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Smart USA sales off to good start; will they last?

After just over two months of sales in the U.S., the Smart ForTwo is moving out of dealerships at a good clip. So far sixty-seven of the planned one hundred Smart USA dealers are in operation and the company sold 1,734 cars in February. Since the first cars were delivered in mid-January, a total of 3,437 ForTwos have be turned over to US owners. While that is a pretty good pace, the real test will be what happens over the coming months. As decidedly mixed reviews come in from media sources, owner word of mouth may prove to be the deciding ... Read more →

NHTSA: Smart ForTwos could do better in a crash Sebastian Blanco

Even though the Smart ForTwo is a great looking and popular car, there's just not a lot of places for crash impact energy to go in a vehicle this small. This is part of the reason that the National ...

Miley Cyrus gets a smart (fortwo) promotion Sebastian Blanco

What do you get for the young woman who - presumably - has everything? Why not a smart fortwo convertible with her name emblazoned on the side? Ecorazzi has a photo of siad smart that belongs, we ...

Smart cars selling strong, distributor could do with 15,000 more this year Sebastian Blanco

The smart limited two, unveiled in Geneva. It's a good time to be selling Smarts in the U.S. The North American distributor, Roger Penske, told Automotive News (subs req'd) that he thinks that, on ...

New Smart ForTwo Cabrio owner files a delivery report Sam Abuelsamid

Back in January, ABG reader Randy dropped us a note to let us know that he and his wife had received a letter from a Smart dealer that the car they had reserved would soon be ready for delivery. Well ...

Smart diesel with Blutec and 70+ mpg rumor will have to die, for now 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for photo gallery We got a tip from Autoblog reader Cary about the delightful possibility of a Smart ForTwo in the U.S. with Mercedes' Bluetec technology. Cary writes: Yesterday, I spotted a ForTwo on the 5 freeway south in Orange County, intrigued by the fact that they have already ...

Most Mercedes-Benz Frankfurt alternative fuel vehicles will see production 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last week in Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz showed off a flurry of alternative fuel and drive vehicles of various types. Of the eighteen vehicles shown, seventeen of them will be in production by 2010 with at least a half dozen of those coming to the US market. The only one that won't hit the streets by ...


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