Fiat Chrysler will join an alliance led by BMW to develop self-driving cars, intensifying a race by carmakers and technology companies to develop ‘robotaxis’ which can be called up via smartphone and paid for by the minute.

Ferrari is considering adding a roomy four-seat “utility vehicle” as part of a major expansion push beyond its traditional supercar niche in a bid to double profit by 2022, sources said.

The US government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some diesel pick-up trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.

Lewis Hamilton extended his dominance of the Italian Grand Prix into a third successive year by claiming an emphatic pole position ahead of his championship rival Nico Rosberg.

As Germany tries to exert more authority over the widening car industry emissions’ scandal that began in the country, it is finding not all car makers are so keen to co-operate.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chief Sergio Marchionne reportedly said last weekend that seeking a merger with General Motors was a “high priority” and such a deal would also be the best strategic option for the Detroit rival.

A Ferrari for the rich playboy, rather than the filthy rich playboy. That was the raison d’etre of the Dino badge, when Ferrari rolled it out in 1967.

Nothing moves faster than a Ferrari, right?

Ferrari’s customers will this week be able to test-drive a 1,050-horsepower hybrid prototype car being unveiled at its annual celebration of the end of the global auto-racing season.

Marco Mattiacci has been axed as Ferrari team principal.

Fiat Chrysler has announced plans to spin-off sports car maker Ferrari into a separate company.

Fernando Alonso will leave Ferrari at the end of the current Formula One season, according to the Italian team’s recently-departed president Luca Di Montezemolo.

While rivals roll out new models and concept cars, Fiat has little to show at the Paris auto show besides another variant of its retro-styled 500 compact car, in what is starting to look like a worrying trend for its namesake brand.

Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo will step down next month and Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is set to take on the role.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari, is quitting to be replaced by the boss of parent group Fiat after the two men clashed over strategy and the Formula One team’s poor results.

US vice president Joe Biden says the US government’s wager on the motor industry has paid off.

Fiat’s €3.18bn deal to gain full control of Chrysler Group sent its shares to a near two-and-a-half-year high yesterday, despite doubts over whether the Italian carmaker could use the merger to cut losses in Europe.

General Motors vice chairman Steve Girsky said the company will not sell Opel, its struggling European brand.

Washington: Fiat will pay $500 million (€346.7m) for the US government’s remaining 6% stake in Chrysler, ending the Treasury’s involvement in the car firm as Fiat moves to consolidate control.

Italy’s Fiat is the new owner of the bulk of Chrysler’s assets, closing a deal today that saves the troubled US carmaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat’s chief executive officer.

Vauxhall and Opel are to be taken over by Canadian car parts company Magna, industry sources said tonight.

Fiat will not attend today talks with the German government about its offer for Opel, blaming Berlin’s “unreasonable” funding demands.

Fiat is buying the luxury Maserati sports car brand from Ferrari – a company in which it already has a majority stake.