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GM won't go after micro-car segment

General Motors of Europe has looked the market potential for tiny cars like the Smart ForTwo, Volkswagen up! and Toyota iQ and found it wanting. Small cars like these are great in a strictly urban environment but they aren't very appealing for other applications. Even after ten years on the market, the Smart has never topped 100,000 sales in a market it has had to itself. Given what it sees as limited demand, GM has no current plans to develop a production car based on the Opel Trixx Concept it showed in 2004. According to GM Europe President ... Read more →

VW to develop a challenger for the Smart ForTwo Sam Abuelsamid

The current European VW Fox Volkswagen's smallest current model in Europe is the four seat hatchback Fox. At 12.55 ft long, the Fox is nearly half again as long as the Smart ForTwo. Since Volkswagen ...

GM won't go after micro-car segment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors of Europe has looked the market potential for tiny cars like the Smart ForTwo, Volkswagen up! and Toyota iQ and found it wanting. Small cars like these are great in a strictly urban environment but they aren't very appealing for other applications. Even after ten years on the market, ...

VW to develop a challenger for the Smart ForTwo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The current European VW Fox Volkswagen's smallest current model in Europe is the four seat hatchback Fox. At 12.55 ft long, the Fox is nearly half again as long as the Smart ForTwo. Since Volkswagen flamed out in it's bid to take on Mercedes in the upper reaches of the market, new boss Martin ...


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