month, an impressive 37 percent year-on-year increase and its best monthly sales since May 2008; it means the carmaker ends the year with 1.37 million sales, up by a quarter

Mopar is giving a second Chrysler Group model a makeover in time for the North American International Motor Show – this time, Dodge’s Charger gets some cosmetic adds-ons of dubious aesthetic value, alongside upgrades to assist performance

After the first proper stage, 295 tough timed kilometres that stretched from Santa Rosa de la Pampa to San Rafael, Iveco is now sensationally leading the Dakar Rally with Gerard De Rooy having carved out a 5 minute advantage over his nearest rival

Trying to put an acceptable face on one of the least loved forms in the American car industry today, Chrysler's 200/Sebring, is a tough call; to that end Mopar is giving it a go and rolling out a new bodykit, cosmetic add-ons and some performance parts

Iveco is off to a real flying start as the Dakar 2012 got underway in Argentina yesterday with the first, albeit short at just 57 km, special stage; and the three factory-supported Team De Rooy Iveco's all wound up in the top six at the end of the day

Termini Imerese's 41 years of rich history as an important industrial component in the Fiat Group automobile production picture has finally drawn to a close and a three week limbo period now beckons before DR Motor is scheduled to assume control

The Reiter Engineering-developed Lamborghini Gallardo GT3, dubbed by the German firm as the LP600+, has come off the back of a strong season, now plans are well underway to fully develop the machine as a credible contender in 24 hour races

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The 2012 season specific GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ by Reiter Engineering includes a bigger front splitter and double layer dive plates for improved downforce as well as improved suspension, brakes and gearbox

Tuning concern Anderson Germany has given Ferrari's 599 GTB Fiorano an all-round upgrade with a reduced weight programme through use of new carbon-fibre components, engine software remapping and new cosmetic additions

Fiat’s North American relaunch driven by with the 500 hasn’t been one of the successes of the year by a long shot, but ignominiously it has been listed as one of the flops of the year by Yahoo Finance, in its year-end round-up

Fiat Automóveis' Uno has received a boost to its credentials as it has been chosen by Brazilian magazine Quatro Rodas as the winner of the category Hatch Compacto de Entrada in its comprehensive annual customer satisfaction survey