The Week contest: UFO car

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"
Steve Menzel, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
SECOND PLACE: "Ford UFOcus"
John R. Bregoli, Braintree, Massachusetts
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THIRD PLACE: "Honda Space Odyssey"
Christine Mack, Sayre, Pennsylvania
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Mitsubishi Way-Outlander"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"ET Cruiser"
Nijolė Etzwiler, Baraboo, Wisconsin
"The Infiniti Beyond"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"The Aston Martian"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Marserati"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"Tesla X-Files"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"Acura 51"
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
"The Alfa (Romeo) Centauri"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"The Carship Enterprise"
Bill Lueders, Madison, Wisconsin
"Volkswagen Jetson"
Becky Langford, Loveland, Colorado
"Rolls Roswell"
Doug Lindberg, Bradenton, Florida
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