I thought Penske had exclusive rights to sell in U.S.
Also a local home builder is giving them to new home buyers with house purchase ($850K to 1.6 Mil homes on golf course).

I hope I don’t hit one of those while pedaling my Mongoose, I’ll flip it over and kill everyone inside.

A free Smart with a 1.6 mil home? Excellent news for Al Gore Wannabees. Now you can have a 5,000 square foot home which consumes more electricity and natural gas than a small village, and still pretend you are environmentally conscious.

^^^ Exactly, what did you expect? “Environmentally Conscious?” I have to laugh.

This is good news though. The rest of the worlds automanufacturers can go screw themselves up the bum hole for saying the U.S would never even consider a small car. The future is looking bright for Smart; if only they could get the rest of their product line at speed!

do you have any idea how stupid you’d look driving one of these????

Smart cars have been available in Canada for 2-3 years now and they sell very well here. You are actually getting the 2nd generation as they have just switched from little turbo-diesels to gasoline engines along with a mild re-skinning. I’m not surprised by the demand just given the difference in population.

Their only limitation, quite naturally, is that they’re really only in their element as an urban runabout. I see them on our freeways but they look like frightened animals amongst the tractor trailers and behemoth SUVs (that would describe both the vehicle and the driver).

Even having seen them for this long I’m not convinced that they’re a better choice than any one of the new generation of sub compacts. They’re certainly no cheaper but they are definitely less versatile. Still, if being the first on your block is your game, go for it. We’ll see how it all shakes out after the ‘new’ has worn off.

LP640, i cant imagine a 6foot plus 250 pound construction worker showing up to the job site in this.

If they want some serious volume they need to a. bring the Roadster here. and b. Make it a coupe as well. That would give a little more choice, and a lot more sales.

I think this is an awesome vehicle for people who live in the city. Personally, I would love the idea of having a vehicle that can park in all those open “half” spaces on the road, and uses virtually no gas.

CTS, I have some in-law relatives who are more 250 lbs and they are quite comfortable in those things. I would not call it “nice driving”. Tranny sucks and the only one available is auto or auto-manual. I personally would prefer city car of different make. The deposits are not mandatory and only $99.00. I suspect there will be ton of those Smarts on eBay once they start to sell.

They will never pass CAFE with 3 cyls Mitsu diesel.

CTS: Me, neither

This car will pass CAFE. Otherwise, there’s no point in buying one of these.

‘Madcapp’, seriously, that joke is OLD … you’ve used it far too many times … it wasn’t even funny the first time. Try something new for once.

If this is all the car you can buy, you should consider riding a bike instead. It looks completely useless on a highway.

I’m sorry, if I want a small, economical, eco-friendly car that’s cheap, I’m buying a Yaris. Smart cars are just a small step up from a golf cart.

Will we get mustache commercials ????

Impulsive, you don’t get it. Its not supposed to be funny, its something you can rely on, its institutional…think Paul Harvey on the radio or Andy Rooney on 60 minutes. Its a comfort for the regulars.

The fact that people actually want these things speaks volumes as to how collectively stupid society has become.

We belive in saving the earth.

We are cows.

We believe, we do not think.

We will all die now to stop exhaling CO2 into the air.

Goodbye.

CA36GTP, that’s funny because this is the most educated our society has ever been…

If you live in a congested metropolitan city, this car is a much needed solution. I drive too much on freeways to consider the fourtwo, but I know a few people who’s life would be much easier with this car.

Yes atouyra, but theres a difference between being smart and being educated. My english teacher at college has a PhD, however she doesn’t understand percentages. She marked 84% on my paper which i achieved 28/30. It also just wasn’t an one time mistake, she had to take everybody’s back in and re mark it. However, with her PhD she would be considered well educated.

‘Madcapp’, you’re delusional … I’m a regular and it does nothing for me but provoke a desire to remove the post. It’s comforting for nobody but you … and to believe it’s institutional is to believe you belong in the cuckoo bin with the rest of the institutionals.

I would love to get into an accident involving a semi, or even a 1983 Caprice wagon, with this car.

I can’t wait until the next Smart car post.

I can.

every one is thinking it i’ll say it….. these cars suck i rather ride a motorcycle. hell a ford aspire is an upgrade over these

Sorry ‘Zuke’, speak for yourself … this thing is actually safer than most anything on the road today.

Youtube the crash test of the Smartcar. It’s actually impressive, except for the severing of the driver’s legs bit.