It's a city car?
"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
I'd buy a diesel version if it was available in the US.
95mpg is fabulous.

I was looking them over at the local Mercedes dealership here. The turbo
diesel sits on the back axle and it's a rear wheel drive. 6 speed stick or
paddle shift. It's a cool little car. I was pricing one of the convertible
models with leather seats, A/C, power windows etc.... 23K Cdn.

It's the fuel and manoeuvrability aspect for in city driving that really
caught my interest.

CM

"jlrogers" wrote in message

It's a city car?

I think they make no bones about it being an efficient commuter.... then
again I live 20 miles out of the city and 3 people on the road here have
them. I've heard nothing but positive feed back from the owners. One guy
takes his to 2 other provinces once a week... says he's had no problems at
highway speeds under any condition. Like I said... I'm looking at one for a
work vehicle. I do site inspections and get paid a per Km rate. I often have
up to a dozen sites to visit in a day.

CM

That works out to a little over $20k in USD.

That seems high. The smart-car should be selling for about
12-15k. At those prices they could not make them fast
enough to serve the demand. Everyone would buy one as
a second car.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote

paddle shift. It's a cool little car. I was pricing one of the
convertible models with leather seats, A/C, power windows etc.... 23K
Cdn.

It's the fuel and manoeuvrability aspect for in city driving that really
caught my interest.