Companies often exploit our fondness for Spring in their marketing efforts. There are detergents that smell like flower beds, flora-inspired fashions and candles that give off the soft scent of freshly cut grass. We’re a people who like the restorative, born-again qualities of the season that emerges after a long, cold winter, and smart knows [...]
The Smart fortwo couldn’t have come to the United States at a better time. Skyrocketing fuel prices and a dearth of fuel efficient vehicles gave Daimler’s Tiny Tim a big push to the tune of 25,000 units for the year, far surpassing Smart’s goal of 15,000 units. Smart’s success is also another feather in the [...]
Tom Mutchler at Consumer Reports says his first drive in a SMART reminded him of his John Deere x300 lawn tractor. Slow and noisy, but they both fit in his garage. Apparently, Black Deere LLC had the same impression of the little car and showed up at SEMA with one in John Deere’s green and [...]
George Barris has officially gone batty. While he is one of the men generally acknowledged for creating the original Batmobile, he hasn’t shown anything with those trademark wings since Joel Schumacher almost ruined the franchise. And then we passed this in the North Hall at SEMA today. Maybe it was Catwoman standing next to [...]
Those looking for a little bit more punch from their microcars are in luck as smart will begin offering the BRABUS-tuned version of its fortwo in the U.S. beginning in February 2009. News of its impending arrival was apparently emailed to potential smart owners who have already placed reservation deposits but have not yet configured [...]
Chalk this one firmly in the rumormill category, but Johnathan Bodily over at Street Import Online is reporting that he’s seen what appears to be an electric smart fortwo at Tesla’s facility in San Carlos plugged into a Tesla-branded charging station. What’s more, this particular smart differed from other fortwos in that it lacked a [...]
Cars represent freedom, right? Sure, but shouldn’t that same freedom be available to those who can’t justify purchasing their own car? Daimler thinks so, and has created a new pilot program called car2go that allows subscribers to rent a smart fortwo for just 19-cents a minute or less, depending on how long you need the [...]
If this doesn’t strike you as a sign of the times, you may need to get your eyes checked. The only HUMMER dealership in Las Vegas, the city that invented excess and bling, is shutting its doors. Towbin HUMMER is actually one of the largest HUMMER dealerships in America. So what will they be selling [...]