An anonymous reader writes "ZAP'sSmart Car has officially been approved by the EPA for sale in the United States. From the article: 'It was the last major regulatory hurdle the company faced.' Finally a 60 mpg car that can go 90 mph and look cool at the same time!!"
Are you freaking kidding me!!! All you Europeans, listen i hate bush, and think the wars wrong and all, but no self respecting American would drive that thing! maybe a 12 year old in the back yard....
Why?
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What kind of faggot-ass liberal cunt would drive that piece of shit? I'd rather drive a Yugo.
What this thing resembles most are those Flinstones style plastic pedal cars that they sell over here for Toddlers.
-- A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Re:Call that a Smart Car...?
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You paid the equivalent of $32,000 for what amounts to a beer can on wheels, with an engine that would be considered undersized on a motorcycle and generates less power than the lowest-horsepower non-hybrid car available in the US?
Do you realize that for that kind of money, we in the US can get a Honda S2000 - a two-seater with well over twice the horsepower, nearly twice the torque, actually looks like a car, and doesn't have a turbocharger to decrease engine life?
Or, for $2000 less, we can get a brand new Mustang GT with all the options, three times the horsepower, over three times the torque, and twice the seating.
Either of these will run circles around the "Smart Roadster-Coupe Brabus." Hell, even my "other car", a 1991 Nissan Sentra, with baseline 1.6L engine and automatic transmission, will do 120mph - with 250,000 miles on the odometer. Yes, I've verified this; the rev limiter kicks in at about 122mph. And its book value is somewhere around $1500. 120mph ability may be something to brag about elsewhere, but at least in this part of the US it's generally considered a bare minimum, though acceleration is more important. Get on I-285 in Atlanta sometime - you have about 100 meters of ramp, and then you'd better be doing at least 70mph or you're a greasy spot on the guardrail.
-- "Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
those morons expect us to swallow this tripe........WE Already had technology that could give us 60+ mpg.......but the oil companies bought the patent and hid it away.........they (oil cartels) would lose Billions of dollars......
goddam ragheads will get theirs in the end....ALLAH is not happy with them.......
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Is this a clown car?
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nberardi
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Give me a Ford V8 Mustang GT Convertable any day over this peice of crap car. I DON'T WANT OR NEED A CLOWN CAR. The rest of the world minus the certain part that this guy was talking about is going to have to realize that not all cultures are the same, and some like power, speed, and a good look. I also don't want a car that tops out at 90+mph, if it can even get that high, and I can't imagin anybody out side of the city will actually buy this, because if it gets hit on the road by any of the current cars it's going to get obliderated.
And since when is 60 hp, 3-cylinder, rear-mounted turbo engine a performance feature? My mustang has four times the horse power, and it can get up to about 140 if I really push the thing. So I really don't see how this car is going to make it over 55 mph, even in good conditions.
Also as Click and Clack, the car guys from Boston say, never buy a French car. I don't care what your Peugeot can do, because it's still one of the worst engineered cars on the face of the planet. You put that thing next to a Ford Model T and tell them to race my money is on the Model T.
There are so many things wrong with this, and I am sure this car will sell, because there is a nich market for everything in America, but don't count on this taking the suberbs by storm.
1. stiff frames that simply fold like taco shells: How stiff is a frame that folds like a taco shell. For future reference, taco shells are brittle, they don't fold. Ductility is your friend.
2. bounces off: I'm sure we'd all be better off completely reversing our direction rather than absorbing some of that kinetic energy. Impulse be damned. Ductility is your friend.
3. Stupid? Yes.: Stereotyping is fun. Especially when you are a member of the club. Perhaps you are just in denial.
Please pay no attention to point 3, it's inflammatory -- I'm just bitter about points 1 and 2.
If you make sure you have valid arguments, I can be made to change my mind. I'm a flexible person. Ductility is your friend.
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. . . when it meets the business end of an SUV or Hummer in an accident.
That's a matter of opinion. Personally, I think it looks like my ass.
Maybe you should lose some weight?
Are you freaking kidding me!!! All you Europeans, listen i hate bush, and think the wars wrong and all, but no self respecting American would drive that thing! maybe a 12 year old in the back yard....
What kind of faggot-ass liberal cunt would drive that piece of shit? I'd rather drive a Yugo.
No, make that a 2 year old in the back yard.
What this thing resembles most are those Flinstones style plastic pedal cars that they sell over here for Toddlers.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
You paid the equivalent of $32,000 for what amounts to a beer can on wheels, with an engine that would be considered undersized on a motorcycle and generates less power than the lowest-horsepower non-hybrid car available in the US?
Do you realize that for that kind of money, we in the US can get a Honda S2000 - a two-seater with well over twice the horsepower, nearly twice the torque, actually looks like a car, and doesn't have a turbocharger to decrease engine life?
Or, for $2000 less, we can get a brand new Mustang GT with all the options, three times the horsepower, over three times the torque, and twice the seating.
Either of these will run circles around the "Smart Roadster-Coupe Brabus." Hell, even my "other car", a 1991 Nissan Sentra, with baseline 1.6L engine and automatic transmission, will do 120mph - with 250,000 miles on the odometer. Yes, I've verified this; the rev limiter kicks in at about 122mph. And its book value is somewhere around $1500. 120mph ability may be something to brag about elsewhere, but at least in this part of the US it's generally considered a bare minimum, though acceleration is more important. Get on I-285 in Atlanta sometime - you have about 100 meters of ramp, and then you'd better be doing at least 70mph or you're a greasy spot on the guardrail.
"Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
those morons expect us to swallow this tripe........WE Already had technology that could give us 60+ mpg.......but the oil companies bought the patent and hid it away.........they (oil cartels) would lose Billions of dollars...... goddam ragheads will get theirs in the end....ALLAH is not happy with them.......
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Give me a Ford V8 Mustang GT Convertable any day over this peice of crap car. I DON'T WANT OR NEED A CLOWN CAR. The rest of the world minus the certain part that this guy was talking about is going to have to realize that not all cultures are the same, and some like power, speed, and a good look. I also don't want a car that tops out at 90+mph, if it can even get that high, and I can't imagin anybody out side of the city will actually buy this, because if it gets hit on the road by any of the current cars it's going to get obliderated.
And since when is 60 hp, 3-cylinder, rear-mounted turbo engine a performance feature? My mustang has four times the horse power, and it can get up to about 140 if I really push the thing. So I really don't see how this car is going to make it over 55 mph, even in good conditions.
Also as Click and Clack, the car guys from Boston say, never buy a French car. I don't care what your Peugeot can do, because it's still one of the worst engineered cars on the face of the planet. You put that thing next to a Ford Model T and tell them to race my money is on the Model T.
There are so many things wrong with this, and I am sure this car will sell, because there is a nich market for everything in America, but don't count on this taking the suberbs by storm.
1. stiff frames that simply fold like taco shells: How stiff is a frame that folds like a taco shell. For future reference, taco shells are brittle, they don't fold. Ductility is your friend.
2. bounces off: I'm sure we'd all be better off completely reversing our direction rather than absorbing some of that kinetic energy. Impulse be damned. Ductility is your friend.
3. Stupid? Yes.: Stereotyping is fun. Especially when you are a member of the club. Perhaps you are just in denial.
Please pay no attention to point 3, it's inflammatory -- I'm just bitter about points 1 and 2.
If you make sure you have valid arguments, I can be made to change my mind. I'm a flexible person. Ductility is your friend.