https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ferrari unveiled its new SF1000 car on Tuesday at a ceremony in Italy's motor racing heartland of Emilia-Romagna, ahead of the coming Formula One season. https://www.thelocal.it/20200212/in-photos-ferrari-unveils-new-car-for-2020-season Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:32:00 +0100 in-photos-ferrari-unveils-new-car-for-2020-season Six German tourists have been killed in Italy and eleven more injured after a suspected drink driver piled into their group at speed in Lutago on the Austrian border. https://www.thelocal.it/20200105/six-german-tourists-killed-by-drink-driver-in-italian-ski-resort Sun, 05 Jan 2020 09:10:45 +0100 six-german-tourists-killed-by-drink-driver-in-italian-ski-resort Lamborghini, the fabled Italian sports car manufacturer, on Monday unveiled its new Sports Utility Vehicle, accelerating into a fast growing market already crowded with upmarket rivals. https://www.thelocal.it/20171205/lamborghini-drives-into-crowded-suv-market Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:59:51 +0100 lamborghini-drives-into-crowded-suv-market It might make speeders think twice about trying to outrun Italy's traffic police: the force was presented on Thursday with a new Lamborghini Huracan https://www.thelocal.it/20170331/italian-police-get-new-superfast-lamborghini Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:21:00 +0200 italian-police-get-new-superfast-lamborghini Five tourists from Belgium, Italy and Peru were killed in a car crash at Bolivia's famous salt flats, the Salar de Uyuni, authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160801/italians-among-those-killed-at-bolivias-top-tourist-draw Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:02:07 +0200 italians-among-those-killed-at-bolivias-top-tourist-draw A pair of tourists created havoc in Venice earlier this week as they tried to drive their rented car along the Grand Canal. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/tourists-filmed-driving-car-along-venices-grand-canal Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:53:14 +0200 tourists-filmed-driving-car-along-venices-grand-canal A gigantic ice meteorite, weighing some 20KG, fell from the skies over Rome and landed on a parked Toyota Aygo on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20160727/20-kg-ice-meteorite-destroys-car-in-central-rome Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:13:59 +0200 20-kg-ice-meteorite-destroys-car-in-central-rome US authorities are investigating Fiat Chrysler's reporting of US sales, the auto giant said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160719/fiat-chrysler-faces-probe-on-us-car-sales Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:05:24 +0200 fiat-chrysler-faces-probe-on-us-car-sales Uber is in talks with Italian-American auto giant Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and others about potential driverless car alliances, a source close to the matter told AFP on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160608/fiat-chrysler-in-talks-with-uber-over-driverless-cars-report Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:44:14 +0200 fiat-chrysler-in-talks-with-uber-over-driverless-cars-report A Renault Twingo and two small trees have disappeared into a huge sinkhole in the central square of Afragola, a town near Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/video-huge-sinkhole-swallows-car-and-trees-in-italian-square Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:19:06 +0100 video-huge-sinkhole-swallows-car-and-trees-in-italian-square A 37-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed after being abandoned by her husband on a motorway in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:51:21 +0100 woman-killed-after-husband-abandons-her-on-italy-motorway A passionate affair between an Italian couple who were cheating on their spouses reached an embarrassing climax a few nights ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/car-catches-fire-amid-italian-couples-passionate-romp Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:55:27 +0100 car-catches-fire-amid-italian-couples-passionate-romp Italy’s Court of Cassation has ruled that playing music too loudly in your car is a crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20160229/playing-loud-music-in-your-car-is-a-crime-italys-top-court Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:32:25 +0100 playing-loud-music-in-your-car-is-a-crime-italys-top-court A 54-year-old man from Palermo committed a horrific suicide on Wednesday by setting himself on fire in his car at a busy fruit and vegetable market. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:59:24 +0100 unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market A rare Lamborghini Miura that appeared in the 1969 classic 'The Italian Job' has gone on sale in England, with offers of "over €1.42 million" already flooding in, the seller told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20151126/iconic-italian-job-car-seeks-new-owner Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:48:13 +0100 iconic-italian-job-car-seeks-new-owner Speaking on the phone while driving is perfectly acceptable if the call is an important one, a court in Perugia has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20151102/no-fine-for-urgent-call-while-driving-italy-court Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:08:53 +0100 no-fine-for-urgent-call-while-driving-italy-court A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:27:27 +0200 sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Just weeks after Mario Balotelli signed a “good behaviour” clause as part of his return to AC Milan, the footballer reportedly had his driving licence revoked after being caught speeding near his home in Brescia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150907/mario-balotell-has-licence-revoked-for-speeding Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:52:56 +0200 mario-balotell-has-licence-revoked-for-speeding The Isis jihadist group on Tuesday claimed a car bomb attack against an oil company co-owned by Italy's Eni in the Libyan capital that wounded one person. https://www.thelocal.it/20150901/libya-car-bomb-damages-office-of-italys-eni Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:27:38 +0200 libya-car-bomb-damages-office-of-italys-eni A satirical course on how to become an illegal street parking valet in Sicily has attracted more than 30,000 followers on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.it/20150821/sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:37:46 +0200 sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers