FUEL FOR THE MOTORING LIFESTYLE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 | WINTER 2009 perfezione! Thehe irresistible lure of Alfa Romeo Permit #4523 Permit Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee, PAID Mr. AMeliA islAnd: Bill WArner STAGE PO . S U. PRSRT STD PRSRT PAris viA rétroMoBile + stAte-By-stAte eMissions lAWs Publisher’s letter A W ord froM Mc keel EDITORIAL STAFF Executive Publisher MCKEEL HAGERTY Associate Publisher JONATHAN A. STEIN Publishing Consultant ROB SASS Executive Editor JERRY BURTON Managing Editor LORI BREMERKAMP Art Director/Designer TODD KRAEMER Copy Editor SHEILA WALSH DETTLOFF Art Production Manager JOE FERRARO Rather than worrying Production Artist ROBIN COKER about the economy’s Creative Director LAURA ROGERS impact on the hobby, Editorial Director DAN GRANTHAM enthusiasts are PUBLISHING STAFF enjoying what they Managing Director JEREMY MORRIS have by hitting the Director of Publishing ANGELO ACORD Publication Manager DANIELLE POISSANT open road. McKeel Project Manager SCOTT STANISLAV Hagerty shown driving Account Coordinator NIK ARINI an Aston Martin DB3S. Production Manager KATHY COSGRO CONTRIBUTORS CARL BOMSTEAD, RORY CARROLL, KEN GROSS, DAVE KINNEY, DONALD OSBORNE, REX ROY, DON SHERMAN BLAIR BUNTING ADVERTISING STAFF National Sales Manager East Coast Sales Office TOM KREMPEL, 586-558-4502
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[email protected] ABOUT THIS TIME last year, the specter of high gas prices and the financial meltdowns on Wall Street and Main Street caused us all to wonder where the car hobby was headed (some feared off a cliff). West Coast Sales Office MELISSA AUSTIN, 818-225-0466 Much angst arose around the prospect of a collector car price collapse as well as concern about
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