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Video: Followup: Infiniti M35h is world’s "fastest" hybrid

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Infiniti , Porsche , Luxury We don’t imagine that many new-car buyers are cross-shopping their local Infiniti and Porsche dealerships, but there’s at least one segment of the automotive industry where the two automakers both play ball: high-performance hybrid luxury sedans, which may be the single most conflicted niche of the automotive sphere in the known universe. In any case, here we are with the Infiniti M35h and Porsche Panamera S Hybrid . Each one is marketed as both a somewhat greener luxury vehicle and a performance sedan. We’d guess it’s the performance side of the equation that would be most interesting to the majority of buyers, leaving fuel efficiency a welcome bonus

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Confirmed: Racing Dreams documentary premiering on PBS in February [w/video]

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Filed under: Motorsports , Etc. , Videos Racing Dreams is an award-winning documentary that follows the racing exploits of three go-kart racing youths chasing an entry into the world of NASCAR. As we reported before, when Racing Dreams took the podium at the Tribeca Film Festival , Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson got behind this project as executive producer, and now this documentary is making its broadcast premiere on Thursday, February 23 at 9 PM on Public Television. The PBS documentary series POV (Point Of View) will also stream the movie on its website for a month following the debut.

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Report: Ford to pay bonuses and raises, GM and Chrysler decline to do same

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Filed under: Chrysler , Ford , Earnings/Financials , Canada Ford has announced that it will give both bonuses and merit-based raises to the company’s salaried workers in the United States and Canada for the first time since 2008, according to Reuters . On average, the manufacturer will offer a 2.7 percent salary increase based on individual performance. The company stopped offering the bonuses after the financial crisis of 2009 sent automotive sales into a plunge.

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Auctions: Barrett-Jackson 2012: 1947 Bentley Mark VI Franay sold at $2.5 million

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Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Bentley , Rolls-Royce Easily one of the most beautiful cars to roll down the auction block at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson event was this 1947 Bentley Mark VI. It’s hard to describe just what this Bentley’s coachwork looks like, so we suggest you check out the live photos we took of the machine as it was being auctioned. A few things we know for sure, though.

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Spy Shots: 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe caught undisguised ahead of Chicago debut

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , Budget , Hyundai , Design/Style Here it is, ladies and gents – the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe. The svelte new two-door will make its official debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show in just a few weeks, but our intrepid spy photographers managed to catch this completely uncovered prototype on the back of a flatbed truck. Not surprisingly, the new coupe relies heavily on the same Fluidic Sculpture design language of the award-winning sedan, though subtle tweaks have been made to give the two-door a bit more sporting flare. The foglight housings appear larger and more angular, giving the front end a slightly more aggressive appearance.

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Report: Ron Howard’s Rush caught filming at ‘Ring

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Filed under: Motorsports , Classics , Etc. , Videos , Celebrities Good motorsports films don’t come up terribly often, but now and again, we get lucky. In 2011, we were graced with the very fine Senna documentary , and it appears there’s another period Formula One racing piece that could be worth watching on the silver screen soon: Rush . We’ve known for some time that this project, which chronicles the 1976 F1 season-long battle between Austria’s Niki Lauda and Britain’s James Hunt, was in the cards, and we also knew that Ron Howard had signed on as producer

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