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- The 2019 Los Angeles auto show is open to the public through December 1.
- I made the trip to La La Land to check out all the cool new cars, trucks, concepts, and whatever else the show could throw my way.
- Highlights were the new Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Porsche Taycan EV.
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For the past few years, the Los Angeles auto show has struggled somewhat. It was an identity crisis, as the show flirted with electric cars, self-driving cars, and all things tech.
The 2019 installment was refreshing, then, because the show roared back with an embrace of luxury vehicles and some pretty thrilling electric performance cars.
LA has always been a car-mad town. Here's why the 2019 LA auto show has brought some of the divine madness back: