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Tiny Cars? I Don't Think So!

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This might make you think twice before putting a member of your family in one.
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Maybe so but I don't think my Sprite would have faired much better (unless it just went UNDER the truck!)
Bill
 
Head-on like that at the combined speed they must've been traveling - I don't think size would've mattered!
 
I don't know for sure, but it looks like one of those "Wii" cars. Super sub compact.
 
I don`t think there are many cars out there that could stand an assult by a Tractor/Trailer rig and the occupants of the car come out unscathed. Especialy if the trailer is loaded. However I do agree that the smaller the car is the less your chances are.
 
I dunno - it seems pretty good to me - look at the mess it made of the tractor trailer. Look at the angle of the wheel.

I reckon I'm as safe in there as in a regular compact, if not more so.
 
If I had the money I would purchase a Smart Car, especially as much of my vehicle travel is inner city (where I live), but I would probably only own it as a second car.

Apparently the Smart Car is capable of highway speeds, but I'm not sure I'd use it for that.
 
There are several well known videos concerning the Smart car. They're pretty stiff in an accident.
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I don't know what that thing is in the picture above, but it's not a Smart. And when it comes to small cars vs big trucks, in 1959 Road and Track magazine showed on their "PS" page:
"Though it's true that a chicken egg will crush a robbin's egg, an ostrich egg will do them both in." followed by a photo of a 59 cadillac being totally destroyed by a semi.
 
Smart cars are everywhere you look in western europe, I really like them.

Smart sells convertibles, 2-door and 4-door versions over there. Not sure if we'll get all the versions here.

In Paris, where parking is non-existant, Smart cars could fit in spaces that only a motorcycle would go. Nice looking, comfy interior, and of course, excellent fuel economy.

I wish I could invest in a Smart dealership. I'll bet they'll sell like hotcakes over here.

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sideache said:
Sorry for the skepticism, but that almost looks like a photoshopped image. i only say this because of the location - it's looks to be in a parking lot rather than a hwy which would allow one to get to the speeds to cause that much damage.
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I do not believe it to be photoshopped...I received an e-mail with this and other related photos from different angles attached a couple of weeks ago. Not a pretty site.
 
I guess that usins in the back woods aren't very up on things in the real world but, this is a photo of what is called a "SMART" CAR? I think I'll just keep driving the "Dumb" ones!
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The question I had with that pic is, what was that car doing so far over, directly in front of the truck which seems to be on the correct side of the pavement? I don't care how stout/safe the vehicles, the best safety device has to be the gray matter in the drivers head!! It looks like absolutely no avoidance action was taken by either vehicle in that pic. for them to hit each other so squarely!
 
Smart Cars have sold like hot cakes here in Canada (I think we've had them for three or four years now?)

I even see lots of them cruising around in the winter weather here, so they seem to be able to handle snow basically okay. We only got the two-door closed roof and the two-door convertible so I suspect that's what you folks down in the States will get.
 
Andy,

Funny! "Trabant,a subsidary of GM".
"Quality built since...well - never"

- Doug
 
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