The new Mazda 2, also badged as the Mazda Demio, has shed its conservative image. The supermini's new look is sleeker and sportier. Mazda is targeting its M2 at younger, image-conscious buyers looking to make a self-confident appearance. And here the Japanese model definitely delivers.Its striking radiator grille and sharp headlights are similar to those used in the Mazda 3 and Mazda 6, and have already received a warm reception. We put the 66 kilowatt, gas-powered M2 through its paces.

It looked like something from a 1930s science fiction series: the 1937 Tatra T87 was the avant garde of automotive design. Even with an output of just 75 horsepower, the aerodynamic T87 still reached tops speeds close to 150 kilometers per hour. Spats over the rear wheels and the long, sloping rear were an early attempt at streamlining.The striking fin down the back helped to stabilize the car at high speeds. Tatra collector Ulrich Platzek found his personal T87 not far from the old Tatra plant in the Czech Republic. Drive it! takes a closer look at this fanciful vintage Tatra.

The driver simply drops off a car at a parking garage and goes shopping or straight to an appointment, while the vehicle locates a parking spot all by itself. And more than that: if the garage has charging stations, the car can even hook itself up, recharge its batteries and then park itself afterward, making the station available to other cars - all automatically.Self-parking cars pose no danger to other drivers or pedestrians: cameras, ultrasound sensors and emergency braking systems already developed for conventional models have been adapted for use in the V-Charge project. We look at the self-charging car and the charging station with its robot arm at work.