Smart Cars Coming to Canada and U.S.

AgniTheSane writes "Most importantly the Smart Car looks cool. It also gets 60 mpg, is four feet smaller than a Mini Cooper (you can park two in a standard parking spot), the plastic panels are easily swappable and one color all the way through (so you can't scratch the paint), the steel frame makes it safe in an accident, and you can get it with in-dash Bluetooth (and in Europe can read and write email via the car speakers and a microphone). The Smart car is coming to the US soon, and will cost as little as $12,000. You can read about it in Wired or on MSNBC, or you can go straight to ZAP who will be selling them in the US soon, or the smart car website in the UK. "

Comments

Heh

[Anonymous Coward]

Yanks won't give up their monstrous SUVs for these. Too insecure about their sexuality.

Re:Heh

[johannesg]

You could always put a Smart in the back of your SUV as a backup...

Re:Heh

[Ford Prefect]

Big European familes seem to be able to cope with sub compact people carriers like these which can seat 7.

Speaking from experience, a Vauxhall Nova can also seat seven.

Eight if you push extra hard, nine or more if you include the boot...

Re:Too small

[Anonymous Coward]

And also it doesn't have cupholders for the giant Slurpees that you lot consume. Nor is it powerful enough to propel 250lbs of excess flab that most USians have.

Re:Delta P, Delta E

[Lars T.]

And when they hit another SUV, everybody dies.

Gotta look on the bright side.

[JonTurner]

>>problem is, when they hit a Smart even slighly, they kill the occupant.

There's an upside, however. In the event of a collision, the Smart folds conveniently into the shape of a coffin.