HANOVER, Germany -- A handful of people have seen the car of the near-future, and it looks suspiciously like a lunar land rover. Or a plane. Or a driverless vehicle. Take your choice. At auto shows ...

Car features have come a long way. Gone are the days when you needed a buddy system or flexible giraffe neck to help see enough to wedge into or out of tight spaces. Now, vehicles do the work for you ...

Imagine your ink-jet printer dispensing automotive-grade paint from the end of a paint-factory robot arm. You may have rolled your eyes slightly when if you saw the scores of Maybach logos on the hood ...