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Feds: Backup cameras in all new cars by 2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation today finalized a set of federal standards for rear visibility that will require all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds to have backup cameras by mid-2018. Congress called for the rules in 2008 after a spate of accidents in which parents driving cars or trucks backed over their young children, killing them.

Nissan 370Z Roadster hits UK

The Nissan 370Z Roadster finally hits the UK It’s been nine months since Nissan launched the 370X Roadster from a tent in New York and, despite the promise that the 370Z Roadster would hit UK shores in September last year, it still hasn’t. But it’s close as Nissan have finally announced that orders for the 370Z Roadster are now being taken and the first UK cars will arrive in March. Only a year after the launch.

Seat names its new Exeo flagship

By Ben Whitworth Motor Industry 23 June 2008 14:34 Seat's new Mondeo rival – due for a 2009 debut – will be called Exeo. Pronounced ‘ex-ay-oh’ (derived from the Latin exire, meaning ‘to go beyond’ and breaking away from Seat’s city-based nomenclature) the new saloon and estate will rely heavily on the underpinnings of the previous generation Audi A4. It will be the first time that the Spanish carmaker will have a model for Leon and Altea drivers looking for something larger and more aspirational.