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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?
  • how does it go in the snow?

    Seriously though... how well does it drive in the snow? There was a comment above about Montreal/Toronto that got me wondering about this.

    I live in Australia right now, and lots of people have these cars. Friends of mine have one on this neat scheme where it gets painted with advertising material every 2 weeks, and they get to "lease" it for free. The thing is, it doesn't snow here. And having had a close-up look at the tiny tires and low wheel base, I'm frankly dubious about how well this would sell in new england (where I grew up). I suppose it has a chance in California, but a place where you could ever get more than 12 inches of snow? Dubious.