ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat has presented a series of short films of the 500 by Gucci seen through the eyes of several people associated with the creative industry: Jefferson Hack, Chris Sweeney, Olivier Zahm, Franca Sozzani and Alexi Tan (II)

After a long courtship, VW Group is making another buying foray into Italy; having already acquired Lamborghini and Italdesign-Giugiaro, the German giant has now agreed the purchase of Ducati from its current owners, Investindustrial Group

The Riva 1920 stand at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan is showing off a unique a wooden sculpture reproducing in full scale the award-winning Cambiano concept car presented by Pininfarina at last month's Geneva Motor Show

Lamborghini Gallardo driver Jason White remains the man to beat in Australia's Targa Tasmania after stretching his lead to 48 seconds over defending champion, Tony Quinn, during the second day loop out to St Helens and back to Launceston

A Ferrari F40 prototype with a unique history, starting life as the showcar at the 1987 Frankfurt IAA and going on to become one of a handful upgraded to GT racing specification by Michelotto, will be the focus of attention at RM's Monaco sale

A "barn find" 1980 ex-Jon Dooley Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti, which he raced with success in the early 1980’s, including to third overall in the 1981 British Saloon Car Championship, is going under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions' Spring Sale

Yesterday morning at the Fiorano circuit, Ferrari test driver Andrea Bertolini carried out his 283rd shakedown as he settled into the cockpit of the only Prancing Horse car he had yet to drive: the legendary 312T4 that was used by Gilles Villeneuve

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat has presented a series of short films of the 500 by Gucci seen through the eyes of several people associated with the creative industry: Jefferson Hack, Chris Sweeney, Olivier Zahm, Franca Sozzani and Alexi Tan (I)

Mirko Cvetkovic, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, together with Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, have inaugurated new production lines of the former Zastava facility, which will now assemble the new Fiat 500L, in Kragujevac

With a special event held in a new art gallery location in Moscow to present the Aventador LP700-4 Lamborghini has marked its returned to the Russian market; its new importer, Burevestnik Group, aims to open a dealership later this year

MotoGP star Valentino Rossi, making his debut in the Blancpain Endurance Series, in the Kessel Racing Ferrari 458 Italia No.46 alongside fellow-Italian Alessio Salucci finished 18th after a strong drive in the first period of the race

One of the pick's of RM Auctions' Monaco sale in four weeks time will be an Alfa Romeo T33/3 built and raced by Autodelta and recently restored after a long and unique history; it is expected to fetch 725-825,000 euros

Two points for ninth place was the sum total that Scuderia Ferrari took away from the Chinese Grand Prix, thanks to a ninth place for Fernando Alonso, team-mate Felipe Massa meanwhile finished adrift of the points in thirteenth spot

Fiat Automóveis is improving the standard equipment safety features package across the range of the new Palio as it tries to eat into the distinct sales advantage held by the new B-segment hatchback's main rival, VW's Gol

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes two Chrysler plants reach bronze status in World Class Manufacturing; Mopar wireless charger; Chrysler and Jeep to showcase special concepts at the Beijing Auto Show

ItaliaspeedTV: Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso kicked off the Chinese Grand Prix weekend by driving the technologically advanced Shell Professional Formula One Simulator in Shanghai this week

The circuit, the country and the weather might change, but the result of qualifying for Ferrari remains the same; in Sepang, Fernando Alonso was ninth and Felipe Massa twelfth, in Shanghai, the two drivers produced an identical result

Fiat has released an initial look at its ‘Fiat-ised’ Dodge Dart sedan, which will debut at the Beijing Auto Show; it marks the brand’s return to producing cars in China as it takes yet another stab at succeeding in the world’s biggest car market

As part of the strategy to expand its product offering and hopefully 'significantly' increase production, over the next two years Maserati has stated at a meeting that it aims to introduce three new models in three different market segments

Fiat Automóveis, with a total of 66,202 cars and LCVs sold in March, bucked a slightly negative Brazilian market to post a positive month, outperforming its main rival along the way by over seven thousand units to extend its leadership

Exor, the investment vehicle through which the Agnelli family manages its30.47% stake in Fiat and 30.45% in Fiat Industrial, suffered a difficult 2011 and in its assets lost a quarter of their value although it did turn in a 502.4 million euro profit

Porsche has announced that it has acquired the famous Nardò Technical Center automotive proving ground in Apulia in southern Italy, which was built by Fiat Group three and a half decades ago, from its current owners, Prototipo

This year marks the 20th anniversary for Ferrari in China since the first car, a 348 TS, was ordered in Beijing; to celebrate this milestone, in a few weeks time Ferrari will inaugurate its first ever permanent exhibition outside of Maranello

Ferrari’s debut with the revised GT1 World Championship, which kicked off at the Nogaro circuit in France at the weekend, did not bring the hoped for results despite Toni Vilander’s promising pole position in the AF Corse 458 Italia

Fiat followed the slight rise in the UK market last month, it's sales were up 2.6 pct year-on-year, while Alfa Romeo continued its retreat losing a third of its sales compared to last March; both brand's rounded out the first quarter in similar fashion

"New parts are coming through and we are trying to get them to the race track as quickly as possible, we will have five updates for China," says Scuderia Ferrari's Pat Fry, "then there will be a bigger upgrade package for Spain"