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2007 Smart ForTwo Spy Pics

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Although not scheduled for release until April of 2007, spy photographer extraordinaire 'skoochyatone' has just sent us the first images of what we can expect from the newest smart fortwo.

As you can see from the photos, it appears the latest smart will remain similar in shape and size to the current model. Early rumors indicate the next smart fortwo will feature more streamlined headlights (see last photo), and despite the disguise, the spy photos appear to substantiate this fact. It also appears as though the new smart will be moving away from the three-tiered rear lights and adopting a more traditional approach, a move that most smart owners won't be losing any sleep over.
More here:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Apr06/06SpyPhotosOfTheNewestSmartForTwo.html
 
#8 ·
Dev said:
LOVE IT!!!!!!!! :thumbup: I have been waiting to really see a smart in person. :)
there is one smug dude that drives one here going to school. i see him every once in awhile.

i really don't see why you people like this thing tho. to me it's uglier than that braziallian car with flip flop pedals.

pissing up a rope? whatever, they are both ugly lol
 
#9 ·
MrPotatoes said:
i really don't see why you people like this thing tho. to me it's uglier than that braziallian car with flip flop pedals.
It is small, and it is useful. You can park it anywhere.

A fine runabout, and a perfect city car. There are places in this world where compact cars like the Focus are just too big.

A car isn't always about looks or performance.

Oddly enough, it is possible to have interest in or like a vehicle that you may not want. I have no interest in owning a Viper, but I think they're pretty cool... same goes for this.
 
#14 ·
OmniFocus said:
Typical American response.

The world needs cars like this. :thumbup:
The only thing the Smart car is efficient with is space. Fuel economy could have been a lot better if the car weighed less and was more aerodynamic. Still, its a much better urban runabout than whats available now.
 
#15 · (Edited)
it appears the latest smart will remain similar in shape
BOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
OmniFocus said:
Typical American response.

The world needs cars like this. :thumbup:
Why? Because they are easier to parallel park?

I really want a tiny dual transport vehicle with amazing economy (close to 100 mpg should be doable), but this isn't going to deliver. I get to where I need to go by going from a two lane highway to a six lane highway, to parking spots that easily fit excursions. I want one of those narrow and low two seaters with a turbo-diesel like I always seen in concepts (basically an all-weather motorcycle alternative)! :cool: Smart SO would have been the one to bring it to market, and then I coulda gotten one below invoice through my bro... hmph!!! Oh well... I'm not going to try shoving a square brick along at my usual 80mph cruising speed with styling that looks like it should have a fisherprice sticker on it. :p

Edit: Here's what I'm talkin' bout:
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282mpg on that one, although too expensive and underpowered its neat. Theres a similar but kinda ugly Aptera concept thats supposed to net 330mpg. There were the two Volvo Tandem concepts that were more stylish. And remember Mercedes developed that narrow leaning car back in the late 90s?
 
#17 ·
Ducman69 said:
America as a whole doesn't need THIS. The concept is sweet, but the execution is wrong for our country's (as a whole) population density.
Opinions are most often generated by personal need and experience.

It may not work for where YOU live, but that doesn't mean it won't work for where other people (including me) live.
 
#18 ·
OmniFocus said:
It is small, and it is useful. You can park it anywhere.

A fine runabout, and a perfect city car. There are places in this world where compact cars like the Focus are just too big.

A car isn't always about looks or performance.

Oddly enough, it is possible to have interest in or like a vehicle that you may not want. I have no interest in owning a Viper, but I think they're pretty cool... same goes for this.

no no i understand. hell i'm thinking of getting a moped or a motorcycle because i don't want todrive the focus everywhere all the time. but, doesn't mean i always have to sacrifice style for function. you get me?

alot of people think it's one or the other. it doesn't have to be something that will make you go 'omg i want one now' but it doesn't mean i want to drive a car that looks like the dude from mask

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#19 ·
focaljet-1 said:
Opinions are most often generated by personal need and experience.

