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One More in the Books

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In one of the eternal mysteries of the publishing world, this, the April 2020 issue, is actually in production at the end of December 2019. You’ll forgive me, therefore, for this retrospective look back at 2019 as the calendar year winds down.

As always, this memorial is a tale full of ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies—well, as much tragedy as one can experience when writing about cars, which isn’t that bad, relatively speaking. Let’s start with the fun stuff. One the

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