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"OK. What about you?" Shelby asked G. Richard Wagoner Jr. of General Motors. "I drove with a colleague. We split it up about 50/50. We drove down yesterday and I'm going to drive (back) myself Friday or Saturday," he answered. Riveting testimony with the future of the industry at stake. "Where'd you (stay)? What did you eat?" teased the committee chairman, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. For the record, Dodd drives a Ford Escape, but is considering buying a $35,000 Chevy Tahoe because he has two children. Shelby has driven from his million-dollar home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to work in Washington. In a Mercedes. "It's an old one. I've had it for years," Shelby said. Mercedez-Benz employs 4,000 people in the Tuscaloosa area.
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