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Film Friday: 'Styling and the Experimental Car' takes us from Da Vinci to the Ford Mustang

Last time we popped into the Ford Design Studios, it was the late 1960s and everyone was strung out on black turtlenecks and jazz flute. We're traveling a few years further back in time today, but Ford Design Studios remains our destination. "Styling and the Experimental Car," released in 1964, doesn't start off like a modern promo piece might.

Buy an Infiniti FX – win a Red Bull Racing Factory Tour

Infiniti FX - win a Bull Racing Factory Tour To celebrate the Red Bull F1 success in 2011, Infiniti are offering buyers of the Infiniti FX the chance to win a tour of the Red Bull Racing Factory in Milton Keynes. As competitions go, the prize is half decent – a tour of the Red Bull Racing Factory in Milton Keynes. But the entry requirement is quite steep – you have to stump up for a new Infiniti FX.

Toyota charity puts boots on the ground in Detroit

For the second year in a row, Toyota has chosen to celebrate the opening of the Detroit auto show with a philanthropic gesture. In order to help homeless women and children in the Detroit area, Toyota's “Walk in my Boots” community project will partner with Moosejaw, a Michigan-based outdoor retailer, to donate new boots to residents of The Salvation Army Denby Center for Children and Family Services in Detroit. Toyota will also be providing a luncheon buffet for the residents when they deliver the boots and donating $10,000 to the facility to help with operations' costs.