Thursday, August 6, 2009

If you look closely, you'll see a Smart Car (PIC)...

If you look closely, you'll see a Smart Car (PIC)
Although the name, at this point, may seem a little ironic.

'Clunkers' Pile Up On Auto Dealer's 'Death Row'
The federal government requires auto dealers to disable a vehicle's engine in order to get a refund from "Cash for Clunkers" program. Critics say the engine is the most valuable part of a junked car so destroying them is wasteful.

Mercedes Patent Drawings Reveal Plan for 3-Seater Smart Car
Trying to give buyers more chances to get into a Smart, the company produced a four-seat hatch called the ForFour in 2004. It sold so poorly that the car was axed after just two years. In spite of that, Autocar says that parent Mercedes-Benz has filed patent papers for an embiggened Smart.

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