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smart USA president Dave Schembri on clunkers, upcoming electric smarts

In the first year that smart fortwo's were available in the U.S., the company sold about 30,000 units. After that first heady period, though, sales dropped off dramatically. In June 2009, the company sold just 1,116 fortwos and in May the number was 1,169, for an annual rate of just over 13,000. This is below the company's earlier predictions of 25,000 sales in 2009. smart USA president Dave Schembri told AutoblogGreen that his company's new $99/month financing deal might be just the thing to turn the numbers around. smart USA is offering ... Read more →

Detroit 2009: more details on the smart ed's 2010 US introduction Sebastian Blanco

The last time we talked to SmartUSA president David Schembri, the topic was all about the fortwo in the U.S., both electric drive and standard. During the hectic press preview days at this year's ...

ABG chats with SmartUSA president David Schembri about EVs, diesel, micro-hybrids and more Sam Abuelsamid

One of the newest cars to drop into the US market is the Smart ForTwo. A decade after its European debut, the two-seat city car finally arrived stateside after several abortive attempts by both its ...

SmartUSA has already accepted 12,600 deposits for the FourTwo Jeremy Korzeniewski

We just shared with you earlier today a news item that SmartUSA will be trekking across the United States, coast to coast, to show off their new Smart FourTwo that will be available to U.S. consumers ...

smart USA president Dave Schembri on clunkers, upcoming electric smarts 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the first year that smart fortwo's were available in the U.S., the company sold about 30,000 units. After that first heady period, though, sales dropped off dramatically. In June 2009, the company sold just 1,116 fortwos and in May the number was 1,169, for an annual rate of just over ...

Detroit 2009: more details on the smart ed's 2010 US introduction 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The last time we talked to SmartUSA president David Schembri, the topic was all about the fortwo in the U.S., both electric drive and standard. During the hectic press preview days at this year's Detroit Auto Show, we found a few minutes to speak once again with Schembri, this time focusing on ...

ABG chats with SmartUSA president David Schembri about EVs, diesel, micro-hybrids and more 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the newest cars to drop into the US market is the Smart ForTwo. A decade after its European debut, the two-seat city car finally arrived stateside after several abortive attempts by both its parent company Daimler and independent distributors. This time around Daimler worked with a US ...

SmartUSA has already accepted 12,600 deposits for the FourTwo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We just shared with you earlier today a news item that SmartUSA will be trekking across the United States, coast to coast, to show off their new Smart FourTwo that will be available to U.S. consumers for the first time next year. Now, we get news that 12,600 deposits of $99 have already been placed ...


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