The car slated to replace the Smart ForTwo will be about a foot longer and will seat three passengers instead of two, according to a report by Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper. Recently, smart discontinued its ForFour model, which has four doors and seated four passengers. Smart has said it wants to focus on a single model going forward. A three-seater two-door could be the necessarily compromise between the ForTwo and the ForFour. DaimlerChrysler is said to be building the replacement to the ForTwo with the United States in mind, and a three-passenger capacity would likely be seen as a major plus to U.S. customers. A final decision on bringing Smart to the U.S. is expected in June, according to Klaus Maier, head of sales and marketing at Mercedes. Maier spoke with the Handelsblatt newspaper, which was cited by AFX News. In April, AFX said a decision on Smart would come in May.
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05/23, 9:31 AM
posted by:
Dave
Where can you actually drive these? European and Asian cities?
05/23, 9:38 AM
posted by:
TW
I saw three in western CA north of Lone Pine last September moving right along.
05/23, 9:49 AM
posted by:
sh.yoon
…why do they bother. Honestly, why.
05/23, 10:23 AM
posted by:
Jonathan
You can drive them in Canada!
http://www.thesmart.ca
They’re not commonplace, but it’s not hard to see them here in Ottawa these days. A few government agencies will have one or two in their fleets, and you’ll see private Smart fortwos downtown surprisingly often.
05/23, 10:35 AM
posted by:
Marc
I’ve seen a few around SLC, Utah this past week.
05/23, 11:43 AM
posted by:
BAMF
There is one in Winter Park, FL as well. I’ve also seen a few Citroens there, interestingly enough.
05/23, 11:55 AM
posted by:
Jens Peter
In larger european cities, there are a lot of Smarts around. When I lived in Germany, I had one too. And I would love to have one now, but since the danish car-tax is at 180%, it’s too expencive for me to own a resonable car
But I dont see why you can’t drive them in the US….
05/23, 12:12 PM
posted by:
que
Those of us in the US woulld have to worry about getting squashed like a grape by soccer moms perched 10 feet above the ground in their stupid SUVs.
05/23, 12:23 PM
posted by:
Adam
I agree with que. The only place they’d sell in America is Chicago, LA, and NY, maybe Atlanta. Otherwise you run the risk of getting run over by idiotic SUV drivers. They’re everywhere here in Europe though, I have a great picture of a normal day in Budapest where there’s just SMART lined up all the way down the street.
05/23, 12:25 PM
posted by:
Jon
They are everywhere in Paris.
Jon.
05/23, 1:36 PM
posted by:
diogo
They are everywere in Europe.Spain, France, UK, Germany, Italy and also here, in Portugal. It´s very fun to drive, despite the automatic gearbox. And you can park everywere!
05/23, 2:05 PM
posted by:
adam
here in montreal canada,everybody has on of those smarties.I LOVE THEM!!!!!!
05/23, 2:11 PM
posted by:
bill
Saw one on a very rural dirt road in Eastern Kentucky. Ontario plates.
05/23, 2:24 PM
posted by:
gary starr
ZAP a US public company (stock symbol ZP) is distributing the Smart now in the usa.
Go to their website http://www.zapworld.com
They also have all electric cars.
05/23, 3:53 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
OMG AWESOME! 3 PASSENGERS!! IM GONNA GET ONE NOW!!!
05/23, 6:14 PM
posted by:
Tim G
Not Atlanta, please! You’d be dead inside of 15 minutes. Country roads and strictly city driving. These are surely not meant for I’s 75, 85 and 285!