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MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: I’m quite disappointed with this Infiniti. For all of its sporting pretensions, it felt slightly better than average–at best–to me.

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is a nice people mover but, man, $46,000 is a lot of loot. I kept wondering whilst I drove it: Since the Flex walks and talks pretty much like a minivan, why don’t I just save the coin and get a Dodge Grand Caravan?

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR CHERYL L. BLAHNIK: If you’re a car enthusiast, how can you not like this car? OK, well maybe I’m a little biased because ever since I was in high school, I wanted a BMW 3-series BMW.

Daimler is giving Smart more autonomy and has appointed Annette Winkler to lead the microcar brand. Winkler is the first woman to head a brand at the German automaker.

Porsche’s board approved production of the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car.

The new Jeep Grand Cherokee’s European debut will be delayed due to strong U.S. demand for the redesigned SUV.

Continental aims to capture as much as 13 percent of the global market for car-engine turbochargers within five years.

The UK government will commit £43 million ($66.73 million) over 18 months to subsidize the uptake of electric cars.

MUNICH (Reuters) — German ball bearings and clutch maker Schaeffler could begin at the end of next year a merger process with Continental AG, the auto parts supplier in which it controls just over 75 percent.