Smart Cars r coming
I had forgotten about it until Motor Week (PBS) came on again last night - last week they said that MCC Daimler Chrysler are going to bring the Smart Car to the U S market. If you've ever seen one of these thing you know they look like a cushion chair on wheels.  They're bringing out a mammoth SUV model, it will be almost the size of a mini Cooper.
I first heard of these cars when my sister, Susan, came back from trip to Europe two summers ago with a picture she had taken of one. It looked like someone took a regular car and cut it in half. I had never seen a car like it before, but she said they were all over the place in Italy. Their web site Smart.com confirms introduction to the U S in 2006. All their web sites (the main one and the regionals) are done with macromedia flash which is unfortunate if you're using dial-up access. The UK site has a good presentation of the various models Smart.co.uk. There is also another British site dedicated to Smart Car news Smart C.net. I've already come up with a good marketing slogan they can use over here. "Smart Car: always keep one in your 4x4's glove compartment."
While doing a google search for Smart cars I came across the web log of someone in England who has one and talks about it. The site's called atomised.org. Atomised! What kind of name is that for a website?
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[Fri 12Mar04 20:15] While making use of the 10K line at work, I decided, if you have broadband - and a modern browser the best experience is from the International pull down selection off the main smart car page. I like those 360 deg quicktime vr pans.
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