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Smart has been promoting the streets of Europe for some time, but started to hit the United States in 2008, caused a great deal of interest, but also thousands of problems. He found these interesting people will be in the small street car in the parking lot would like to know where it came from the car it can be safe?

This article answers some common questions answered questions on the U.S. version Smart Car.

1. What is a smart car?

First, the small car design is a passenger car is fun to drive, and have achieved good gas mileage. Smart is a very spacious two-seater sports hatchback a spacious cargo area behind. Looking for fun, yes, but surprisingly functional.

smart fortwo has established a collaboration between Mercedes and Swatch watches manufacturers in response to the needs of a small European city in the passenger car. The car was later adapted to the requirements of the U.S. and technical specifications, higher oil prices stimulate greater interest in fuel-efficient cars here in the U.S.

2. It may be a small car in America can be safe on the road all the trucks and SUVs?

The answer is yes, of course! ” In fact, intelligent vehicle safety is very positive. Smart has a number of security features two levels, all three Mercedes-Benz models sold in the U.S., the design of the U.S. version the car, its primary mission is safe.

Security requirements Tridion, a sort of steel cage around the driver and passengers, with advanced anti-lock braking system, all in the clever design that makes you strong on the road, even in case of accident. Smart high level of security has been received from the organization of independent safety testing, such as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

3. What kind of mileage smart car is what?

You will be imagined as a small car fuel consumption will be great, right? After all, is not the point of availability of funds for a car so small? Smart fortwo fuel economy rated at 33 city and 41 mpg on the highway. Although these figures may be lower than expected, remains a major step forward in the typical mileage of your truck, SUV or luxury cars are.

This is considered the best mileage in class, when the wise is in relation to other hybrid vehicles in the United States. At present, there is no hybrid version of the smart car may be used, but all electric propulsion mode currently in production will reach U.S. sometime in 2011. This is clearly a more fuel efficient.

4. How easy it is to drive the smart car?

If you hear a call smart fortwo’s automated manual transmission equipped, you may want to know how difficult it is to drive. Why is it changing? How clutch? This is good news: Despite intelligence is the ability to shift manually without a clutch in question. It’s so easy, because the “push / pull paddles on the steering wheel, or shift.

If even this is too much work for you, you can choose to take over the smart car transmission. Automatically moves up and down for you, your acceleration and deceleration of the road. You can make the change in the automatic mode a little slow, but most drivers choose the route manually.

5. How I can buy a smart fortwo car I own?

To screen people for the first time in U.S. intelligence and in 2008, its hard to get. A waiting list of 18 months of the few smart car dealership is open. As time passes, though more and more dealers and manufacturers on board to catch up on the waiting list. Natural gas prices also fell, so demand.

Today, there are about 70 local dealers from the United States. Most of the countries of East, South, Midwest and West Coast at least one operator. The rest of the West is more limited coverage. For example, if you live in a small city like Boise, Idaho, you may have to drive 5 hours in Salt Lake City to find the nearest dealer of smart cars.

We expected to see a list of smart fortwo once again the new electric smart drive arriving later in 2011. Only 9 dealers will start selling this model, so get your hands on one can be a challenge.