The Dec. issue is the annual Buying guide issue for the following year, <1944>-92; this issue is one of two published in Dec. and designated no. 13 within each vol., 1993-97. Buying guide for 1998- continues to come with subscription to Consumer reports, but no longer bears its volume and issue numbers./ Auto reports published in each monthly issue are also published separately in an annual publication called: New car yearbook.\\Current year on shelf, 2 years in storage.