Lol,
cool.

 

Z Cars will put a Suzuki motorcycle engine into anything.

 

Z Cars will put a Suzuki motorcycle engine into anything.

Except a motorcycle!

 

so it's rwd

 

oh my. I like the old school mini's with gixer engines or R1 engines. those things are bad ass too

 

so it's rwd

All Smarts are RWD. They're rear-engined stock.

 

thats awesome! One of my friends had a smart car as a company loaner, and I can only imagine what that thing might be like!

 

Wow...just wow...

 

Maybe fast in a straight line, but those smart cars are notorious for handling worse then the titanic.
Alan

 

[image]http://www.topauto.free.fr/constructeurs/smart/Smart%20Roadster%20Coupe%20V6.jpeg[/image]

That cant possibly handle worst then the titanic!

 

Fix your link.
That isnt the smart car in this article, that looks like a much faster car seeing as it says V6 biturbo on the back.
This is the smart car
Top Gear did a test on it, and nearly killed the camera guy i think cause it understeered sooo much on a turn.
[img]http://thekneeslider.com/images/smartuki.jpg
Alan

 

best freakin idea ever... where's omni to praise this

 

They're mostly plastic, which is probably why they don't handle well. The Gixxer-powered Smart in question had a tubular chassis installed witht the powerplant, so it may not suffer quite so much.

Also, the four-lug rear conversion is awesome.

 

I'm really starting to wish that DCX hadn't killed the idea of bringing the SMART to the States.

 

Yeah, they were designed with economy and little city sprints in mind.

A modern-day 914 it is not.

 

wow...i would drive one for sure. really fast and probably still gets better mpg than my focus.

 

Now thats what Im talking about!!

 

best freakin idea ever... where's omni to praise this

I'd drive it.

 

Me too! Small and fast. What I like.

 

13,000 rpm! I wonder what kind of mileage it gets.

 

do we have a comparable car here in the states?

 

There's no comparable, widely available car. There are a few tiny manufacturers making electric vehicles that are about the same size. Maybe you could do the same thing to a Gem.

 

Would it roll over in turns? Centre of gravity too high?

 

Smart cars have been sold up here for a while now, you could grab one up here and smuggle it down in your suitcase

 

Would it roll over in turns? Centre of gravity too high?

I dunno... Buy me one and I'll try as hard as I can to tip it over.

It really takes a lot to roll a car.... like a blonde installing makeup at 70MPH in the fast lane.