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Who's Where: Frank Stephenson to move to Fiat

Frank Stephenson, Director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design and Development, is to move to Fiat to become Head of the Fiat, Lancia and Commercial Vehicle Styling Centre, based in Turin. Fiat Auto has seen a number of senior management changes within the last week, as part of an overall restructuring of the group. These include the appointment of Karl Heinz Kalbfell, Chief Operating Officer of Alfa Romeo, who is to become Chief Executive Officer of Maserati and replace Martin Leach who is now leaving the Company.

Jaguar XFR with supercharged V8 at the Detroit auto show

Jaguar is expanding the XF range for the 2010 model year with the addition of the high-performance XFR which has been unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show Lurking under the hood is a supercharged version of Jaguar's new 5.0-liter direct-injection V8. For the XFR, this engine is rated at 510 hp and 461 pounds-feet of torque. That power is routed through a six-speed automatic transmission.

Police BMW crashes into £200k Ferrari on London street

Surely the whole point of owning a bright yellow Ferrari 458 Spider supercar is to get yourself noticed. Well, it didn’t work in this instance. The owner of this £200,000, 198mph roadster will be on the receiving end of a substantial repair bill courtesy of Her Majesty’s Metropolitan police.