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I can't speak to this particular magazine but car magazine staffs are under INTENSE pressure to put every issue together as CHEAPLY as possible. I think Frieburger even wrote about it a few years ago in his Hot Rod column. Numerous different magazines have been sucked-up into large corporate publishing conglomerates and their only concern is making a buck as cheaply as possible. If a magazine sucks it's probably because their budget sucks. If it's filled-up with ads and only a few car features well that's just business. The die-hard staffers with real pride in what they do, like Frieburger and Magnante and Pat Ganahl (and guys like the late Gray Baskerville), bust their asses for us for not much pay. No million-dollar bonuses for these guys.