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<td><small>Each and every Saturday night, <a href="jmcelroy_bio.htm" target="main">John
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><img border="0" src="american_driver/ots/gm_concepts-2000.gif" align="left" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75"></span><a href="Transcripts/2000/118.htm#118-1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Coming
Soon?</span></a></strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><br>
</span></font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">If you’ve ever been to an
autoshow, than you
know, you’re bound to see lots of concept cars. And, while they’re very cool to look at, the truth of the
matter is, most of them will never see the light of day. But gm is about to change that trend.
In fact, gm executives say, 8 of them could very possibly be
built. Here’s a look at just a few of our favorites.</span><u1:p>
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</span><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><img border="0" src="american_driver/ots/ford_falcon_xr8.gif" align="left" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75"></span><a href="Transcripts/2000/118.htm#118-2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Big
Power Down Under</span></a></strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font color="#000000">The Ford Falcon XR8 is a car any
enthusiast would love to drive. No, it doesn’t have anything in common with the Ford
Falcon economy car that was sold in the ‘States in the 1960’s. This one looks
fast, is fast, and sounds great! The XR8 is a rear drive, high performance version of the
Falcon developed by Tickford. That’s a company in Australia that races Falcons and
provides Ford with performance parts...</font></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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</span><img border="0" src="american_driver/ots/artcars.gif" align="left" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><strong><a href="Transcripts/2000/118.htm#118-3">Art
On Wheels</a></strong><br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font color="#000000">Art cars is the name given to cars
where artists take an old junky car, scrounge whatever materials they have at hand, and
use their imaginations to come up with wild and wacky designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They have a real passion for the cars they create.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But unlike other car enthusiasts, they don’t
have a lot of money invested in their vehicles.</font></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><br>
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</span><img border="0" src="american_driver/ots/honda_insight.gif" align="left" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="75"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><strong><a href="Transcripts/2000/118.htm#118-4">Quite
Insightful!</a></strong><br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><font color="#000000">It comes in
a cute little aluminum frame…the rear wheels have darling little covers over
them…and sticking out of the roof?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A
teeny-weenie antenna that looks like it belongs on the top of a Teletubbie’s
head…or, at least, in a space age movie…those were some of the comments we got
while driving the Honda Insight!</font></span></td>
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