Smart Cars Coming to Canada and U.S.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday October 9, 2004 @12:04AM from the golf-cart-gone-feral dept.

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. "

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Death Trap by Detritus · 2004-10-09 00:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

It looks like a death trap to me. Low mass. No crush zones to absorb impact energy. A steel "walnut" may protect the passenger compartment from intrusions, but a rigid frame is generally a minus for passenger safety.

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Americans use these? by Celt · 2004-10-09 00:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

ah what the hell like?
Even in Ireland & UK people don't like the look of these cars, though in saying that there small and good for city use but they look like crap imho

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