You probably never noticed, but a lot of the power-pitching Machiavellis in the auto biz have not necessarily been persons you?d invite into your home. If you had wanted to discuss politics with, say, Enzo Ferrari, you?d best be carrying pepper spray. Alejandro de Tomaso would steal your wife?s underwear and maybe two ashtrays. Carroll Shelby was always about 19 inches from the flaming-hot door of a federal district court. Henry the Deuce once ate a bag of puppies. John DeLorean, studying 59 pounds of cocaine, famously uttered, ?Good as gold!? And I?m not even going to say a word about former supercar builders Jerry Wiegert and Warren Mosler, because I?m afraid of them. READ MORE ??
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