Anyones knows Who brings in Smart Cars??

[Evow123]

 

anyones knows who brings in Smart cars??

[Carmaniac]

mercedes? Smart cars use Merc engines right?

[Nazaki]

They are in the same company as mercedes, engine wise.. maybe same engineer? haha.

 

Anyway, I've seen the smart roadster in my friend's pictures in her trip to germany, it looks cool and i did a search on it. wow. its cool. but it stop production in 2005.

[Cklasse]

You won't get it in Singpore unless through PI. The nearest authorised dealer is in Malaysia.

Those Smart car you see on the road belongs to DC and some PI imported.

 

I would love to have one and would buy without a second thought. Had exhausted my search in Singapore and finally bought a March.

[Evow123]

i remember sometime ago, they had road shows @ lido, and think that time the price was 70K plus!

 

so if you can find a actual dealer, you will change your March to Smart?

hehehe

Edited November 11, 2006 by Evow123

[Evow123]

the roadster is back into production already!

 

now is out from UK..

 

the roadster is great to drive!!! i had drove it in France!!

 

i know Malaysia has Smart cars! mostly fortwos or some forfours.

 

its really good FC!!!

[Carcraze]

they have the roadster too. i saw in the the MB showroom in Melaka (diagonally opposite Renaissance Hotel)

[Potheader]

yep me too.. but only the fortwo.

[Tanjkp]

Saw one around Bedok/Tampines area and heard is from the car sharing or rental firm. But can't find them from NTUC, Cityspeed etc. Not sure which co is handling it.

[Napier]

There were 2 smart cars which were on trial with NTUC INCOME Car Co-operative last year. I had the opportunity(unfortunate due to car accident) to rent it for two weeks. I must say it is a fun car to drive around(you attract a lot of attention) and I get about 18.5Km/L. However the car price will put many people off if it is put on sale here

 

You can view the smart car pictures which I took at below web

http://www.pbase.com/napier/smartcar

 

The closer things here now on market are the Mitsubishi I or Subaru R.2 but I think the price is still on the high side.

 

There is a Malaysia Smart Car Forum which provide good information about the car

http://smartgangmalaysia.com/

Edited November 14, 2006 by Napier

[Pandaeyes]

I wish to know too where can I get this car. Anyone has any specs on these cute little cars?

 

Does it have NCAP rating? Hee... safe or not?

[Miketow]

Aiyoh, dont be so optimistic...a SMART is only a 2 seater with just enought boot space for a few bags of groceries from the supermarket.

 

SGporeans so practical type, this type of configuration and price...sure cannot make it in our market.

[Jl1500k]

I think these cute little cars is Powered solely by electricity so quite expensive. I rather choose Mit I and price is cheaper

Edited November 15, 2006 by Jl1500k

[Odyssey02]

Its powered by a gasoline engine.

[Felipe]

ure right...the subaru r1 or r2 negates the use of the smart car and the smart is not going to be cheap anyway here

[Ghostrider]

Daimler Chrysler brings in the SMART cars. But if you saw how the car was assembled...you might not wanna buy liao.

 

I saw them assemble the car before over at Changi Aircargo Complex...2 guys put 2 cars together at the carpark...I think that was for the Motorshow back then.

 

M'sia selling the car though...saw in KL about 3 yrs ago...I think asking for RM50K...can't remember liao.

[Jho0001]

Fifth Gear did a crash test...I think at 70mph at a concrete wall and if faired better than a Ford Fiesta I think, anyway the conclusion was that the cars structure was stronger than the Fiesta / Renault Clio or whatever they tested it against and many other largers saloons that went through the same crash test.

 

70mph x 1.6 = 112kph ... I dont think you need to worry on Singapore roads.

[Odyssey02]

I think what you saw them assembling was the interchangeable colour body panels.