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'07 Smart
A friend of mine owns one of these. Kinda neat! Took some pics with my phone:
Car has a little dippy ehaust pipe tucked under the rear valance. Round tubular chassis however made for a great place to stuff big tailpipes for looks!
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Did you get a chance to drive it?
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I assume it's gas? If they offered a diesel (or electric ) version here I'd seriously consider it since so much of my daily driving is just running around suburban and urban roads. I could get away with a Gem or an electric golf cart if it were street legal.
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Too bad Ca air resource board has a hard on against diesel.
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CT (MA, RI, VT & ME) seems to have adopted CA standards
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Very cute!
I did not think they were for sale her until 2008. A cute ragtop like that with great gas mileage would be fun to own!
I am just wondering about the demographic they are going to sell this to, girls under 24 is my bet, How safe are they going to be in such a tiny car? I can imagine what a Ford Excursion would do to it... In fact I bet the Ford would not even slow down!
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Yep, CA seems to drive the senseless envirocrazy agenda throughout the country. Stand by - were pushing newer, even dumber, global warming initiatives...
You can't even buy a new diesel Volkswagon here despite the sane enviro argument that clearly shows diesel engines are superior to gas and electric.
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This one is the gasoline-powered version...gets 60 mpg.
Brought it in from Mexico...he has a year to get it federalized. unfortunately, it requires about $6K of upgrades to get it to spec. Ironically, not emissions, it passes the smog test with flying colors!
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as well as FL !!!!!!
I'd still drive the gasser.. 60mpg in a non hybrid is pretty sweet |
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Smarts are junk. They are filled with cheap materials, shifts slow and clunky, gets less MPG than a vehicle that weight should, is slower than a 300D and costs about $10,000 more than its worth.
Not to mention that no straight man would ever honestly want to be seen driving it. |
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Yep cheap materials. I want the interior of mine covered in alcantara and hand stitched, corinthian leather.
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Aiiiii de me!!! de las riquisimas vacas del Ricardo Montalban
^^^^^^ Nooooo me digas, caballero!!!!!
What, are you finally getting tired of your 1976 Chrysler Cordoba? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Cordoba
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I had a customer come in early summer that had a diesel one with Quebec plates. He lives in one of the Hartford suburbs but his brother is a salesman for a Benz dealer in Montreal so it's registered at his brother's Canadian address. As of 6 months ago he said there wasn't any way for him to register it here, but that might have changed by now. IIRC he said 75ish mpg for the diesel.
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I think I could put it in my S class's trunk! Its a cool little go cart thing though, it would probably be good to drive around a large golf course.
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