yea... they sure do look cool, but first off, what about highway driving.. I mean... will it even do 60? And two... American is the land of the large burly SUVs, which don't pretend to be refined and definetaly don't take teutonic care in how they act when they smash into other vehicles, and well... one of them little smart cars wouldn't fare well... no... it just woulnd't fare at all in a wreck with your neighborhood expedition...