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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city.
Farhad Manjoo

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:03 PM

    So many 'Mericans on Salon tonight!

    Most of these letter writers are missing the point completely, the Smart is not a 1-1 replacement for your current car, it is something else entirely and for many people it is a second/alternate use vehicle, often replacing a larger second car.

    Here is Vancouver there are literally thousands and thousands of Smart cars and more than anything else the reason is PARKING PARKING PARKING, I often leave my Mazda3 at home and take the bus downtown to avoid the parking hell, Smart cars don't have that problem.

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