I can't be the only one who, upon hearing that the Big Three auto company executives were going to drive to hearings in Washington, imagined them in a cartoon
Wacky Race.
Then, successively,
The Great Race. And
Smokey and the Bandit.
They all claimed to be driving hybrids, but they could be stylin' in
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth-style souped-up cars.
Maybe the most appropriate would be a
Death Race 2000 style competition.