Smart Car Update

Der Spiegel magazine in Germany is reporting that Daimler Chrylser has decided to bring the Smart Car to the United States!!! I love these little cars.

The story is here.

"DaimlerChrysler is to launch its Smart car in the United States for the first time. The company is expected to announced on Tuesday that the new two-seater ForTwo model, due for release in 2007, will go on sale across the Atlantic... The Smart ForTwo is just eight feet long by five feet wide, and fits into half of a typical parking place. It is hoped that the model may be able to exploit concerns in the US over rising fuel prices, where gasoline is approaching $3 a gallon. The price rise has sparked a new interest in smaller cars with more fuel-efficient engines."

It gets 60 miles per gallon, will probably sell for about $15,000 and is surprisingly roomy in the passenger compartment.