I saw the Smart cars at the SF auto show.

Boy was i surprised to find out they are made in France.

I assume its 3 cylinder engine is from Renault or Peugeot?

 

the car is sold by Mercedes so probably better in that section...I have a friend who has one he uses to tool around the Monterey Peninsula with...he also owns a DB-9 and loves the smart car...

 

Actually I was joking.

It is a neat car and to think M-B thought it would ruin their image here! They thought the car would degrade their sales!!! Surprise they did that to themselves.

Penske pre-sold almost 40,000 of them.

Have you seen the convertible? It's wild!

I think I'll buy one.

 

a guy around the corner from me is an artsy fartsy guy and was putting some special graphics on a convertible...I sat in it and it was cool...wouldn't mine having one at all...just have to dodge all the suv missles coming your way...

 

Will not belong when those are just useless relics.

Gas prices will climb again as soon as GM and Ford have dumped all those useless SUV's on the unsuspecting public.

Then we'll be bck to $4/gallon and they will dry up again fast.

 

as conspiracy theories go..that one is pretty good...

rep to you!

 

I've got a Smart ForTwo CDi which was imported from Canada for my senior design project. My group and I are making the 800cc turbodiesel engine EPA emissions compliant and building in a hybrid drivetrain this year. After driving it around my campus, I'd like to think that "CDi" stands for "Chicks Dig it"

 

far from a conspiracy theory!

 

I got to put around 25 miles on one. Yeck.

 

The smart car is great ! I like the Mini Cooper S