Posts Tagged ‘fortwo’

2005-2010 Smart Fortwo

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

By Chris Chase, CanadianDriver.com

I guess bringing this tiny car to Canada was a “smart” idea after all, at least safety-wise.

Naturally, there were many skeptics who felt this diminutive car wouldn’t fly in Canada’s marketplace. There were doubts about its crashworthiness, what with all the large SUVs the Fortwo would share our roads with. Then there were the questions about how it would handle our less-than-pleasant winters. And never mind that it only had 40 horsepower and was funny-looking.

2008 smart fortwo

2008 smart fortwo

The crashworthiness question can be answered this way: British TV show Fifth Gear crashed an unmanned smart Fortwo into a concrete barrier at 70 mph (about 120 km/h) to see how it would hold up. The answer? Remarkably well, considering the circumstances. See the video on YouTube.com. Then click here for a story about a ClubSmartCar member who survived a serious collision between his Fortwo and a Kia Sorento. video (more…)

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This Car’s Not For You…USA

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

 

Vehicles Our American Neighbours Cannot Buy (But We Can!)

By Michael Schlee

 

It’s not a well known fact to the general public.  But we in Canada have access to vehicles not sold in the USA. What’s more, it may come as a surprise to even a gear head that there are currently 14 vehicles on sale in Canada that our American neighbours cannot purchase (unless they make a trip up north, eh!).

CSX

Acura CSX

Some of the vehicles in this article are available in South America, Europe or Asia, but for the context of this story I am sticking with the difference between the USA and Canada; two seemingly identical automotive markets.

 

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