Alcoa has announced that it has opened its new automotive assembly plant in Modena, Italy; the new one million euro facility which covers more than 5,000 square meters features state-of-the-art manufacturing technology

As its global roll out continues apace the new Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano has now made its Australian debut with the covers swept off the all-new V12 coupé on the opening day of the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney

Australian International Motor Show Photo Gallery: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano unveiling

Jean Todt, CEO, Andrea Bozzoli, Commercial and Marketing Director; Antonello Coletta, head of the Corse Clienti and Roberto Vaglietti, head of Classiche, participated in a meeting with the press at the Ferrari World Finals

The senior management reshuffle at Ferrari, expected once the F1 season had concluded, gets underway with the news that Jean Todt will become CEO, while Amedeo Felisa will hold the role of General Manager

In the presence of Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Jean Todt, Francisco Longo, MD of the official Ferrari importer, unveiled the 599 GTB Fiorano as it made its Brazilian debut at the Salão do Automóvel in São Paulo

After more than six weeks on the road the two Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano sports cars have reached Guadalajara in Mexico as they plough on with their intrepid journey which will see them eventually finish in New York

Photo Gallery: Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 - Antigua (Guatemala) to Guadalajara (Mexico)

Photo Gallery: The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano arrives in Australia

The 24th Salão Internacional do Automóvel opens its door to the public in São Paulo next Friday, and the new Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano sports car is set to be the star attraction of Brazil's biggest motor show

The last week has seen the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 crossing Central America, travelling swiftly through Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador before arriving in the Guatemalan capital, Antigua

Photo Gallery: Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 - David (Panama) to Antigua (Guatemala)

Ferrari have developed a new optional four-wheel drive system, dubbed as "insertable 4x4", which is designed to maximise the performance capability of their sports cars under all types of road surface conditions

The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano will be the star of the 2006 Australian International Motor Show when it opens its doors in Sydney on the 26 October 2006, while its Australian allocation up to the end of 2007 have been sold

During the last two weeks the two Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano sports cars taking part in the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 have travelled onwards through Ecuador, Colombia and Panama and have now arrived in Costa Rica

Photo Gallery: Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 - Medellin (Colombia) to David (Panama)

Pininfarina is once again present this year at the International Motor Show in Paris with a range of products that is led out with the new one-off Ferrari P4/5 recently custom-built for American collector James Glickenhaus

77th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile Photo Gallery: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (III)

77th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile Photo Gallery: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (II)

77th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile Photo Gallery: Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (I)

Ferrari has unveiled the stunning 599 GTB Fiorano for the first time on French soil at the Mondial de l'Automobile 2006, the arrival of this V12-engined sports car completing a range entirely overhauled in a little over two years

77th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile Photo Gallery: Ferrari

Fiat has come to agreement to repurchase the 28 percent of Ferrari shares which are currently held by a consortium of bank headed by Mediobanca, raising its interest in the Maranello sports car maker to 85 percent

New Dutch automotive design company Vandenbrink Design, founded just last month, is hoping to realise the first coachbuilt Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, a concept study that they have dubbed as the "599 GTO Mugello"

The two Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano sports cars taking part in the gruelling Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 have been in the last week travelling up the west coast of South America and have now arrived in Ecuador

Photo Gallery: Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 - Lima (Peru) to Cuenca (Ecuador)