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Rolls Royce bucks the downturn

[ad#ad-1] All we seem to have written about recently is the doom and gloom in the car industry. Bail-outs begged for, production shut-downs, low sales and lay-offs. But one manufacturer seems to be defying the odds, and has just posted record sales figures for the year.

One Lap of the Web: Porsche at Le Mans, F-150 reclaims the flag and Foose talks classic rods

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- We covered the 24 Hours of Le Mans top to bottom including every make and class, but if your preferred marque is Porsche you might enjoy the Porsche Purist's look at how cars from Stuttgart fared during the endurance classic, complete with photos, stats and results.

Mary Kay goes Mustang

Well-to-do Mary Kay ladies might be setting their sights on black Ford Mustangs in lieu of the brand's signature pink Cadillacs. The cosmetics company unveiled the Mustang as its newest incentive car at its annual seminar at the Dallas Convention Center. Mary Kay will still loan the famous Cadillacs to sales directors who sell in the top tier of $100,000 a year or more.