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    Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car

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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    Forget safety. That car is too adorable at any speed.
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    Image of GiltProto GiltProto
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    Last night I got 50.9 mpg on my commute with my WV Jetta TDI diesel. Granted it was with a strong tailwind, no stoplights, and freshly inflated tires, but usually it's over 40 mpg for the same commute. So I have to say pffffft to electric cars. I can go go go for over 600 miles on a tank! Weeeeeee!!!!!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/26/09

    @GiltProto: Electric cars are not worth the cost right now, but these are really about the future, when gas is 5x as expensive as it is now.
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    Image of IUHoos IUHoos
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    So how long do you think youd have to own this car for the price of fuel to outweigh the initial cost of 20,000+ dollars.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/25/09

    @IUHoos: Well, don't forget to factor in the additional income you can get renting it out to Barnum & Bailey as a clown car.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    I don't know about anyone else, but I don't like electrics. I'm someone who loves the guttural sound of a V8, the smooth strength of a V12. I like the feeling of my car, the engine noise, and I don't think I could give that up.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/25/09

    @.357 Is Now Seeing Stars: Well just think, more electics = more gas for you :P


    But really, if you're getting an econocar, you're not really interested in these things anyway.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/25/09

    @.357 Is Now Seeing Stars: I hope you are not the nostalgic type, then. There is a real possibility that V8s and V12s will cease to be produced in our lifetimes. At some point, electric cars will become more practical and economical than gas burners, and the whole transportation industry will change.
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    Image of blash blash
    04/25/09

    @.357 Is Now Seeing Stars: You may like the feeling of power but the rest of us appreciate smooth acceleration like it's never going to stop (as a result of not needing to change gears).


    Both electrics and traditional horses have places in the enthusiast car world.

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    04/25/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: No, I completely understand that I will, in the future, have to buy an e...e...electric. What I plan to do is keep my gas burners for the weekend cruises and get an e...e... electric daily driver.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/25/09

    @blash: So you have an electric car?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    haha, it will be so fast that will it stops it will do a tumble and roll over and back onto is wheels. that will be heelarryus. har har har
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    Image of EncNone EncNone
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    uh...this car and the single version are ugly as sin. WAY too vertical


    why doesnt smart market the brabus instead


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    04/25/09

    @EncNone: The Smart Brabus roadster is just a version of the Smart Roadster that was sold in 2003 but has since been discontinued due to warranty issues. The Smart Fortwo is vertical so they can reduce it's length - the passengers sit in a more upright position. It's called, you know, innovation.
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    Image of EncNone EncNone
    04/25/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus:


    i cannot condone the sacrifice of style for "innovation"


    one of the problems i see with a lot of smart cars and cars like the prius is that they are so hideous no one wants to use one. And i understand the desire to make it seem like you can park more cars together and save space, but with the roadster you are losing very little in that department as well.

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    04/25/09

    @EncNone: You have every right to prefer stylish cars over ones with other features. However, style is passing. In the 1950s, bubble tops were all the rage. However, now they would be considered ridiculous - peoples' tastes change.


    Size and convenience, on the other hand, are tangible. People can choose to think that anything is stylish. However, they cannot just "choose" to have twice as many parking spaces in cities, or choose to have an endless supply of oil in the world. Eventually, cars will evolve to meet the constraints that we will have in the future.


    Everyone gets upset initially whenever things that they like change. My father's generation did not want to accept automatic chokes in cars, but now they don't give them a second thought. The same thing will happen with this smart car thing. People like you hate them now, but I am willing to bet that you will accept them in the future.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    "fortwo"? You're making that up, right?
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    04/25/09

    @bosskev: It's actually "fo'two"...
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/25/09

    @bpapa9013 - Is full of ぶっちぎり, probably...: fo'sure
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    Image of ElementalDragon ElementalDragon
    04/25/09

    @bosskev: No.... he's not making that up. it's actually called the Smart ForTwo.... manufactured by Mercedes. I'm actually picking mine up Monday.
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    Image of mricyfire mricyfire
    04/25/09

    @ElementalDragon:


    Why not get a motorcycle? You are no safer in this over a bike according to the crash test videos on Jalopnik. It is slower, cost way more, doesn't pull chics, uses more gas....i just dont see any benefit to these things.

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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    04/25/09

    @mricyfire: ahem:
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    04/25/09

    @alphanumeric1971: Plus you can drive it in the rain without getting wet.
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    Image of mattattaxx mattattaxx
    04/25/09

    In reply to Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
    i have a feeling that though it now has a supercar electric engine, it might not in the future. Proof of concept?


    besides that going 0-60 in 4 seconds in a smartcar would be enough for me to balance out the cost.

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    04/25/09

    @mattattaxx: Yeah, it would make the 'Busa/ZX14 engine swap kind of redundant...
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