A dashboard figurine is a small statue, usually plastic or ceremaic and often painted, that attaches to the top of a vehicle’s instrument panel and serves as a sort of figurehead or mascot for the vehicle much as the carving of a mermaid or other nautical figure serves as the lucky charm for a ship. One of the most popular dashboard figurines is the dashboard Jesus. The main character of the film Cool Hand Luke refers to such a figure when he sings of his “little plastic Jesus”: Unfortunately, it seems that Luke butchered the song’s lyrics, the real ones to which are available here [1].