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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Well, it's essentially unlike the average American car in every way, and most Americans can't even imagine driving something like the Smart. I expect that attitude to change as time passes, but it's a deeply-ingrained attitude that includes ideas of what you use a car for... not just getting around, but hauling things, travelling with your posse, looking sophisticated, looking rich, looking fast, making out, etc, etc. It's a lot of baggage that will take a lot of time to work out of the American psyche, before more Americans start accepting vehicles like the Smart, and not inwardly (and often outwardly) laughing at them.
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Why should we accept the SMART? In a world where we want a gadget (one gadget) to be a - computer, ebook reader, music player, clock, telephone, photo album, camera, video player, calculator, and a host of other functions, why should we expect a car to be a limited single function device? Am I supposed to have a half-dozen different cars, each designed for a single purpose? Inquiring minds want to know....
I consider the SMART to be a death-trap of a car. It is too high, too short, and too narrow. Give it a few years for the accident returns to be analysed, and I think you will find it less safe that the Suzuki Samari. Safely useable only in narrow confines and at slow speeds....