This car marks the return of the legendary Abarth Scorpion, a line of Fiat cars from the past that sport the Abarth logo featuring the Scorpion. Grande Punto Abarth will be Fiats answer to the Peugeot 207 GT 1.6T and the VW Polo GTI. The car will be launched at the Geneva Auto Show along with its rally version the Grande Punto Abarth S2000. The rally version will step into the 2007 Italian Rally Championship with Giandomenico Basso and navigator, Mitia Dotta.

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The folks over at WindingRoad have discovered that, the two houses Bertone and Fiat are now working closely on this new prototype of a Fiat Panda 100hp based roadster. However, the prototype is still unnamed. Not many details are available on this particular car but this 2 seater is sure to grab the people’s attention at the Geneva Auto Show.

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A new version of the Alfa 159 Sportwagon also makes its debut in Geneva, with a 2.4 JTDM 20v engine boosted to 210 bhp that delivers torque of 400 Nm at 1500 rpm. Alfa Romeo’s TI branding stands for Turismo Internazionale, which it gives only to the most prolifically equipped cars. This is where the folks over at Alfa Romeo take the most standard models and retrofit them with new mechanics and add new styles to bring them up to the TI Version-standards. And now they have introduced the TI-Version in the Alpha Romeo 159 (saloon and Sportwagon).

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It’s official, as of today I have lost all respect for Ferrari and it’s not because of a car but a cell phone. The Motorola's MotoRAZR Maxx V6 Ferrari Challenge cell phone to be precise. I really don’t even need to justify this as most of you would agree with me that the RAZR is not that impressive and please don’t tell me it comes with a 3G HSDPA which gives a three digit browsing speed because I really don’t care. All I know is that Ferrari went out and got a company to represent them in the mobile market (just because the folks over at Lamborghini did it) and they picked up one of the worst handsets to represent themselves as a brand ambassador!

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The Ferrari Aurea is car, which is the result of an aspiration to place a F1 DNA in a normal car. The folks over at Ferrari worked on this and the result is this stunning new design, which is now called the proper heir of the 360 Modena. Three Ferrari’s engineers worked on the design of this new car - Amedeo Visconti: coordinating and homologation rules supervisor, Luca Caldirola: external co-examiner who with engineer Stefano Carmassi (responsible for Enzo’s fluid dynamic) resolved the aerodynamics. The changes made to the “dressed” engine frame of the Modena were verified by a special calculating program (Straus) and compared with the original one.

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Scuderia Ferrari, thankfully not Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro as F1 has now quit smoking, introduced the new Ferrari codenamed 658 at the start of the new season. During this the folks over at Ferrari were careful not to release any rear images and not give out any tips on the aerodynamic design of the car. However, I doubt that most of you would even notice the difference in the new car spare a few F1 fanatics…but what is noticeable is that the car is Marlboro free!

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In this episode of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson takes Nick Manson’s Ferrari Enzo for a test drive round the track. Jeremy Clarkson is the show host on the car segment aired on BBC called the Top Gear. It’s a well known show among car enthusiast. Also refer to their episode on the Winter Olympics Ski Slash Car Jumping Champio! In which they launched a Mini mounted with rockets off a ski jump!
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After partnerships with Ford motors, Peugeot and a Turkish and Russian automaker Fiat has now tied up with Tata motors in India. The announcement came on December 14 as the two company’s plan to invest more than $887 million over the next two-to-four years in making cars, engines and transmission was unveiled. These units will be made at the Fiat plant in Ranjangaon in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Fiat is not too please with the copycat version that the Chinese car company “Great Wall” has presented called the “Peri”. The Peri was presented at the Bologna Motor Show. Fiat claims that the Peri is a virtual copy of the Fiat Panda and is threatening legal action against the Chinese company. The Chinese model is expected to be marketed in Europe by mid 2007.

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Ferrari shot down rumors that a new Ferrari priced below $ 170,000 F430 coupe was in the works. Speaking at the Los Angeles auto show General Manager Amedeo Felisa directly addressed recent rumors in the automotive press about a new Dino. Yet just this week a number of magazines have published what they claim are "exclusive" illustrations of how the 2010 Ferrari 420 Dino will look. Created by artist Poblete, the images have appeared in multiple auto magazines, including AutoExpress and Winding Road.

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Derived from the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, the 8C Spider is purely and essentially a thoroughbred sports car in the traditional Alfa Romeo spirit; it offers sophisticated engineering, a sporty yet elegant shape, and strictly two-seat accommodation. This car is truly beautiful and a must have for any sports car enthusiast collection. The production version of the Alfa Romeo 8C was unveiled at a recent show in Paris. It goes on sale late next year for about $200,000 and as few as 500 units maybe built between the late 2007 and the early 2009. Approximately 100 of these cars will be exported to North America.

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Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson is the first person to get hold of an ignition key to Fiat Auto’s new Panda 100HP as it made its UK public debut at MPH ’06 in London’s Earls Court this week. Elle who currently drives a Panda 4x4 is a true Fiat fan. Panda 100HP is an entirely new sporty addition to the Fiat Panda family, featuring a 1.4 litre 16v FIRE engine tuned to develop 100 bhp at 6000 rpm, and 97 lb.ft of torque at 4250 rpm, driving through a six speed manual gearbox. The Panda 100hp zooms from 0 to 62 mph in under 9.5 seconds with a maximum speed of 115 mph and still delivers 43.4 mpg.

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