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  • #1

    Smart Car

    I paid $99 to reserve a smart car when they arrive in the US market in 2008. This does not mean I am definately going to buy the car, but I am leaning toward it.

    I'll probably get made fun of if I buy it as it is a realy small car - the likes of which have never been seen in the USA.
    Anyway, it definately has nice lines, is under 14k and best of all, it can get up to 60 miles/gallon (great for my long work commute). Soon everyone will be driving these things...maybe I'll be a trend-setter.

    Here's a picture...tell me what you think and try not to laugh too much

    Last edited by crusader1492; 01-16-2008, 08:01 PM.
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    Re: Smart Car

    I think they will be a hit in the big and super dense metropolitan areas like New York and San Francisco. In Los Angeles, I don't expect to see too many of them right away but $5/gallon of gas will do wonders to change people's opinions of cars.

    I am surprised it took them so long to start to show up in the US ... I remember seeing a bunch of them on the streets of Paris even 8 years ago.
    this post = teh win.

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    • #3
      Re: Smart Car

      If $5/gallon is the threshhold, we may be seeing a lot more of these cars on the road very soon.

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      • #4
        Re: Smart Car

        i hope the smart car dies a slow and horrible death its a piece of crap not worth buying its like the same as mini and we know how crap that thing is

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        • #5
          Re: Smart Car

          How is the smart the same as Mini? Mini is owned by BMW while Smart is part of Daimler Benz ... smart has a 1L 3 cylinder engine while the mini has a 1.6L 4 cylinder engine. How can you even begin to say they are the same? The smart is meant to be a glorified golf cart so I don't know what you mean by "piece of crap" ... will it win any race? Probably not. Will it go offroad or haul a trailer? Again probably not. But that's not what it's designed for

          The problem I think is that it might be a bit too late for the Smart to start in the US. From what I have read, Toyota is claiming the next version of Prius that's coming out in a couple years could get over 90+ MPG and that's not as a plug-in electric! If those claims are true, I really don't see a 60MPG smart car making any dent in the ultra-low consumption commuter market in the US.
          Last edited by Sip; 01-19-2008, 03:12 AM.
          this post = teh win.

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          • #6
            Re: Smart Car

            After doing more research, I found out that the Smart car has been refited to bring it up to US standards and due to that, it only gets 33 - 41 mph.
            This is good, but certainly not stellar...I'm disappointed.

            BTW the Smart car is faster than a Ferrari

            Ferrari vs Smart car
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5S1NAMnYKM
            Ferrari vs Smart car...Who will win???

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            • #7
              Re: Smart Car

              Originally posted by Sip View Post
              How is the smart the same as Mini? Mini is owned by BMW while Smart is part of Daimler Benz ... smart has a 1L 3 cylinder engine while the mini has a 1.6L 4 cylinder engine. How can you even begin to say they are the same? The smart is meant to be a glorified golf cart so I don't know what you mean by "piece of crap" ... will it win any race? Probably not. Will it go offroad or haul a trailer? Again probably not. But that's not what it's designed for

              The problem I think is that it might be a bit too late for the Smart to start in the US. From what I have read, Toyota is claiming the next version of Prius that's coming out in a couple years could get over 90+ MPG and that's not as a plug-in electric! If those claims are true, I really don't see a 60MPG smart car making any dent in the ultra-low consumption commuter market in the US.
              no i mean no one likes them and they look like a piece of crap not literally just they are horrible looking cars and so are minis i would never want to be seen in one of them

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              • #8
                Re: Smart Car

                Smart car as you call it, is a potential hazard on roads in the U.S. Once you would have an accident with another mini van, SUV, sedan, let alone a truck or a bus; and you are a potential gonner. Are you kidding? 50, 60 or 70 miles an hour driving on US highways, as it is it's very dangerous to have an accident, I can't imagine how much more dangerous this smart car can be?

                Nooooooooo smart car! Don't get it!

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                • #9
                  Re: Smart Car

                  Originally posted by Anoush View Post
                  Smart car as you call it, is a potential hazard on roads in the U.S. Once you would have an accident with another mini van, SUV, sedan, let alone a truck or a bus; and you are a potential gonner. Are you kidding? 50, 60 or 70 miles an hour driving on US highways, as it is it's very dangerous to have an accident, I can't imagine how much more dangerous this smart car can be?

                  Nooooooooo smart car! Don't get it!
                  Actually I didn't...I bought a Toyota Prius.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Smart Car

                    Originally posted by crusader1492 View Post
                    Actually I didn't...I bought a Toyota Prius.
                    A good choice.

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