Ferrari could be valued at as much as €5 billion (£4.4 billion)if it is floated on a stock market later this, according to sources close to Fiat which owns the marque... more
From her Manhattan vantage point, Gianni Agnelli's niece Priscilla Rattazzi observes her family's messy and expensive feud with the same affectionate eye evident in her photography. Christopher Silvester meets the artist of the Agnellis... more
Free tickets to Strictly Come Dancing, champagne and vitamin supplements were among gifts accepted by Lord Mandelson in his tenure as business secretary, it was revealed today... more
Corfu is so crowded with yachts these days that the really smart travellers head south to Paxos, where the gods take their holidays. Andy Barker packs his trunks... more
The Agnelli family are back in the driving seat at Fiat following a six-year break after the carmaker formally appoints John Elkann, grandson of the late Gianni Agnelli, as chairman... more
The future ownership of General Motors’ Vauxhall/Opel operations took a further twist today as fellow European operator Fiat readied itself for a bid ... more
It was a revolutionary movement that boasted of creating a new beauty — but the Futurism exhibition at the Tate misses many of its big moments.... more
Chrysler has pulled out of bankruptcy under the control of Italy’s Fiat in the hope that it will undergo a phoenix-from-the-ashes-style transformation... more
Chrysler has today won court approval to sell most of its business to a group led by Italy’s Fiat, as US motoring giant General Motors was expected to file for bankruptcy
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It is now two months since Resolution shook even the most jaundiced City investors with its announcement that the Financial Services Authority had decided to look again at the year-old deal that saw its previous business of closed life assurance funds being acquired (after a prolonged battle) by Hugh Osmond’s Pearl Group ... more
Thousands of British carmaking jobs are under severe threat as it emerged a Fiat takeover of Vauxhall could lead to the closure of either or both of its Luton and Merseyside factories... more
European car sales continued their year-long slide in March, with only government handouts avoiding a steeper fall - while plunging industrial output and record-low inflation figures show the economy is still shrinking... more
Bankers might be rubbish when it comes to saying the "s" word but it's good to know they are feeling some guilt, even if only about the car they are driving. The City's finest are either selling or mothballing their Ferraris and Porches for something a lot smaller. ... more
Scottish artist Simon Starling won last year's Turner Prize for a ramshackle shed which he turned into a boat. Then he tried the same trick on a battered old motor car.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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