I recently picked up a 2005 Smart ForTwo CDi that was imported from Winnipeg, Canada. As far as I know, it's one of only a handful in the US, and here's why: it can't pass emissions and I purchased it with a state grant for myself and 5 other students to tinker with. Our goal is to meet EPA Tier 2 Bin 5 emissions for diesels (it'd take too long to explain what that means so I won't bother) and to achieve 70+ mpg on the EPA's urban drive cycle that they use to test all vehicles. I just got the car this past Monday and have already pretty much stripped it to the bone and put everything back together (with the exception of the engine since I don't have a service manual yet, which makes it difficult to put back together properly ). I also strapped it to the dyno tonight, but didn't get to make any runs because I had to update the software for the Mustang dyno at school which is a rather long process so I called it a night and will do dyno runs tomorrow. Even though it's got a turbo (the size of a mini-donut...) I'm not expecting any big numbers since the car is rated at 45 bhp and 61 ft-lb of torque new from the factory. I'll continue to update you guys as my group and I make progress!

Anyway, here are some pics I took of her tonight!







Strapped to the dyno:



The group (one guy was MIA tonight):

btw, I'm the guy in the Hard Rock Cafe shirt.







If anyone has any questions, I'll do the best I can to answer them.

-Alex

 

Europe streets are full or these cars. I have driven one, and it is the best for our narrow streets, but I think it's not a good idea to be sold in the USA.

 

Very cute 450

They are handy little buggers, I love our Smart (have the newer one, the 451, sold in the states at dealers).

Check out Smart Car of America forums, pretty good source for info and people on there with the gray market cars as well as the new ones.

 

Thanks! I'll definitely check out the SCoA forums.

 

in greece these are all over the place, great in the city

 

I would'nt mind driving on my self could save my self some money on Gas

 

Very nice smart car. Looks so awesome.