BE SMART

This is a personal love affair that I have with this beauty. My last car was a Range Rover, before that I had a 5 Series BMW.

The Range did about 1 mile per gallon which at German gas prices is a killer (even for a compay car). But as it is with guys and cars the decision to buy a Range was not entirely rational. So when I had enough of it (and enough fun with it, I have to admit) I decided that now it was time to do something about my CO2 balance. So I bought a SMART. And I bought it fully loaded. Only thing it does not have is power steering (tough guy!) and a GPS (I only use it in town). It is a convertable and has the smallest Diesel engine on the market and it does about 60 mile per gallon in town. Now beat that!!

It has this funky semi automatic, no clutch but stick shift. It is fun to drive and once I am in it, I have more headspace than I had in the Range. I will probably have to drive it for the next 100 years to bring my CO2 balance back to neutral, but I am somehow looking forward to it.

SMART in the US in Fall of 2007 at a dealer next to you. From 14.000 US$

P.S. SMART is a Brand of Mercedes-Benz!