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Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

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

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  • Thursday, July 3, 2008 09:41 AM

    Your MPG is too high

    I have the first model (in Europe) with manual transmission and the 62HP engine.

    It gets consistent 44mpg in town and 50mpg on the open road. It has about 62,200 miles on the clock. Oh it doesn't have AC.

    So either the anti-pollution system for the US market is doing just what it shouldn't be doing - increasing carbon pollution by raising consumption. Or you don't know how to drive...

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