Ah, the internet - it's probably one of the best inventions of this century. It has revolutionized the way people communicate; get information, do business as well as entertainment, and yes, shopping too. And this of course, has not escaped our automakers.

In honor of Brett Smrz, a professional driver of the #29 Autism Speaks / Team MER Mazda MX-5 in the Sirius Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Championship, Pinnacle Mazda will have a raffle to raise money for Autism Speaks, an organization with an advocacy to raise awareness and fund research pertaining to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a complex brain disorder that affects 1 out of 150 people. The young driver recently lost his left leg below the knee because of intensive trauma in a sports accident.

AutoblogGreen writers recently got the chance to hear the Chief of Mazda's US design team, Franz von Holzhausen, give an insight into the style and design culture at Mazda. Though the name sounds like a European stylist, Holzhausen was born in Simsbury, Connecticut and is now based in California.

At Cleveland Car Course, 4 series were held: Cooper Tires presented The Champ Car Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda; Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear; BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda; and the SCCA Pro Racing SIRIUS Satellite Radio Mazda MX-5 Cup.

Aside from good sales of automotive Mazda parts, the car company had multiple professional series this past weekend at the Grand Prix of Cleveland. Honda has reported recently a double-digit increase in global automotive production for May. Its other Japanese automaker rivals namely Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Motors have also posted output gains. Unfortunately, Mazda's worldwide output plunge by 2.1 percent.

Mazda Motor Corporation the producer of top-of-the-line OEM Mazda parts has announced recently that they will employ changes that will affect the organization and the personnel. The changes will take effect on June 26, 2007.

Mazda MX-5 famous around the world as a lightweight, open top, two seat sports car has recently set a new record as total production of the roadster reaches 800,000 units. This important milestone was reached within the span of seventeen years and nine months right after the first production of the MX-5 started way back in April of 1989. The Roadster was certified as the world's top selling lightweight, open-top, two seat sports car by the Guinness World Records of United Kingdom in the year 2000 when Mazda reached 531,890 units of produced MX-5.

Lexus, the luxury car division of Toyota Motor Corp., presents the Lexus LS 600hL as the world's first V8 all-wheel-drive hybrid. It is also the Lexus that is capable of parking itself, apart from having the performance comparable to a sport sedan.

In the recent findings of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, American vehicles are heavier by 125 pounds from 1968 until 2001. According to the NHTSA, the figure was only their estimate as automakers are further adding safety equipment in their vehicles.

Lexus, the luxury car division of Toyota Motor Corp., has introduced a technology that allows a car to reverse park by itself. The Lexus vehicle equipped with the technology has been set on sale in Australia at an expensive price of $200,000.