What is Smart Car and How the Smart Car Works

What is Smart Car and How the Smart Car Works

Before this we had talk so much about the Town Car. So, now let change our topic and move to the Smart Car.

When gas prices in the historical record of the United States and cars with low consumption in vogue, the time may be perfect for DaimlerChrysler to introduce the Smart in the U.S. market. Already popular in Europe, the Smart Car is small in size but big business. Updated Smart Fortwo (named because it is "two" people) is ready to release in 2008, so we could see a lot of Smart cars on the road in the near future.

Smart Car began with Nicolas Hayek, the man who invented Swatch watches. He wanted a small car that is fuel efficient, environmentally friendly and easy to park in tight spaces. Swatch Company cooperation with Daimler-Benz (after a failed company with Volkswagen) to create the first City Coupe under the company name Micro Compact Car (MCC). Development began in 1994 and the first car was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1997. MCC is on sale next year, but Hayek was disappointed with the use of a conventional engine - he wanted a hybrid or pure electric motor - and the price of the car, which was higher than expected. When initial sales were slow, Swatch pulled out of the company, leaving Daimler-Benz (now DaimlerChrysler) owns the Smart division. Today, Smart is part of DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes group.

When you see the Smart Car, the first thing you notice is its size. City Coupe (renamed Fortwo "once Smart began releasing other models), is only 8 feet, 2.5 inches wide, 5 feet wide and about 5 feet tall. (By comparison, the original Hummer H1 over 7 feet wide.) This means that instead of parallel parking in line with other cars, a Smart car can back up the curb. Two or three Smart Cars can park that way in a car park at the curb only.




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