Next Smart Car Still Really Small
Later this year, DaimlerChrysler will unveil the next generation Smart ForTwo ultra-compact car, meaning it’s passing up a chance for world attention at this week’s Paris Motor Show in favor of its own launch event. This is the vehicle that will launch Smart as a brand in the U.S. Earlier rumors had the next ForTwo growing a bit for more palatable American consumption. Now the company is saying — and showing these early sketches — that the next ForTwo will be relatively the same size as its minuscule predecessor.
Neither keeping the ForTwo the same size nor using a separate introduction seems wise to us if the company wants more attention for the brand. U.S. consumers have gotten used to smaller cars in the Honda Fit, Chevy Aveo and Toyota Yaris, but the ForTwo is considerably smaller than any of them and might have a hard time winning over Americans who drive side-by-side with SUVs and semis on a daily basis.
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...I see these in Europe all the time. I love the Industrial Design! However I lean towards the MBZ A class. It just seems better built. The Smart plastic body parts are just too fragile in their current Euro design. Make those "bumpers" truly "bumpers" instead of something you'll be replacing on a yearly basis due to some idiot parking by feel. Which however is how they do it in Paris at least. And no, I don't fear their size compared to the neanderthal in the SUV next to me. But I split lanes on a Valkyrie too...
I've driven these cars in Quebec and can attest that they are SMALL. Drive a ForTwo and then drive a Sentra and you feel like you're driving a Cadillac. Unless gas hits $5 a gallon I just don't see these coffin on wheels selling.
i want one! how much! lol
Wow....Its really charming... i was just searching for TATA neno and while i found this although Neno is four seater and cost for $2500 ...i dont know what the Smart cost for a customer and it's two seater too however i will prefer to by this one when this will be in india....
Some buddy will please tell me the cost of smart i will have to pay...........?
K.K.Pathik