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Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by prius729, Apr 4, 2008.

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According to the wiki at least, the diesel has been dropped in NA and the gas engine has been upped from 700cc to 1L. Thats probably largely to blame for the disappointing numbers relative to what SMARTs elsewhere seem to manage.

I'm all for smaller cars, but for me at least smaller but not particularly efficient doesn't make much sense. In my mind the Insight was a much better small car, and that got scrapped. Maybe these are cheap enough that people will buy them anyway, but its not very compelling in my book.

People seem to be lining up to buy one, so obviously they see something in it I don't. And I'm not a hater, I actually went out to one of the local SMART events when the tour came to town to see them. I love the idea. Just really disappointed by the numbers. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the Prius.

Rob
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Yes the old diesel was 700cc. The new gas is 1.0 litre.

It's ok and yes we all are spoiled by our Prius that gets better mileage than the smart. However, the smart does take up less space and is a lot cheaper.

#21 Tideland Prius, Apr 15, 2008

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