[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It is a Smart car, sold under the brand Smart and marketed by Mercedes Benz > (it think) here in Europe. There was some involvement with Swatch, the swiss > brand selling funny plastic watches, but I don't know the extent of it. > > In overcrowded towns here like Rome they're sold like hot cakes altough > the price is rather steep. They have a yuppish market image and young professionals > or executives tend to see it as status symbols. > > I never drove one and it gives me a sense of immediate danger seeing them > speed by at 130 Km/h (70-75 Mph?). They say they tend to loose control quite > easyily under less then ideal conditions on Rome's center paved roads. > > Flavio
I'll bet that's true! You need a longer wheelbase (vs. track dimensions) to aid stability. Still, for 'around town' it seems hard to beat! You could not be a Juan Fangio, or a Nuvolari (!) but if you drive sanely, it ought to be a ton of fun! keith whaley
