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Monza's pursuit of speed always gets my heart racing

09.09.11
Jake Humphrey: Very few places demonstrate passion for Formula One like Italy... more

Motoring: ECO evolution is at full throttle

08.07.11
Thinking of owning an eco car and reducing pollution? EcoVelocity festival is the event to develop a green conscience... more

Formula One owners reject sale claims

04.05.11
Private equity firm CVC echo the words of Bernie Ecclestone by insisting it wants to keep the sport... more

Fiat 'to value Ferrari at £4.4bn in flotation'

25.03.11
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

Car sales fall in January with stagnating European demand

16.02.11
Sales of new passenger cars in the European Union fell 1.4% year-on-year in January, according to industry association ACEA... more

The Inbetweeners go on lewd road trip

18.01.11
Stars of cult TV hit The Inbetweeners are to head out on rude road trip - to visit as many smuttily-named places as possible for Comic Relief... more

The catwalk goes driving

10.01.11
Citroën is to sell 500 cars branded by fashion icon Orla Kiely. Jasmine Gardner looks at the latest designer vehicles... more

The Agnellis unleashed

05.12.10
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

Strictly free of charge: Lord Mandelson's gifts revealed

18.11.10
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

My quest to become a MAMIL (Middle-aged Mum In Lycra)

15.09.10
How Jackie Annesley shed her underwear and a few pounds in training for a 280km charity cycle ride to Brussels... more

Poseidon adventure on the Greek island of Paxos

23.07.10
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

If a bed in the city’s too pricey, get a white van

02.07.10
MPs bedding down at work after losing second-home allowances might consider customising a vehicle instead... more

Fiat names Agnelli heir John Elkann as chairman

21.04.10
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

Now Fiat revs up for a bid tilt at Vauxhall and Opel

26.08.09
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

Futurism imperfect at Tate Modern

18.06.09
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

Could Chrysler marriage to Fiat be third time lucky?

15.06.09
Chrysler has in the past decade been the weakest partner in, not one, but two of the most disastrous merger failures in automotive history... more

Hope for Chrysler as Fiat pulls it out of bankruptcy

10.06.09
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 sale cleared as GM to file for bankruptcy

01.06.09
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 ... more

Opel talks stall after bidders are told to do homework

28.05.09
Talks to rescue General Motors’ European unit Opel lasted all night but had come to no resolution when they broke up this morning ... more

China may wheel out bid for Opel, Vauxhall

22.05.09
General Motors may get a fourth offer for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in Europe from a Chinese carmaker.... more

‘Cash for bangers’ under threat as firms pull out over VAT row

18.05.09
The Government’s “cash for bangers” car scrappage plan suffered a blow when three big manufacturers suspended the scheme... more

Watchdog delay that’s unfair on Resolution

06.05.09
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

Fiat boss ‘warns UK plants will close in Vauxhall takeover’

05.05.09
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

Questions raised over Chrysler

01.05.09
Fresh doubts were cast over the future of Chrysler despite Presidential hopes that it can recover from bankruptcy... more

European car sales slump

16.04.09
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

Slump runs London Motor Show off road

19.03.09
The 2010 International Motor Show in Docklands was cancelled as the recession claimed its latest high-profile victim... more

Join the coolest car club

10.02.09
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

Cinquecento is a miracle in Archway

27.08.08
Two Italians have opened a great-value restaurant in what was a gastronomic desert. Cinquecento is a neighbourhood dream.... more

Who do you think you are ... Schumacher?

31.07.08
A pedestrian has told how he was run over by Michael Schumacher as the former F1 champion drove a van through the Kent countryside... more

Artist transforms old Fiat into pile of cash

12.10.06
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


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