---
type: Article
title: Toyota produce worlds first self parking car!
description: Toyota have put on sale the world's first self parking car. You drive alongside a parking space, stop and press a button - the car then manoeuvres itself into the space!
resource: https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-09-02-toyota-produce-worlds-first-self-parking-car/
tags: [Shorticles, Tech, News]
timestamp: 2003-09-02
---


Toyota have put on sale the Worlds first self parking car. You drive alongside a parking space, stop and press a button - the car then manouvers itself into the space! Fantastic! Full story over at [CNN](https://web.archive.org/web/20091201163729/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/09/01/toyota.prius.reut/index.html). Doesn't look much but then it will be mainly purchased for the wife, won't it... 

What happens in 10 years when the cars a bit old and starts to malfunction? I bet its not the sort of thing you can fix yourself.

 

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