WAs tooling around North Miami when this 3 cylinder Smart car shoots past me so I downshift to catch up and and we meet at the redlight--the 3 banger sound like my VW TDI(on steroids ) in an Echo Chamber--weird sound but as the light turned green he was "out of there" pretty good Zip for a little car with a small motor. It looked like it had "Diplomatic License plates" in back. Last I knew a auto dealer was going to sell them in Ft. Lauderdale but was working out the DOT Mods-so it was a real surprise to see this one today. And they do manuveur in Traffic. At 70 mpg, maybe it will be your next diesel.

They are pretty cool cars. Wouldn't want to be in a wreck while driving though. I was in Italy in Spring of 2000 and they were everywhere.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

The crash tests on them are actually pretty amazingly good, since they are so light they tend to bounce in an accident, rather than collapsing. Plus they have the same mercedes "passenger cage" that protects the occupants and a lot of airbags and such everywhere....I'd feel pretty safe in one, not like I do in my 126, but far more than some ford focus or chevy cavalier or something. I want one! 70mpg and being able to squeeze into the smallest of parking spots would be helpful for my city driving downtown on school campus

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

M-B dealers started selling them in Canada just before Christmas and they are becoming really popular. Wish they would sell the Smart Roadster here, that looks really cool and handles very well from all accounts.

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1991 M-B 560SEL Arctic White/Grey 99,000 Miles
1987 M-B 300SDL Ivory/Palomino 229,000 Miles (sold but never forgotten)
2006 Volvo XC70 Blue/Beige
1999 Porsche Boxster Arena Red/Savanna Beige
1986 Porsche 928S Goldweiss/Brown

Overseas and in Canada you always see these Nifty Rigs never for sale here-Not for US Market. Why don't the auto manufacturers poll us sometime for what we may want to buy? Even in this time of ever increasing Gas Pump Prices, gas guzzlers proliferate and the $100,000 Tax Deduction for Gas Guzzling 8,000 lb. Behemoth is alive and well.. We never learn our History lessons as a country.

Don't worry-with crude oil prices spiralling out of control(a new all time high set today),pretty soon it'll be 50 MPG+, biodiesel, or a bicycle for transportation!!!

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1982 300DT 190K (Diesel Purge + synthetic oil=smoothness at last!!!)
2004 Ford E-350 6.0 L PSD 227K
2006 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW HO Cummins 4X4 48RE 42K (brute force tow vehicle)
2005 Scion xB wife's rolling pop can
1993 GMC Sierra C3500 6.2 142K