This week's question: An Indiana mechanic who remodeled his car to look like a flying saucer was recently stopped by bemused police on his way to a UFO festival in Roswell, N.M. If a major car manufacturer were to design a similarly out-of-this-world vehicle, what name should it give the auto?
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THE WINNER: "Pontiac GT3PO"
SECOND PLACE: "Ford UFOcus"
THIRD PLACE: "Honda Space Odyssey"
Christine Mack, Sayre, Pennsylvania
"Mitsubishi Way-Outlander"
"ET Cruiser"
Nijolė Etzwiler, Baraboo, Wisconsin
"The Infiniti Beyond"
"The Aston Martian"
"Tesla X-Files"
"Acura 51"
"The Carship Enterprise"
"Volkswagen Jetson"
"Rolls Roswell"
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