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"Shaun Bailey Associate Engineering Editor   It was probably the sublime combination of gravity and a Matchbox car that did me in. As an impressionable youth, I dreamed of a black &amp;#039;80s Pontiac Trans Am named KITT that could talk. When forced to do library research in elementary school, I was mesmerized by a Shelby Cobra\u2014dented and dirty but hustling hard around a corner. By junior high, my room was covered in torn magazine pages featuring the coolest rides\u2014a Miami Vice Ferrari Testarossa and 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach among them. Tastes matured with my first car, a thoroughly abused 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce. It taught me mechanical sympathy that necessitated learning to double-declutch, rev-match and why the simple, yet reliable Mazda Miata is a truly great car. I&amp;#039;ve since matured, or at least aged, but still think Ferris Bueller is cool. Photos: Cars We Love &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Shaun Bailey&amp;#039;s Picks ** Hover over an image below to expand:          Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder Porsche Boxster S 2012 Corvette ZR1 Shelby Cobra Mazda Miata       Back: Peter Egan&amp;#039;s Picks    Next: Calvin Kim&amp;#039;s Picks     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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