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Tiny Cars Finding New Homes in the U.S.

By Jack Speer

Published July 24, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

Retired attorney Henry Sailer, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area, gave up a minivan to drive the new Honda Fit.

Jack Speer

Jack Speer is a newscaster at NPR in Washington, DC. In this role he reports, writes, edits, and produces live hourly updates which air during NPR programming.

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