I think you hit the nail on the head there. I can get a Hyundai Accent nicely equiped for $12000. It doesn't get 60 MPG but it does get 30 and has over 100 HP. So, I have to agree; sell these for 7K or so and they might really have something.
It is just some people that are strange. If you apply SP's logic we would all be driving semis, or tanks or one of those coal shovel earth mover things.
We already have many light weight vehicles on our roads....they are called motorcycles. The Smart Car looks to me to be a motorcycle with a cute body/frame put around it. The frame makes it safer than a motorcycle and keeps the rain off too. I just may buy one of these if the price is reasonable. If the price if over $20K I think I will just go with an Insight or Prius. Right now I drive a full size pickup everywhere because I can't really afford to purchase an additional vehicle and I need the utility of the pickup. I am saving my pennies though and hope to soon do my part to change the demand for oil.
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I think you hit the nail on the head there. I can get a Hyundai Accent nicely equiped for $12000. It doesn't get 60 MPG but it does get 30 and has over 100 HP. So, I have to agree; sell these for 7K or so and they might really have something.
What's your point? I don't think anyone intended this car for utility.
It is just some people that are strange. If you apply SP's logic we would all be driving semis, or tanks or one of those coal shovel earth mover things. We already have many light weight vehicles on our roads....they are called motorcycles. The Smart Car looks to me to be a motorcycle with a cute body/frame put around it. The frame makes it safer than a motorcycle and keeps the rain off too. I just may buy one of these if the price is reasonable. If the price if over $20K I think I will just go with an Insight or Prius. Right now I drive a full size pickup everywhere because I can't really afford to purchase an additional vehicle and I need the utility of the pickup. I am saving my pennies though and hope to soon do my part to change the demand for oil.