Smartfortwo spotted-it's tiny...

It's 2008.  Have you reserved your Smartfortwo yet?  We saw one parked in the Riverpark Square parking garage recently and spent about five minutes walking around and looking at it.  It was the first one we've seen up close although we've spotted another one tooling around town. 

You first notice just how incredibly small it is, but an up close look at the interior reveals a roomy space (The guy getting into it later was around 6'4").  Parked nearby was a five year old Explorer and in comparison it's shocking how little space the Smartfortwo consumes.  We figured it at about half. 

The nearest dealer for these will be located in Seattle (smartcenterseattle.com).  Entry level model (pure) starts at around $11,600 while the sportier version (passion) starts at $13,600.  If you're curious how well it holds up to a 70mph collision with a concrete barrier check out this vid on YouTube.

Comments

[benJAMMIN"]

Yea, I can see the practicality of it for city use, but my favorite part of living here is going camping, skiing, hiking, etc. I can't see myself driving up the mountain, or down a dirt road with it. I'll stick with a mazda hatchback.

[Rachel]

can you make that a smartforfour please? LOL. then I'll buy one.

PS - aren't these the ones that have batteries that can't be recycled so really are they that much more practical?

[METROSPOKANE]

Nope. These run on a 3 cylinder 71hp gas engine. They get around 40 city/45 highway mpg. They diesel (which won't be coming to the US) gets over 70mpg.

[Alberto]

I'd rather get a mini-coop. Smart cars are nice, but they don't fit more than two people, that's just inconvenient.

[Silent Bahb]

I don't know, I currently have a squashed Focus (read: hatchback) and I enjoy having a little car to run around town in. Of course, two seats is hard to stomach (not that it's usually more than me in the car) but I can offset that with the family assault vehicle (aka SUV) for those skiing trips.