Is this the best Smart car in the world ever

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In the US we call cars that don't work "Fiats"




EDIT: Okay BDD. Nice paint job. By smart do you mean, damn that looks "smart" or by "smart" do you mean, how smart do you have to be to pain a car like that ?

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Originally posted by Mr_Big_

In the US we call cars that don't work "Fiats"




EDIT: Okay BDD. Nice paint job. By smart do you mean, damn that looks "smart" or by "smart" do you mean, how smart do you have to be to pain a car like that ?

Smart is the make of car i.e Ford, Nissan, Smart etc

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Originally posted by Bigdaddydiesel

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In the US we call cars that don't work "Fiats"




EDIT: Okay BDD. Nice paint job. By smart do you mean, damn that looks "smart" or by "smart" do you mean, how smart do you have to be to pain a car like that ?

Smart is the make of car i.e Ford, Nissan, Smart etc
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Yeah. A little humor there. Okay, very little. They are going to start importing the Smart car over here. They might sell a few but after a few people get crunched between two Buicks, that will dampen sales.

hehe I likes teh wheels!

Cool

meh, i hate smart cars. shitty little boxes of suffocation...

I miss the spinning wheels

It makes me scared, very fucking scared

team - a smart car

that what it is right?

Wait till ya see tha Brabus version......

yeah the Brabus Smart is really badass looking. Too bad there are no performance upgrades though.

lmao performance upgrades just add on a 5 hp brigs&straton that autta do it.

The Smart brand is coming to America in 2006, and we sincerely hope that this funky two-seater will spearhead the effort. The Smart-Brabus Roadster V6 is a joint effort by Smart and Brabus that will be shown at the 2003 Frankfurt and 2004 Detroit auto shows, but production plans have yet to be finalized. (A Smart compact SUV definitely will make it here.)

The basis of the vehicle is the current Smart roadster-coupe. That car's 80-horsepower, turbocharged, three-cylinder 698-cc engine, however, has been replaced by a 1396-cc V-6 that makes 168 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 162 pound-feet of torque from 2250 to 4500 rpm. The busy twin-turbo unit accelerates the lightweight 1852-pound two-seater from 0 to 62 mph in less than six seconds, according to Smart. Top speed is an equally impressive 137 mph.

Since the twin-turbo V-6 occupies almost as much space as two three-cylinder engines, the fuel tank had to be relocated to the nose of the car, where a luggage compartment used to be. The bigger engine also forced a change from separate coil springs and dampers to concentric units to support the de Dion rear suspension.

Externally, the superfast Smart looks much like a roadster-coupe in sporty Brabus livery. The polished, twelve-spoke aluminum wheels are shod with 205/40R-17 and 225/35R-17 Michelin Pilot Sports. Inside, the roadster looks mighty fine, with slim racing bucket seats trimmed in black Alcantara and red stitching and red four-point shoulder harnesses.


The little red car looks as if it would be a riot to drive, and so it is. If there were ever a reason to polybag a CD with an issue of our magazine, this would be it. The biturbo's array of noises pulls a bigger crowd than any Italian supercar. When the traffic lights change color, this roadster takes off like a rat down a drainpipe. With a power-to-weight ratio of 10.8 pounds per horsepower-a Porsche Carrera 4S has 10.3-the Smart on steroids is a seriously quick tool in virtually any driving environment. It may have relatively short legs on an empty autobahn, but it loves frightening the wits out of secondary roads. As in the regular Smart roadster, the transmission can be used as an automatic or shifted manually via paddles or the center lever.

On the racetrack, the mid-engined sportster is commendably nimble and chuckable. The unassisted rack-and-pinion steering feels a little heavier than expected, but its ratio is quick. The vehicle's evenly balanced weight distribution gives it the handling of a slot car with a central guiding pin. With maximum torque available at low to medium engine speeds, third-gear power slides soon become the preferred cornering attitude. While the strut-type front suspension is quite taut, even for a sports car with a mission, the de Dion rear axle does a fine job of combining compliance and control.

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Originally posted by prwilf

Wait till ya see tha Brabus version......

i keep seeing them around toronto and thinking "i wonder when a truck driver will mistake that for a speed bump"...lol

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Originally posted by Bigdaddydiesel

I like the A-Team paintjob! thats badass

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Originally posted by agentdave

lmao performance upgrades just add on a 5 hp brigs&straton that autta do it.

I'ld go with a 10hp Kohler

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Originally posted by honda_x

i keep seeing them around toronto and thinking "i wonder when a truck driver will mistake that for a speed bump"...lol

... yea not a good idea.. to many big ass gas drinking trucks here. just wait until a fucking f250 duelie.. or something of that naturer hits one and it is crushed.. they may be smart cars but only a dumb ass would want one...