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“First smart ED Delivered in America.”
Headline in Autoevolution announcing the arrival of the first smart fortwo Electric Drive (ED) in the US.
So don’t forget to plug it in regularly, or you won’t get it up in the morning. Or maybe use “EV” instead of an acronym that stands for certain NSFW difficulties …
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Who says you need a Porsche or a Monster Truck to compensate for something?
The owner is a woman. Not sure she’s compensating for anything.
Bet it has a soft ride….
Hey! Hey!
I had a chance to drive one of these at a press event in Chicago last fall to which Nissan had also brought a Leaf. The fortwo Electric Drive is a bit more pleasant to drive than the gasoline version if only because it does away with the god-awful transmission that the gasser is saddled with. Unfortunately, with its limited power output it is almost painfully slow, it would take nerves of steel to take the thing out on a freeway. Even at street level commuting, it would be at a disadvantage vis-a-vis . . .well, pretty much any other car on the road.
Smart didn’t bring pricing information to the event I attended, but, given the pricing of the gasoline models, I doubt that the electric version would be offered at a price low enough to justify choosing it over the Leaf or the Ford Focus electric when it becomes available.
“it would take nerves of steel to take the thing out on a freeway”
Spoken like a man who has never driven a VW bus!
M1: I have, indeed, driven a VW bus (late 60s vintage) and trust me, it was much faster off the line than the fortwo ED.
The Smart ED is at the same (nominal) $30+k (pre-credit) MSRP as a Nissan Leaf, Mitsu Miev, or Wheego Life. It is smaller (2 seats) than the Leaf / Miev, with less range (up to 83 miles) and a much lower top speed (up to 63 mph).
The only good thing is that these cars are all going to the crusher when the leases are up.
Having driven a Smart car, I can see how ED is, in fact, a correct description of this car. Coulda been a home run, but instead, well, it just sucked.
Appropriate for a car that looks like it just climbed out of a cold pool.
Well, he’s certainly not overcompensating for anything.
*SHE*
The owner is a woman.
MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The big kids are getting naughty on this site again.
Sis will likely show up soon posting more of those pics she takes at school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Certain pharmaceutical product companies could have a field day with this, not to mention that the commentors already are. So too the columnist. That’s as risque’ as I’ll ever get, after all, what goes on the internet stays on the internet. “ED” is a poor choice for an acronym for that car, though, unless your name happens to be “Ed”. Mine ain’t.
In the rare event of a [road trip] lasting more than four hours, seek immediate medical help to avoid long-term injury.
smart. Not so much.
I’d rather (smart) ed than (Ferrari) FF.
It sounds as if the state of the art for these has a way to go before catching up with, say, a 1976 Honda Civic.
Or worse, they could release a ‘special’ EDition of the Smart For two.
I’m trying to figure out the perspective on the photo though, the nice lady behind the wheel of the ED seems to be so much smaller than the couple standing out side. Perhaps she is petite, but it looks like they photo-shopped her in.
Something’s definitely fishy about that photo
Is that Roger Penske in the photo?
He looks kind of like Bernie Madoff
If your charge lasts more than four hours, see a doctor.
Lol, I was racking my brain trying to think what ED stood for.
I think this article does little but expose the preoccupation and generation of a lot of posters here.
Advo, it took me quite some time to figure out what ED the Best and the Brightest as well. Now it occurs to me that that much of TTAC are indeed, of THE B&B of book infamy.