Smart Hybrid -- I'd Buy One

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09-13-2005, 09:14 AM
srivendel

Smart Hybrid -- I'd Buy One

Smart's latest:

http://www.autoweek.com/files/specia.../images/01.jpg

Hot on the heels of the S-Class launch came the opposite extreme, the Smart Crosstown. The tiny Crosstown is based on the Smart FourTwo. So what's the difference? The Crosstwon is a hybrid. It uses a 23 kw electric motor and 61 hp gas engine coupled to a six speed automatic transmission. Another cool feature is the Crosstown's folding windshield: Open the hood and the windshield assembly swings forward into a small cubby.

That'd be a great commuter car. Give it tires with lower rolling resistance and an aerodynamic windshield and I bet it would push 70 MPG. Put in satellite radio, sell it for $13,000, and you'd have people lining up for them.

S.
09-13-2005, 09:30 AM
Treibenschnell

I like it... sign me up for one!
09-13-2005, 09:46 AM
POS Racing

Looks like a Tonka truck I had in my youth!
09-13-2005, 09:49 AM
Treibenschnell

Quote:

Originally Posted by POS Racing

Looks like a Tonka truck I had in my youth!

That's why I like it... it reminds me of the Stompers I had as a kid.
09-13-2005, 12:02 PM
altiain

Why not save yourself some money and buy a used Suzuki X-90?

http://www.theautochannel.com/media/...x4_01_show.jpg

IMHO, that Smart Hybrid looks about as useful as a two-legged stool. Personally, I'd rather see Smart bring their Roadster over - now that would be a fun, economical commuter car... that didn't look like your kid niece's Barbie Jeep. :roll:

http://www.real153.com/img/smart-roadster.jpg
09-13-2005, 01:16 PM
POS Racing

Quote:

Originally Posted by altiain

IMHO, that Smart Hybrid looks about as useful as a two-legged stool. Personally, I'd rather see Smart bring their Roadster over - now that would be a fun, economical commuter car... that didn't look like your kid niece's Barbie Jeep. :roll:

It does look like a Barbie Jeep! :flower:
http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/03/96/28...70_215X215.jpg
09-13-2005, 01:42 PM
srivendel

Quote:

Originally Posted by altiain

Why not save yourself some money and buy a used Suzuki X-90?

http://www.theautochannel.com/media/...x4_01_show.jpg

IMHO, that Smart Hybrid looks about as useful as a two-legged stool. Personally, I'd rather see Smart bring their Roadster over - now that would be a fun, economical commuter car... that didn't look like your kid niece's Barbie Jeep. :roll:

http://www.real153.com/img/smart-roadster.jpg

The Roadster is dead, Sparky. Not enough sales. The city car would be perfect for those of us who don't commute 96 miles each way on the Interstate. :monkey:

S.
09-13-2005, 02:02 PM
gabkwong

I saw the Smart Roadster in Hong Kong in a show last year when I visit my Mom. It looks great and is smaller than the NB. However, to get all the necessary goodies it decomes pricy. I think with the dollar conversion rate, it has to be in the low 20's. May the the mark up at Hong Kong is different than in the US.

Also Daewoo also has a roadster in the ariport terminal at Soul, S. Korea. I saw it when I stop over last year. It is very similar to the Smart Roadster. Perhaps it has some genetic material from the Sky, since GM has finanical interest in Daewoo. It will be nice if they bing it over. It will a TCB roadster!
09-13-2005, 02:16 PM
altiain

Quote:

Originally Posted by srivendel

The Roadster is dead, Sparky. Not enough sales. The city car would be perfect for those of us who don't commute 96 miles each way on the Interstate. :monkey:

S.

That's too bad. The Smart Roadster was the best of the bunch, imho. The ForFour might be viable in this country (as an upscale city car, targeting the same market that buys Scion xBs and the like), but I've seen enough ForTwos in person in Britain to laugh at the idea of them sharing a road with the onslaught of Excursions and Suburbans we have down here.

Hell, if my commute was short and sweet, I probably would have bought a full-size diesel truck for a daily driver, so that I would have something to tow the Miata on weekends... and to crush puny little Barbie Jeep city cars. :twisted:
09-13-2005, 10:26 PM
blackzx3_13

looks like a mini-jeep
09-14-2005, 12:13 PM
riverracer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

I like it... sign me up for one!

bean...You might even get a better price if you tell them you don't need the tophttp://hometown.aol.co.uk/moniqueues...llollollol.gif
09-14-2005, 08:19 PM
blackzx3_13

Quote:

Originally Posted by altiain

Personally, I'd rather see Smart bring their Roadster over - now that would be a fun, economical commuter car...

They were on Top Gear tonight. looks fun
09-15-2005, 07:45 AM
onething

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverracer

bean...You might even get a better price if you tell them you don't need the tophttp://hometown.aol.co.uk/moniqueues...llollollol.gif

To quote several folks on this forum:

That's just funny. I don't care who you are, that's just funny