Iveco and FPT Industrial are supporting Team De Rooy at the Dakar 2013, renewing a partnership that led to victory at the 2012 edition; Iveco and FPT Industrial supply Team De Rooy with vehicles, engines and spare parts

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: The Lancia Club Japan has celebrated its 20th anniversary, holding its Lancia Lunch, attended by several special guests who are a part of Lancia's rich history and including three rally winning Stratos

The brutal Lancia Delta S4 is one of rallying history's most iconic and rare machines, the final explosive evolution of the fearsome Group B era; and even more rarely does one of the handful built ever come up for sale

MotorVillage Paris, the showcase outlet of Fiat Group Automobiles France, located at Rond Point des Champs-Elysées, is presenting an exciting new exhibition this summer: GRAND PRIX - 1 siècle de victoires automobiles

Local hope Jason White has secured his second Targa Tasmania title in three years, taking his Lamborghini Gallardo to victory in Hobart on Sunday afternoon after controlling the five day Australian asphalt rally from the front of the field

Lamborghini Gallardo driver Jason White extended his lead in the Targa Tasmania to two minutes and fifteen seconds on yesterday's penultimate leg and he remains the man to catch as the surviving crews set off on today's final loop of stages

Despite the challenge posed by heavy rain, local favourite, Jason White, has built his buffer to nearly two minutes after dominating day three of Targa Tasmania in his Lamborghini Gallardo on the run from Launceston to Strahan

Fiat Group Automobiles has been held up to much ridicule over the last couple of years for a swathe of meaningless 'sticker' editions but now - and from Iveco - comes a special edition with substance: the Iveco Trakker Dakar Limited Edition

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

ItaliaspeedTV: Dodge's new Dart is heading straight for motorsports as a rally version, piloted by four-time Rally America Champion and 17-time X Games Gold Medalist Travis Pastrana, will compete in the Global RallyCross Championship

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Last Sunday afternoon Iveco claimed an historic 1-2 finish on the Dakar Rally to enter its name into the illustrious roll-call of truck makers that have emerged victorious in the world's toughest test of machine

Just 29 kilometres were all that remained for Iveco to blaze its way into the history books with the greatest sporting achievement in the company's history and the biggest prize that a truck manufacturer can dream of: victory on the Dakar

Safely through SS13 yesterday, Iveco now stands on the brink of a truly historic achievement and the biggest sporting milestone in its history as Team De Rooy is just one 29 km long stage away from clinching victory on the gruelling Dakar Rally

There is no letting up of the momentum as Team De Rooy thumped in a 1-2-3-4 finish on SS12 of the Dakar, and with just two stages remaining Iveco is on the cusp of an historic victory as the Italian trucks are in a solid 1-2 position overall

Iveco is in the ascendancy as Miki Biasion led out a 1-2-3 for Team De Rooy on yesterday's ninth stage of the Dakar, and with key rival Ales Lopais being eliminated after an accident, the team now sits on a 1-2 cushion at the top of the timesheets

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

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

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

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

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

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

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: This year's Giro d'Italia Automobilistico saw a diverse array of Italian racing machines in action, from the tiny Abarth 500 Assetto Corse to the Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo MC and Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo (II)