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Best of the New York Auto Show: 5 Cars We’re Excited About

Social media editors are tasked with knowing what’s hot. So, we asked Billy Rehbock to take us around the 2019 New York Auto Show and point out the cars that excited him most—from an all-electric VW dune-buggy to the ripsnorting Porsche Speedster.

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