SELF-INDULGENT TOOLS, SERIAL INCOMPETENCE, MOTORIZED PEACOCKING AND A DISMAL PREDICTION ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. TRANSLATION? IT’S A GIANT BOWL OF NOT GOOD.

Editor’s Note: This week, we mark TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS of Autoextremist with Peter’s sobering (and flat-out dispiriting) discussion of the business today. In On The Table, we feature the reveal of the GMC Hummer X Concept, which took place during the official opening of GM’s new advanced design studio in Pasadena, California. And we’re re-running Peter’s take on the Ferrari Luce EV, the abysmal effort from Ferrari. We’re also re-running our video featuring a memorable conversation with Jim Hall on the American Inventors Interview Series. And our AE Song of the Week is “Badge” by Cream. In Fumes, Peter presents the next chapter of his series, “The Great Races,” as we return to Riverside International Raceway for the Rex Mays 300 on November 26, 1967. The race for USAC Indy cars was dominated by Dan Gurney in his beautiful AAR Eagle/Ford, against an all-star field of drivers. Dan considered this race to be one of his all-tim …

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