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The Smart car is coming
Sure, the tiny autos are perfectly suited for the narrow lanes of Paris and Rome. But here in the land of freeways and monster SUVs, are we ready to downsize so far?
By Katharine Mieszkowski [2007-11-12]

  • vespa

    Thanks to the people who answered my snow question, I guess it really does go OK in the snow if people in Canada are buying them!

    I wonder if people will buy them for the daily commute, but keep their hulking SUVs/sedans for family trips? (Obviously this doesn't apply for the people who are single w/out kids)

    For me, in sunny Australia (a little too sunny... hasn't rained properly for about 5 years... gg global warming) I'll stick to my vespa for city-travel. I can park it on the sidewalk (legal in Melbourne) and it gets about 70 mpg. In a head on colision with a chipmunk it's probably as safe as a smart car... also, it can carry two people and 1 shopping bag (about the same as a smart car! no just kidding, my mates managed to fit a bike in thier smartcar, although I think they took the wheels off).

    Vespas, however, do NOT go in the snow. (I don't care what you Canadians say!)

    -- Rowyna
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    Monday, November 12, 2007 02:40 PM
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