Re: Smart car safe?

cp wrote:
> In Canada we only have the fortwo, quite a bit
> of them too. Personally, if I had the choice
> between a forfour and a Toyota Echo/Yaris/Rits
> hatchback I'd take the Toyota, bigger and cheaper.

THE point for the Smart fortwo is it's shortness:
2500 mm, the very best on the whole car market in
terms of parking space (leaving _light_ cars such
as the French Ligiers etc. pp. out here).

Of course anything else is not as good as with other
modern vehicles of the same price class:
No rear doors, no rear seats, short wheelbase,
narrow wheel track, lack of crumple zones etc. -
but given its shortness it competes well (IMHO).


Juergen
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