Today at High Gear Media: 2011 Charger, Lincoln and L.A. Show

Today at High Gear Media: 2011 Charger, Lincoln and L.A. Show

They’re here: the first official photos of the 2011 Dodge Charger, albeit smaller and lower-resolution quality than we’d like. [MotorAuthority] Congratulate the 2011 Kia Optima: it’s the first non-luxury car to score a 9.0 or above on TheCarConnection’s ratings scale. [TheCarConnection] If you’re waiting on a brand-new Lincoln Continental, don’t…

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Wittmer, Cunningham and Stout end World Challenge season with wins:

Montreal’s Kuno Wittmer grabbed a season-ending World Challenge GT victory during the Toyo Tires Utah Grand Prix presented by Bondurant at Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday. Peter Cunningham of Milwaukee, Wis., and Robert Stout of Brownsburg, Ind.

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Weekend Track Guy [Top Car Blogger]

# topcarblogger I’m a weekend track guy. I know there are many more of you out there, spending the occasional night in a hotel for a few hours on the track. Maybe I’m better described as an occasional track-day-guy, but who’s counting? More »

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BMW Brings Rolls Royce’s Ghost Back From the Dead

Ian Robertson, a member of BMW’s board of trustees and chairman of Rolls-Royce, is pleased with how the Ghost turned out. “What we didn’t want to do was have anyone say that this Rolls-Royce was just a rebadged BMW in a different form,” he says. “This is one of the greatest brands the world has ever seen, and it deserves to have its own personality and style.”

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