Smart ForTwo exceeding sales expectations in the U.S.

I'm sorry, but I hate the Smart. It's WAY overrated.

You don't know how it's overrated? Everyone has gone nuts over how different it is. How it's safe, but small. How it's got excellent gas mileage. Well, sure, I'll give it to them that it's different, but not much different than the Nissan Versa or the Toyota Yaris. And it isn't safe at all. Just look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eghIfyHP0. Plus, for the size of the car and the size of the engine, it gets mediocre fuel economy. This car just simply isn't anything special. And no, I never have heard of the Toyota IQ. Sorry to burst your bubble.

That's the old Smart, not the new one! The new one is a lot safer!

I don't think it rolled because it's the old Smart, I think it rolled because of it's size.

"Los Angeles is the number-one state in sales followed by New York"

Since when did Los Angeles become a state? lol

Good for Mercedes-Benz's Smart division. Congratulations.

What very small car can you buy under 20 grand that gets app 40 mpg on the highway other then Smart.

A MINI or a Yaris, both come close to 40 mpg, cost less than $20K, and offer seating for 4.

The problem with the Smart is just that for something so small and lacking in power, is 33/41 mpg the best they could come up with, esp with a price approaching 20K? I think many people who walked away from their $99 deposit did so beacuse they ended up being underwhelmed when the car finally showed up. Sure there are plenty of people who will take their places and quickly snap them up. But when they start to see the compromises they have to endure to get the cute little bugger, how happy do you think they will be in the long term?

Hey, dont get me wrong, we need more of these little guys on our city streets. But hopefully the next batch will more closely live up to their promises and potentials.

"What very small car can you buy under 20 grand that gets app 40 mpg on the highway other then Smart."


A used Geo Metro 3 cyl. 5spd.

Gas prices suck a$$ so small cars will do well. Typically small cars that do well in safety sell well. MB's answer to BMW's Mini is going well.

my BENZ dealer said all 300 smart cars are taken for the next 6months.
it will die down .just typical hype from any NEW cute cheap car. we will see millions of them on EBAY.

saw one the other day in Fairfield on my backroad commute to work. Really small car, but different looking, and the gas mileage is incredible!

The Smart ForTwo is cool. I want one.

In Europe, they get an option for a Smart ForTwo CDI. The CDI referring to a three cylinder, diesel choice.

The CDI gets around 70 mpg. That's almost a 100% improvement in fuel economy over the gasser, and it can run on any blend of three different renewable fuels made from bio-based oils without losing fuel economy, but many Americans can't see the worth of clean diesel technologies for cars, so we don't get them. As soon as Americans start opening their minds to different methods for reducing our consumption of oil, we'll start getting clean diesel choices and other technologies.