Buy a Smart Car If You Love Al Gore

this is a very nice post

Funny how things change in a year!!! Where are the big trucks now? Being sold in 0% schemes, buy-one-get-one, exchange-one-for-your-motherinlaw....and the smart cars are selling like hot cake. There might be some hope for the environment after all.

the car is suprisingly safe. look at the nhtsa and iihs results and use youtube to look at the vid at 70mph and the iihs test

7/10/2007 9:08:04 AM, Bob said in part: . . . And, surprisingly, it does really well in crash test. I''ve seen videos of it hitting a wall (off-center) at 70 mph and both of the doors both opened and closed just fine, and there were no intrusions into the passenger compartment. It''s not only smart, but it''s safe. _____ Yes, that is surprising At 70 MPH? I don''t believe it. The company Smart itself, is smart enough that they would not even make that bold claim. Their brochures don''t even discuss such impressive crash test results! As a matter of fact, they don''t discuss any crash test results. Smart does not have any crash test ratings for front, rear and side impact in the U.S. If your claim is true, the Smart Group is missing out on one of the biggest promotional campaigns in auto industry history. If the “Safety cell” is indestructible at 70 MPH, they would promote it. The key safety feature of the Smart car is the “Safety Cell” it is just a roll bar cage, with a crumple zone in the front and rear. Smart Group describes the safety cell and its crash box crumple zones as providing enhanced protection to the occupants in “minor collisions” 70 MPH is not a minor collision.

Being that I lean toward the redneck side of automotive, give me the SUV. I see how many people "maintain" their auotmobiles and would rather be in something big than squish in some plastic bubble. Al Gore is not about saving the planet. If he was, he would not ride in the gas guzzling luxury automobiles.

The idiot that said he used to have one but lost his left leg in a crash. You can loose your life in any car. Idiot!!!

I used to have one, I don't have it anymore, also I don't have my left leg either after the crash.

The thing is, the car was not only a hit in Europe in smaller towns, but the larger towns as well. There is one on almost every corner in Paris. It's a light, fuel-efficient car. And, surprisingly, it does really well in crash test. I've seen videos of it hitting a wall (off-center) at 70 mph and both of the doors both opened and closed just fine, and there were no intrusions into the passenger compartment. It's not only smart, but it's safe.

A smart car, heh? I just want a car that gets 70 MPG, first!