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"Not to be weird, but I almost cried a few times assembling this issue, the first of our ground-up redesign. In my defense, these were near-tears of joy. When you think of car magazines, however, no one expects the giddiness of a cheerleader who was just handed the school spirit award. But after months of planning this issue and watching everyone&amp;#039;s work take shape, the anticipation of delivering it was powerful.  So, finally, here we are. Where is here? Glad you asked.  If you believe in something, then every so often, you have to reestablish what you stand for. We love, live, and breathe cars, but that means more than just sheetmetal, now more than ever. With this issue, we mark the beginning of a renewed enthusiasm\u2014for machines, for the places they take us, for the people we meet when we get there. We&amp;#039;re talking gasoline and rubber, the very good life that cars complete.  Winston Churchill once said that to improve is to change, words embraced by Road &amp;amp;amp; Track over its 66-year history. A lot of new faces joined when we relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan, a town fast becoming the nation&amp;#039;s center for automotive journalism (Car and Driver is within walking distance, and several other automotive titles are in the area). The one thing that binds us all, though, is a love of this magazine&amp;#039;s legacy. Over the past few months as we&amp;#039;ve leafed through back issues, what stood out was a commitment to cars with character and immersive, long-form stories. As we move forward, we&amp;#039;ll keep you up to date on all the new cars, but only the interesting ones will get significant space. And chiefly, we&amp;#039;ll steer clear of cynicism or snark\u2014we&amp;#039;re here because we love this stuff, and we assume you are, too. In short, our goal is to bring you a compelling collection of narratives from every corner of the enthusiast&amp;#039;s world. We&amp;#039;ll still measure the capabilities of the latest performance and luxury automobiles, but we&amp;#039;ll also be dialing into the thrills behind the wheel and the emotions that these fantastic machines elicit.  We&amp;#039;re fortunate to have a rich and broad palette from which to draw. We&amp;#039;re uniquely placed to contextualize the past, as we&amp;#039;ve done with Jim Clark&amp;#039;s amazing 1967 Lotus F1 car (page 46), and take stock of the present, but we&amp;#039;ll always keep one eye on the future. We&amp;#039;ll tackle issues that affect the automotive landscape, like Brett Berk&amp;#039;s feature on today&amp;#039;s nondriving teens (page 76), and bring you the thought-provoking and the unexpected. If we do our jobs right, we&amp;#039;ll surprise you with every issue.  Stories like that take time, so while the number of pages we produce in 12 months will increase, we&amp;#039;ll be sending you 10 issues per year. (We&amp;#039;ve extended the term for existing subscribers, so you&amp;#039;ll get all the issues you paid for.) RoadandTrack.com has also evolved, with an expansive daily diet of culture, news, and the occasional distraction. And we&amp;#039;ve enhanced the tablet versions as well.  Before I let the magazine do the talking, let me just say that all this stuff\u2014the cars, the writing, the racing, the life\u2014means a great deal to us. We&amp;#039;d love to hear your thoughts: letters@roadandtrack.com; or Twitter, via @LWRandT. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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