After three days in Jerez which had seen the new F2012 running well adrift of the pace, today's fourth and final day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari in southern Spain saw Fernando Alonso plant the red single seater firmly to the top of the timesheets

There were few positives for Fiat Group Automobiles to grasp onto in Germany last month as the Fiat and Alfa Romeo brands lost ground year-on-year and underperformed the overall market which started the new year off flat

Scuderia Ferrari has got off to a bad start to the new season on track with its new F2012 single-seater which has proved to be well off the pace during the first two days of official F1 testing at Jerez in the hands of Felipe Massa

The Fiat brand had a better month than has been the case recently on the UK market during January, its sales jumping year-on-year, although Alfa Romeo continued to drop off, its sales fell and underperformed the flat overall market

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli explains the technical developments on the new STR7 which was unveiled on Monday and offers his thoughts on seeing the new Ferrari-powered car on track

Chrysler Group posted U.S. total sales of 101,149 units last month, a 44 percent year-on-rear increase, led by the Chrysler brand, up 81 percent, and Ram, up 42 percent, to help make it the group’s best January sales for four years

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Toro Rosso new race drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, along with Team Principal Franz Tost and Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli unveil and comment on the STR7 in the paddock at Jerez

Fiat Group's already difficult financial outlook is likely to take a turn for the worse according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's which is placing is long-term 'BB' rating under review with a further downgrade expected in the next 90 days

As the sun set on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain yesterday evening, the spotlight turned to the Scuderia Toro Rosso garage for the unveiling of the STR7 and taking the wraps off were new drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler is continuing to try to reinterpret its creatively acclaimed TV advert at last year's Super Bowl 'Born of Fire' with a new commercial for this year's event titled 'It's Half Time In America' which features actor Clint Eastwood

ItaliaspeedTV: Former World Rally Championship driver Markku Alén got behind the wheel of an FF for a challenge on a forest track completely covered in snow at Arjeplog in Northern Sweden, about 100 km South of the Arctic Circle

Fiat Group has begun 2012 with a further slide in sales in its home market of Italy – this time it was Alfa Romeo heading the decline, down a third year-on-year; the group in fact recorded 40,463 registrations, down from 48,785 in January 2011

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Five of the new Ferrari 458 GrandAm racers tackled last weekend's 24 Hours of Daytona but with little success although two eventually finished in the top ten in fifth (Risi Competzione) and eighth (AIM Autosport) places (II)

The fifty eighth Formula 1 single seater to be built by Ferrari is possibly the ugliest of the long line, but that won't matter a bit if the F2012 can add to the Scuderia's historic title haul which has dried up over the last few years

Another Fiat Group Automobiles product is getting the Ferrari halo effect, this time a pair of Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8s have been given a trim and paint finish makeover and handed to Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa

ItaliaspeedTV: DR Motor debuted in 2006 and its first car was the DR5, an SUV based on Chery Automobile's Tiggo; it was presented at the Bologna Motor Show that year and went on sale in Italy in 2007, optionally with a Fiat Multijet turbodiesel (II)

Fiat has presented the first official images of the ‘500L’, the replacement for the aged Idea mini-MPV, which will have its world preview at the Geneva Motor Show on March 6; it is the first car to be based on Fiat’s new ‘Small US Wide’ platform

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Five of the new Ferrari 458 GrandAm racers tackled last weekend's 24 Hours of Daytona but with little success although two eventually finished in the top ten in fifth (Risi Competzione) and eighth (AIM Autosport) places (I)

With its shrinking market share Fiat Group Automobiles slid into the red during the final quarter of the year, although positive performances in particular from Chrysler Group, Ferrari and Magneti Marelli kept the Italian carmaker in positive territory

ItaliaspeedTV: The Maserati sponsored yacht venture will set out next month on its first speed record attempt with the super maxi yacht bidding to break the North Atlantic ocean crossing speed record from Cadiz to San Salvador

Fiat Automóveis is kicking off marketing a new line of children's toys in Brazil, starting with the "Baby Uni Duni" which is a small and brightly coloured plastic replica of the successful new Uno which is aimed at children over two years old

Just 18 months following the start of production as the standard engine for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the one millionth Pentastar V6 engine has been assembled at the Chrysler Group’s Trenton Engine Assembly Plant in Michigan

Despite a lot of development time, testing on both sides of the Atlantic, a clutch of top teams and a roster of fast drivers, the much vaunted Ferrari challenge to win the 24 Hours of Daytona on the new 458 GrandAm's debut fell flat on its face

Fiat Group Automobiles UK has announced pricing for the refreshed Fiat Punto Model Year 2012 with the new range kicking off at £9,990 OTR for the entry 'Pop' 1.2 8-valve and climbing to £15,600 for the top-specification 'Lounge' 1.3 Multijet

ROBERTO MIERES 1924-2012: The world of grand prix racing is this weekend remembering one of its historic star names; the skilful Argentinean former Maserati factory Formula 1 driver, passed away on Thursday at the age of 87