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Automatic parking will be available in the near future

Nissan has announced that its goal is to have affordable, autonomous cars on sale by 2020, but Volkswagen is staking its claim and touting its own driver assistance systems. Volkswagen calls its assistance systems “Vision Zero,” an...

The classic car market is showing 27% growth this year

It is nice to think that all of the buyers at the Pebble Beach or Goodwood car auctions are buying cars for hundred of thousands or millions of dollars and are driving them the way that there were designed to be driven. However, it does not take a...

Also races from NASCAR, MotoGP, ALMS and the IndyCar Series

It is another light weekend for international racing, but one race makes up for it - the return of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The FIA WEC has not had a race since the 24 Hours of Le Mans 10 weeks ago, and it is great to finally see the ...

The only other automaker doing this is Tesla

Nissan has become the second automaker to sell green car credits in California; the first was Tesla. California requires automakers to sell zero emissions vehicles within the state based on their share of the US market, but those that do not s...

The factory currently builds the Alfa Romeo MiTo

Fiat is meeting with its labor union to negotiate whether reduced hours at the Mirafiori factory in Turin will have reduced hours for another 12 months starting from the end of September. Fiat CEO Marchionne said in February that it may invest...

The Ghibli and Quattroporte are major successes.

Maserati's new Ghibli and Quattroporte are spurring sales better than they have been in years. From January to July, Maserati sold 17,000 cars, three times as many as it sold in the same period last year.  Maserati has been on a losin...

They get exterior and interior changes

Lancia is a dead brand walking at this point, but Fiat continues to give the cars small upgrades. For the 2014 model year, it is giving the Voyager and Delta some small upgrades. The 2014 Voyager gets the new Voyager S trim in January. It gets...

The winner will begin training for the next racing series immediately

The Nissan GT Academy began on Wednesday, September 4, at Silverstone with 42 gamers from 16 countries competing for a chance to race in the FIA GT3 Championship in 2014. This year, over 765,000 people in Europe alone raced to win the fifth se...

The 500, Freemont and Panda 4x4 all see some changes

Fiat does not have any new cars at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but it has new special edition of the Panda 4x4 and new trim level of the Freemont. The Fiat 500 gets a new engine, and the 500L gets two new engines. Panda The Fiat Panda 4x4 An...

There are also races from the Super GT, WTCC, NASCAR and Grand-Am

It is a really fun weekend for racing this weekend. Not only does Formula 1 head to the historic track at Monza this weekend, but there are races from NASCAR, Super GT and the World Touring Car Championship. Also, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Ser...