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"         This month&amp;#039;s cover story focuses on the \u2014 cars we enjoy driving simply for fun. The story concept sprang from the fertile mind of Senior Editor Kim Wolfkill, who put the parameters together and shepherded everyone through the process. His idea was to examine those cars that we all get into and say, &amp;quot;Wow, that was sure fun to drive!&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s a surprising array of cars at a variety of real-world prices, just so we don&amp;#039;t go overboard on all the ultra-exotic cars that cost more than a house. And we found that there is an awful lot of fun to be had in some cars that are quite reasonably priced, including some that don&amp;#039;t have huge horsepower.   As we started down this road, our in-house photographer Marc Urbano was given the challenge of capturing the excitement aspect of each car through the lens of a camera. In his usual way, Marc quietly went to work on the project, and pulled out all the stops (forgive the pun) to come up with the best possible graphic presentation of each of the 12 cars.   Another in-house photographer, Jay K. McNally, is quickly becoming our staff videographer, and he&amp;#039;s doing an outstanding job. Like Marc, Jay has been working hard to film and produce exciting video clips for each of the 12 cars \u2014 be sure to .   Throughout the photo process, a variety of people pitched in to make this work, with jury-rigged photo mounts, late-night shoots, creative ideas of locations and backgrounds, you name it.   It occurred to me this morning, while I was hand-washing a that I had enjoyed over the weekend, that having fun with cars is what keeps all of us showing up for work each day at Road &amp;amp;amp; Track. Sure, we all love the driving of the cars, as that is the big part of our job. Beyond that, we also enjoy the culture that goes with it, the freedom of personal transportation, the thrill of trying out new technology and the new features that automakers keep coming up with. Not to mention the ongoing horsepower war among some of the carmakers, which provides us with even more fun cars to test and drive.   Beyond that, there are the photo shoots in beautiful settings, the opportunities to wring out performance cars on test tracks, and the camaraderie of comparison tests. And we always get to meet a lot of interesting people who are also car enthusiasts.   So, that&amp;#039;s why we came up with the Fun Factor cover story \u2014 it&amp;#039;s our way to share with you our thinking about why some cars are great for transportation, some provide welcome utility, and others just light our fires. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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