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!!"
Call that a Smart Car...?
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Dynamoo
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· Score: 5, Funny
The FourTwo is OK, but I just got myself one of these babies.. a Smart Roadster Couple Brabus. Pretty much all of the fuel ecomomy and a top speed of 120mph. Sorted. Oh yes, you cant't get them in North America for at least a couple of years.. heheh:)
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Cool looking, huh?
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cbqwinner
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· Score: 3, Funny
If this thing looks "cool" to you, I'd hate to see what wasn't cool....
I was given one of these as a replacement car when mine was being serviced. I took it out on the motorway round Brussels and while it's a lot like driving a hair dryer it is suprisingly comfortable. I wouldn't want to do any long motorway trips in one though, but then that really isn't what the designers intended either. I'd have preferred a manual gearbox (smart forfour is the only smart with this as an option) but that won't be an issue in the US.
One thing I noticed is nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, can stand being overtaken by one of these.
Used as a Police car
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edo-01
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There's at least one of these cars being used by the New South Wales police here in Sydney and it's painted just like a regular cop car.
It drove past me once as I was walking to lunch in the city, the sight of two cops in this thing made me and a lot of other people piss ourselves laughing:-)
You could tell the cops felt like dicks in it, they just had these sheepish grins on their faces...
Re:90 MPH????
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Anonymous Coward
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I'd be surprised if an average American could even fit into one of these things.
Re:Survivability
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AndroidCat
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· Score: 2, Funny
Although I have seen how easy these things are to park
Park? I thought they folded up into a briefcase like in the Jetsons. Damn, first no flying cars, now this!
But seriously, for parking it looks like it would be a great car in city, especially with it being dent and scratch resistant.
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Just wait until someone gets in a head on collision with an SUV (most of them are nearly 3 times the weight of these cars -- The driver of the SUV feels almost nothing
Just wait until that crappy SUV gets in a head on collision with a Freightliner. Only a moron would drive anything smaller than a Freightliner. Good thing the Liebherr isn't licensed for onroad use, or we'd all have to drive one of them.
Don't forget, these cars are excellent for picking up chicks. They're so short, they'll think you're so long that you don't need to buy a big car to make up for your... insufficiently elongated masculin component?:)
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how long until....
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brad3378
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....some redneck yanks that 60 mpg powertrain and replaces it with a 500 HP smallblock?
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I believe it folds up into a briefcase for you to take in to the office once you finish your drive. ______ Kratos
The FourTwo is OK, but I just got myself one of these babies.. a Smart Roadster Couple Brabus. Pretty much all of the fuel ecomomy and a top speed of 120mph. Sorted. Oh yes, you cant't get them in North America for at least a couple of years.. heheh :)
Never email donotemail@WeAreSpammers.com
If this thing looks "cool" to you, I'd hate to see what wasn't cool....
I was given one of these as a replacement car when mine was being serviced.
I took it out on the motorway round Brussels and while it's a lot like driving a hair dryer it is suprisingly comfortable.
I wouldn't want to do any long motorway trips in one though, but then that really isn't what the designers intended either.
I'd have preferred a manual gearbox (smart forfour is the only smart with this as an option) but that won't be an issue in the US.
One thing I noticed is nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, can stand being overtaken by one of these.
It drove past me once as I was walking to lunch in the city, the sight of two cops in this thing made me and a lot of other people piss ourselves laughing :-)
You could tell the cops felt like dicks in it, they just had these sheepish grins on their faces...
I'd be surprised if an average American could even fit into one of these things.
Park? I thought they folded up into a briefcase like in the Jetsons. Damn, first no flying cars, now this!
But seriously, for parking it looks like it would be a great car in city, especially with it being dent and scratch resistant.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Just wait until someone gets in a head on collision with an SUV (most of them are nearly 3 times the weight of these cars -- The driver of the SUV feels almost nothing
Just wait until that crappy SUV gets in a head on collision with a Freightliner. Only a moron would drive anything smaller than a Freightliner. Good thing the Liebherr isn't licensed for onroad use, or we'd all have to drive one of them.
Don't forget, these cars are excellent for picking up chicks. They're so short, they'll think you're so long that you don't need to buy a big car to make up for your... insufficiently elongated masculin component? :)
I think I try too hard sometimes.
I'm a signature virus. Please copy me to your signature so I can replicate.
....some redneck yanks that 60 mpg powertrain and replaces it with a 500 HP smallblock?
Maybe for the American market, ZAP could install reactive armor to ensure an automatic vengeance response in the event of a fatal collision.
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