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Europe's ubiquitous camper van base vehicle, the Fiat Ducato took a step toward camping future last year when it got an electric drive. Now it takes the next step as Fusion Processing uses it as a test bed for Level 4/5 autonomous driving.

There's something timelessly attractive about a roomy motorhome attached to a chassis as neatly as a van. Challenger presents one of the most striking and affordable versions yet. Its Combo gives road lifers more box with their Ducato camper van.

Vanlife Manufaktur aims to elevate the van life experience to a higher level. Its Concept Camper turns the cold, white walls of the Fiat Ducato into the type of warm, homey lodge-on-wheels any roadway adventurer will happily retire to each evening.

Through its years-long partnership with Waymo, Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has taken an active role in the development of self-driving technology, and is now expanding the scope of its efforts to include vehicles of a slightly larger footprint.

When people think of driving in winter weather, they don’t tend to think of Fiat. Yet the 500X has a lot of improvements for the 2020 model year that could change those notions. Snow, ice, and kids came together as we tested the car for ourselves.

2007 marked the 50th anniversary of the now iconic Nuova Fiat 500, and the release of a new flavor – the Fiat 500 city car. That was a combustion engine vehicle, but now Fiat has officially joined the e-mobility party with an all-electric 500.

Frank Stephenson has had a dream career in automotive design, bringing cars like BMW X5, Mini Cooper, McLaren P1– and now the Lilium flying car – to life.

The Fiat Ducato van is an absolute tour de force of camper conversion, accounting for roughly 75 percent of European motorhomes. And it'll soon be available as an electric. Fiat Professional's first all-electric vehicle will join a refreshed Ducato lineup for the 2020 model year.

The Italian city of Turin played host to a new and important Concours d'Elegance this week when the inaugural Parco Valentino Classic was run in conjunction with the fifth Parco Valentino Motor Show from June 19 to 23, 2019.

Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este has been held annually at the palatial 16th-century villa on Lake Como since 1929.​ As a setting for a celebration of automotive heritage, there could be no finer location, as the former royal residence is world-renowned for its terraced Renaissance gardens.​

Wingamm motorhomes and caravans are always head-turners, but one in particular will make you do a double-take. Smart and stylish, the new City Twins looks at first like a fairly standard Fiat Ducato camper van but is actually a custom-built fiberglass shell planted on a Ducato cab chassis.

The 2019 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance continued to grow in stature this year, but it was the symbiotic cluster of elite auctions that threw up the most interesting results. The collector car market is undergoing generational change, attracting a younger clientele driving prices below $500,000.