Another ROAD & TRACK Christmas card shows Santa Claus warming up for his annual around-the-world high speed run.

A gifted tin man and preternaturally skilled wrench turner, Santa seems to have borrowed heavily from the great Myron Stevens when crafting the three-piece bodywork of his wind-cheating streamliner. What’s under the hood only Heavens know. Our calls to the North Pole asking for technical data weren’t answered, so I figure a request for a road test is out of the question.

Well…At least now we know why the fragrance of our fir tree is gone every Christmas morning, overtaken by a stench that smells like overheated Wakefield Castrol motor oil.