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Marvelous Toy; Lotus revives the Exige to reward America's interest.
Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
"It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped and whirrr when it stood still....'' In Tom Paxton's The Marvelous Toy, the folk singer delights in a gift, although he "never knew quite what it was, and I guess I never will.'' Well, Tom, we've just been playing in a sandbox called Virginia International Raceway and we may have your answer. The lightweight Lotus Exige zips, bops and whirrrs like a marvel.
Paxton's song for children has no direct holiday connection, but gets a lot of radio airplay this time of year. Lotus fans can certainly relate to sugarplum visions. Disappointment landed here like a lump of coal when the ...
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