No, not the political/racism meaning, but Tom McCahill of MI...the pioneer of car testers? We also knew him as "Uncle Tom". He not only tested cars, he amused with his use of metaphores.
Here's a piece on him:
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/tom-mccahill?irclickid=Rnhwz9QgGxyPUBwUSpyk1UidUkHwu21 8Exjrw80&irgwc=1
A teaser from the piece:
"McCahill was not afraid to use the pages of MI as a bully pulpit to advance the cause of the car. He rode American carmakers for their "Jello suspensions" that provided a soft ride, but which did little to help handling, and believed that better brakes and handling were keys to automotive safety. He tested foreign cars, too, praising their build quality while butting heads with Walter Reuther of the UAW over American cars' lack thereof. Yet McCahill also proposed that, in lieu of war reparations, car imports cease immediately and England and France instead receive boatloads of used American cars to stimulate the U.S. economy. He also claimed that the new 1960 Corvair he tested handled better than the '59 Porsche he tried previously."
I feel blessed to be of an age that allowed me to read him...