It is a trick question, counselor — and the record answers it.
Let me pull the chain before I opine.
The scene photographs show two parallel burn marks, equal in
length and equal in intensity
A0064 · L112–L118Fictional demo citation A0064, lines 112 through 118, source tire mark analysis..
Equal marks mean both rear wheels were driving. That requires a
limited-slip differential — positraction — and positraction was
not available on the defendants’ 1964 Buick Skylark
A0071 · L23Fictional demo citation A0071, line 23, source expert testimony..
Second link in the chain: the marks leave the road flat over a
curb cut — no fishtail, no hop. A solid-axle car cannot do that;
the left tire lifts and the mark breaks. Independent rear
suspension, or it did not happen
A0071 · L88–L96Fictional demo citation A0071, lines 88 through 96, source expert testimony..
Walk the co-occurrence, and in the mid-’60s GM built exactly
two cars carrying both: the Corvette — which no eyewitness
mistakes for a Skylark — and the 1963 Pontiac Tempest
A0112 · L14Fictional demo citation A0112, line 14, source GM drivetrain matrix..
Same body length, same convertible top, same metallic-mint green
in every witness photograph
A0130 · L7–L9Fictional demo citation A0130, lines 7 through 9, source witness photo index..
The chronicle does not say the defendants are sympathetic. The
chronicle says the car in the record is not their car. The
record holds.