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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 07:16 PM

    Good idea, bad execution

    Everything I've read about the Smart says the same thing. Weak engine, lousy transmission, jerky ride, mediocre gas mileage considering its size.

    Just because a car is small doesn't mean it has to perform as poorly as the Smart Car. Some company needs to take the concept, put a decent engine-transmission combination in it that is frugal with gas and try again. There's no reason a car its size shouldn't be able to routinely get in the 40s or even 50s if designed well.

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