new car coming to america

[badgett]

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...cross-the-pond

[skewbe]

Originally Posted by badgett

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...cross-the-pond

Ha, only 40mpg for a smart car? Only in America

[bones33]

Originally Posted by skewbe

Ha, only 40mpg for a smart car? Only in America

Why do they do this? Used to be (probably still is) the european performance cars were faster and the european economy cars got better mileage. When they are americanized seems everything falls to the middle average ruining its original design intent. 40mpg? What's the point? Who are these customers? A corolla or civic would be a better choice. I'm a purist, economy cars should get 60mpg or better, performance cars should flatten eyeballs.

Poor people have to save money, rich people LOVE to save money.

[Silveredwings]

Then there'll be the Jay Leno edition (one-off) with a 5.0L V8 in it that makes 650 HP.

[badgett]

I'm sure american car companies will rape it and take away all it was intended to do. I'm sure we will have to overpower it. Maybe a 3.5 V6 with 255 horses or something. The best thing to do is leave it alone.

[GasSavers_DaX]

Originally Posted by Silveredwings

Then there'll be the Jay Leno edition (one-off) with a 5.0L V8 in it that makes 650 HP.

You can already get the "Smartuki" with a 180 bhp Suzuki Hayabusa engine.

http://www.smartuki.com/home.html

[Silveredwings]

Originally Posted by DaX

You can already get the "Smartuki" with a 180 bhp Suzuki Hayabusa engine.

http://www.smartuki.com/home.html

OK, that was amazing. Looks like good build quality too.

[GasSavers_DaX]

Originally Posted by Silveredwings

OK, that was amazing. Looks like good build quality too.

Did you see the videos?

RIGHT CLICK SAVE AS

I laughed so hard...that thing is flying and sounds so badass, but looks SO funny whipping around the track like that.

The Smart Diablo is just nuts - sounds awesome but the engine right there?! The video is sweet though.

[Silveredwings]

Originally Posted by DaX

You can already get the "Smartuki" with a 180 bhp Suzuki Hayabusa engine.

http://www.smartuki.com/home.html

On another note, what did they do with the front engine and drivetrain? Maybe they left it in and made a twin-engine job out of it (kinda like that CRX Si twin a few years back).

[cfg83]

Hello -

What's the highest MPG non-diesel (aka easier to get into the USA) Smart right now?

Kicking and screaming, USA will grudgingly improve it's MPG (maybe).

CarloSW2