While visiting Erica’s parents in Italy, I experienced first hand why the “Smart Car” is so popular… the roads are VERY narrow and there is no parking anywhere. Not to mention, gas prices are super expensive all over Europe.
The Smart Car is perfect, it is 8-foot, 8-inches long, which can park nose-to-curb when others are parallel parking and it gets 40 miles to the gallon!
Smart, which reaches U.S. dealerships in January, has received $99 deposits from more than 30,000 customers to reserve the two-seater and about 9 in 10 are placing full orders, said Daimler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche. More than 50,000 motorists have taken the tiny vehicle for a test drive at road shows around the country.
However, I don’t see the Smart Car catching on here in Texas – the land of the SUV. It seems that to get anywhere here, you have to drive on the highway. I just can’t see many people enjoying the experience of going down the highway, being passed left and right by SUVs and pickup trucks that are towering above your head. I can see how someone in a big city might like one of these, but then again, if I lived in a big city where a Smart Car was necessary, I think I might just take public transportation. I’ve grown fond of taking public transportation while living in Asia.
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