Once you have maxed a stage in your car upgrade, you have the option to take your upgrade up to Stage 2, and then Stage 3 by fusing 3 cars with your own.
Fusing requires you to have 3 Cars of equal or one less rarity to fuse with (a good way to make use of those Cars you don't want!), for example you have a Rare Card which means you can Fuse with other Rares as well as Uncommon Cards.
Here's a list of how to know which card is what rarity:
Colour Grey = Common (F)
Colour Green = Uncommon (E)
Colour Blue = Rare (D)
Colour Yellow = Super Rare (C)
Colour Red = Ultra Rare (B)
Colour Purple = Epic (A)
Colour Gold = Legendary (S)