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    Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time

    Chrysler's New Incentive Plan: Employee Pricing Plus Plus

    GM Offering Dealers $250 For Every Customer They Don't Send To GMAC

    2009 Dodge Journey Rockets To First...In Incentives

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    Image of Saboth Saboth
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    I honestly wouldn't mind a smart car. I just like how little they are, but 2 problems. They only have automatics, and apparently the closest dealer is now about 150 miles away. Nevermind the crazy dealer markups. If I could actually get one for less than 11k...maybe.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/16/09

    @Saboth: Actually, they're not even automatics -- they're clunky sequential-shift things. Supposedly, a software upgrade makes the transmission less-bad, but from what I gather, it's basically the worst of every world with that transmission.


    I'm sure finding a base model is nigh-impossible. Half the problem is that until now, you had to order them basically sight unseen, rather than buying them off the lot, because the dealers wouldn't carry cars that didn't have (refundable, $99) deposits put down on them, which is pretty stupid.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    Smart is just too extreme in some ways--appearance and size--but not extreme enough in others -- mpg.


    If it got 60 mpg or so you'd have an incentive to put up with the weirdness.


    It will be interesting to see how the insurance rates go on it as well. The part that bothers me is how much and how far it bounces after impact, i.e. into oncoming traffic lane.

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    Image of blogsdo blogsdo
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    This photo gives me a great prank idea for roving gangs of pranksters. Maybe I shall suggest it next time I'm at the bar.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/16/09

    @blogsdo: Yes, destroying others' property is so cool.


    On that note, I think I'm gonna get drunk and set pickup trucks on fire.

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    The bigger question is going to be who will buy a 5-10 year old Smart in the US? Assuming gas stays below $10/gal, these will be the same people cross shopping 10 year old Dodge Calibers and Kias. Eventually the smug will go away, there is NO enthusiast base to keep this car alive. Does the Smart have a space saver spare, because the people that buy these used will probably drive around for 6 months with two of them on the car.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    Saw a SMART yesterday with a great plate on it...


    (this was in proud USC country too)


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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/16/09

    @BrAff: What the picture doesn't show is the owner lying in a pool of his own blood in the next parking spot fro driving a car with that license plate in downtown LA.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    Free fuzzy dice? But wouldn't that overload the front end, besides completely blocking all sight of the windshield? Or maybe it's a cost-cutting measure - they plan to do away with the airbags, and in case of an emergency, you just grab hold of a die.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: Howdy! ;)
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @skaycog: Good morning! You were up early, I see.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    LOOK MA!!! NO-WHEEL DRIVE!!!


    Oh, wait...

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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    Interesting....another exposed undercarriage.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/16/09

    @skaycog: Somehow, it's just not quite the turn-on I was expecting it to be.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    I've seen four of these "Smart" cars in about the last six weeks, before that I don't think I've seen any except in pictures. Every time I see one, the first word that comes to mind is,… death trap. As more of these cars hit the road, we'll be seeing more pictures of these cars in the position shown above, as this is the natural resting position for these cars after an accident.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/16/09

    @Flathead Smith: I live in a small college town about 50 miles from the nearest Smart dealer, and I've been seeing these regularly since they came out.


    However, this place is full of vehicular weirdness, as I've never seen daily-driven beater 928s, Bertone X1/9s, Ford model As, Chevy Vegas, and Mercury Bobcat wagons all in one place before. Oh, and everyone and their dog drives a beater Subaru here in the winter.

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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/16/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Do you live in Lawrence Kansas? I swear I need to go for a walk tonight snap some pics and submit it as a "Down on the Street: Mid-West Hippie College Town Edition"
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    Oh, I thought you meant incentive like they were going to build a better car. Never mind, uninterested again.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    You know, maybe if these cars got fuel economy even remotely commensurate with their weirdness, they would sell better.


    Actually, they probably wouldn't.

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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    06/16/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: At least Canada and Europe get the diesel -- those get something like 70mpg, and sound hilarious.
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    Image of My X-type is too a real Jaguar My X-type is too a real Jaguar
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    The problem isn't the high price of gas, the problem is the high possibility of getting hit in a Smart Car by a F250.
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    Image of drakino drakino
    06/16/09

    @My X-type is too a real Jaguar: In that case, I'm all in favor of banning evert F250 on the roads unless it is actually hauling something.


    Soooooooooo tired of the idiot truck drivers around here that feel the need to blast down the highway left lane, get right up on peoples bumpers, pass on the right, then get back over and slow down below the speed limit. Oh, and of course you never know when one of them is going to bolt across 3 lanes of traffic, nearly taking out your front end because they absolutely have to get off the highway now. Where are some faulty firestone tires when you need them?

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    Image of tekamul tekamul
    06/16/09

    @drakino: It's never gonna happen. You know what they keep in F250's? Gun racks. You know what they put in gun racks? Guns. You know what gun totin' F250 drivers put in people who come for their trucks? Bulletts.


    You go first

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/16/09

    @tekamul: Well, it's not the bullets that kill you. It's the holes they make.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    60 months... I'll do the math for you, that's 5 friggin years folks. For a Smart car? How long do you expect one of these to last? Gee wiz, I wonder why we're in an economic crisis.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @TimTim: Do you expect it to conk out after two years or something? Five years isn't THAT long to have a car, sheesh.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: At the very least you'll need to get the spring rewound...
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    Image of tekamul tekamul
    06/16/09

    @mytdawg: And buy fresh hampsters
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @tekamul: True, although as Nibbles can attest, it's probably more economical to buy food to sustain the ones you've already got.
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    Image of GasGuzzler GasGuzzler
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    FOR.TWO% financing.


    I see what they did there . . . smart, Smart.

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @GasGuzzler: Brilliant!
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    Leeeeena the Jalopchick was starred Leeeeena the Jalopchick was unstarred
    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/16/09

    @GasGuzzler: That makes me want to beat people with a twofour!


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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    06/16/09

    In reply to Smart To Offer U.S. Buyers Incentives For First Time
    If only they would make the small fuel efficient cars that Amreicans are demanding ... Wait? What?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    06/16/09

    @PetroSapien: The ForTwo gets terrible MPGs for its size/weight... And it is also terribly overpriced, you could get a NEW base civic with a few options for the same price, and IIRC the civic gets better mileage... What would you buy?
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