London is celebrating Italian design on the occasion of the Olympic Games and the International Achitecture and Design Showcase by dedicating an exhibition to Pininfarina as an expression of Italian excellence exported worldwide

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: A gaggle of competitive Ferrari 458 GT2s started the Le Mans 24 Hours at the weekend and when the race shook up this machine had collected its first victory in the classic endurance race

Not long ago, traction was in short supply on Ferrari's F2012 single-seater, but as was seen in Montreal, a circuit that should not have suited the early-season Ferrari package, progress has been made in this area

Fiat Group was amongst Europe's losers during May as its 82,501 sales equated to a fall of 12.1 percent against the overall market which dropped by 8.4 percent; in total 1,150,434 new cars were sold across Europe last month

The AF Corse Ferrari team has added its name to the list of Le Mans winners, thanks to a victory for Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander, at the end of a perfectly managed race that had started on the back foot

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes the Belvidere Assembly Plant winning an Economic Development in Illinois award and Fiat 500 Cabrio by Gucci wins an award at "Topless in Miami" in Florida

Fiat's Bravo has been given a boost for the 2013 MY in Brazil with a new Sporting version equipped with the 1.8 16v E.torQ engine and available with Dualogic as well a new trim and finish accessories joining the range

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: On the outside the new Brazilian market Fiat Bravo Sporting and Bravo Sporting Dualogic models come with additional sports-focused add-ons while inside there are new trim detailing upgrades

Ferrari’s 4.5-litre naturally-aspirated V8 engine has won Best Performance Engine for the second year running in the prestigious International Engine of the Year Awards, beating several new contenders to the title

The bestseller across Brazil in its segment, Fiat Automóveis' Doblò is being rolled into the showrooms in improved Model Year 2013 specification while a special edition of the Adventure series has also been introduced

Deliveries of the Ferrari 458 Spider have started in Australia and New Zealand, but do not expect Ferrari’s open top supercar to become a common sight on these roads with just ten cars arriving before the end of the year

Fiat Automóveis comfortably led the Brazilian market last month with a total of 59,482 new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles sold combined which kept it nearly five thousand units ahead of its closest rival

Ferrari Classiche has taken delivery of one of the more interesting cars ever to leave the factory - a 275 GTB4 that originally belonged to actor Steve McQueen who took delivery of the car when he was on the set filming Bullitt

After its best qualifying of the year and a very strong start to yesterday’s 70 lap Canadian Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari was hoping for a better finale than Fernando Alonso’s fifth place and Felipe Massa’s tenth

ItaliaspeedTV: Under the Pentastar - This week's edition includes suppliers in Detroit to hear about purchasing activities, strategy and expectations and Sergio Marchionne personally congratulates Fiat of Austin

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Prolific Polish stylists, Carlex Design, have created the unusual Maserati 'GranYachting', a GranTurismo which is unchanged on the outside but sees the cockpit refitted with a yachting theme

Best Saturday of the year for Ferrari, with one driver on the second row and the other on the third after qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix; Fernando Alonso was third fastest in Q3, with Felipe Massa securing sixth place

Fiat Group Automobiles enjoyed a mixed May in the UK, Fiat's sales surged by almost a third year-on-year while Alfa Romeo's slid by nearly a half; elsewhere Jeep and Maserati were both down while Chrysler was up

ItaliaspeedTV: Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne stopped by to personally congratulate Fiat of Austin for becoming the first dealership in the U.S. to sell more than one hundred Fiat 500s in any given month

It was a very busy first day for Ferrari in Montreal, making the most of every single one of the 180 minutes available over the two free practice sessions, and between them the two Ferrari drivers completed 126 laps

Fiat and Alfa Romeo both lost chunks of ground in Germany last month, down 19.0 and 28.5 percent respectively against the mildly negative overall market, Lancia however opposed this trend and was up 312.5 percent

ItaliaspeedTV: Fernando Alonso looks forward to this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal with the Scuderia Ferrari driver set to head out on track for free practice this morning as the championship leader after six rounds

The Fiat 500 has just notched up its 100,000th unit sold in the UK, four and a half years since its launch; this milestone follows on from its return to the top 10 best sellers in the UK in April when 2,600 examples were sold

ItaliaspeedTV: This week Ferrari held a special online auction to raise money for the earthquake victims and the headlining "Lot #1" of the "Ferrari for Emilia" auction was an example of the dramatic track-only 599 XX EVO

“I have been Ferrari President for twenty years. It’s a great responsibility, but it’s fantastic,” explained Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo in an interview with CNN recorded last week and broadcast yesterday