Smart Wants the States: Next Gen Will Be More U.S.-Friendly, Still Rear-Engined

In an era when enthusiasts hammer the auto industry for building fleets of Beeplusmobiles—big and heavy cars designed in uniformity—the rear-engined, lightweight Smart should have some appeal. It doesn’t. Instead, Mercedes-Benz’s minicar is a pariah, great for squeezing into ad-hoc parking spots in Amsterdam and otherwise loathed in the U.S. In spite of this, there’s [...]

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John Cordts David Coulthard Piers Courage