Quite a fun and interesting car to drive. Got the opportunity to drive a pre-production model and really enjoyed it. Rest of the pics on my Flickr page.
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Yeah, people seem to be misunderstood about the trans in the Smart. I'ts a manual that is automated. So all that pause or lag you get from that is the car shifting to the next gear. Sure, I bet you can shift faster than that but it is pretty comical. Which is probably why I like it.
It's actually.. Quite surprising. I was honestly expecting a glorified golf cart. But the car drives really nice. It's more than sufficiently fast enough to keep up with in town traffic and has enough overhead to run 70 mph on the highway without effort. This was a pre-production model and there were zero squeaks or rattles. The handling is very BMW. Not a huge amount of grip from the eco tires but.. Very direct steering. Gives ya a lot of confidence in corners. I'm not a fan of electric cars and I left there wanting one.
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