Smart Fortwo - an alternative to a big SUV?
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Americans’ affection for monstrous SUVs might be withering in the face of rising gas prices, but no one’s really sure whether they’ll readily accept the little Smart ForTwo as a remedy for fuel-pump woes.
More than 750,000 ForTwo units have been sold throughout Europe over the past eight years, DaimlerChrysler says. The car is also available in Canada.
The ForTwo isn’t a hybrid, nor is it actually “smart” in the high-tech sense–i.e., it doesn’t contain any fancy chips that let it talk or fly or automatically know where its driver wants to go–but the pod-shaped car certainly gets impressive gas mileage, averaging 46.3 miles per gallon in cities and 70.6 on the highway, according to DaimlerChrysler.
And the Smart ForTwo is tiny; the two-seater (hence the name–there’s also a Smart ForFour in Europe) is less than nine feet long, slightly less than five feet wide, and a smidgen over five feet tall. Compare that with the Mini Cooper, the vehicle most Americans think of when “subcompact car” is mentioned. The Mini is about three feet longer and six inches wider, not to mention more than 900 pounds heavier.
But like any car, the ForTwo has its drawbacks. With a top speed of 84 miles per hour, the vehicle will leave speed enthusiasts unimpressed. And it may prove impossible for the ForTwo to convince American consumers that anything that small doesn’t automatically equal foreign. After all, even Hollywood has contributed to a thoroughly Euro image for the car: Tom Hanks rode in one through the streets of Paris in the film adaptation of “The Da Vinci Code,” as did Steve Martin in this year’s remake of “The Pink Panther.”
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(17-11-2008) 09:38:02 AM
That’s nice one !
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