It may not work for where YOU live, but that doesn't mean it won't work for where other people (including me) live.
You got me before my edit. But #1: I am way more important. #2: There are 10 peeps like me who live in the burbs for every one of y'all New York city slickers. :D Make the "cool" moto-car first, then the blunt box later if they have to. If they made both, I wouldn't bitch... but I want mines! And would that VW example REALLY be too long for the city? I doubt it.
 
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i seen a one here in FL about a mouth ago it was black and red or black and orange i have a pic on my phone they would be hott with some boost :evilgrin:
 
#23 ·
orangeZXT said:
i seen a one here in FL about a mouth ago it was black and red or black and orange i have a pic on my phone they would be hott with some boost :evilgrin:
THis one has been sitting on South Beach for probably 5 years now, this picture along must be at least 3 years old.

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I'm not sure if its street legal at all, i've never seen it move....

But ZAP is now selling street legal Smarts, just started this month with its first delivery, supposedly they have a waiting list a few hundred long and growing.

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/85-us-smarts-to-be-delivered-via-zap-157528.php

http://www.zapworld.com/cars/smartCar.asp
 
#24 ·
Ducman69 said:
You got me before my edit. But #1: I am way more important. #2: There are 10 peeps like me who live in the burbs for every one of y'all New York city slickers. :D Make the "cool" moto-car first, then the blunt box later if they have to. If they made both, I wouldn't bitch... but I want mines! And would that VW example REALLY be too long for the city? I doubt it.
Yes and the NYC metro area has about 30 million people in and extends across 4 states. That is a subsection of the “megatroplus” that is the northeast US.

This is what a NYC “suburb” looks like…

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Your are right the whole country may not need this, but then maybe the northeast US should start getting there own cars, not the same massive land boats the rest of the US gets, and has room for. “Small” cars sell well here, things like the focus (when it first came out) Honda civic, Toyota Corolla/ Matrix, VW Jetta, golf Mazda 3 Volvo S40, Audi A4, Acura TSX etc… all sell very well here. They are usually not seen as super cheep cars, most people buy them with as many options as they can get. If there were more, and nicer choices out I am sure more people would get them.

There isn’t much smaller than C segment that is popular (other than the mini) because most super small cars get really cheep, and are seen as lacking safety features in the US. You wind up seeing the vast majority of the population all driving cars that are either focus side, or accord size, and that is it (not counting SUV’s) Regardless of how the car is used, how many people are in it, or how old the person is. You could see 10 foci parked next to each other and you would see everyone from a 16 year old with his first car, a college student, a family with 2 kids and a dog, and a retired couple in there 70’s get in one.

I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here, if there were actually nice cars available in smaller sizes I am sure that more people would buy them. The focus (at least originally) was seen as a middle end car where I live, just like the Mazda 3 is a middle end $20K family car. I know allot of people that think the focus is “big” and think anything over a 2.0L 4 cylinder is a “big gas guzzling engine” and allot of people have no desire to own a V6.

Talk about culture shock when I went to Florida and saw people driving around duly F250’s and using the same way a focus is used in the NYC area! Up here even people that use trucks like that for work will have a different smaller car for persona use (like a mini!) unless they live where they can take public transit when they are not driving (or just cant get a second parking space)
 
#25 ·
Like orangeZXT and Thameth mentioned here in Florida they do sell the Smart cars through ZAP World.
From Joe's link:
Florida
ZAP of Palm Beach/ Foreign Affairs Auto
1681 North Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409

Tel: (561) 478-9999 Main
Fax: (561) 689-7000

There was a local news report not long ago that mentioned that Smart was being sold somewhere here.I have yet to see one on the streets locally though.
 
#26 ·
That's great that they made it small. Friggin wonderful.

But why the hell not make it aerodynamic???

If you want to save gas, then do it. But don't make a street legal Urkel-mobile and think it's way high tech and is going to be an environmental revoultion.

Weight is only one factor. The most important one in slow stop and go city traffic... but if you take it out on the highway, you really won't be doing anyone a favor with the gas guzzling turbulence you're leaving in your wake by driving a modified box. Now that thing Ducman posted....

Low weight... check.
Aerodynamic profile.... check.
Style.... YAY! It doesn't look like a clown car. :thumbup: