I would see these teeny cars now and then but lately, not so much.
Are you seeing them on the road? …Or maybe on top of a cupcake?
This here ^ is the 2012 version of Scion iQ.
Here’s a fun review of it from Car And Driver.
P.S. here’s a review from Motor Trend for the 2015 model. Ouch:
Overview
Performance isn’t a 2015 Scion iQ strong suit due to the car’s weak powertrain, which means passing and merging at highway speeds requires some planning. In city driving, the car has adequate power and is able to dart around quickly due to its small size. However, on the highway, the car’s short wheelbase and size means it tends to move around a lot when a larger vehicle passes by. Handling is poor, with a lack of stability when turning and braking.
Buy two of those and you got yourself a pair of self-propelled roller skates.
I haven’t seen those but the other day I saw a car transport truck and trailer with a full load of Smart coffin cars. SF Bay Area. 🙄
Where do they keep the windup key?
What happens when the rubber band breaks? Do they carry a spare?
I kid you not, my son and i almost took one of these suckers out yesterday. We had not clue what kind of car it was untill it turned it turn in front of me while picking him up from high school. Imagine an old mountainneer vs this little thing. I realized what it was after i had to slam on the breaks and got a nice up close look at it.
I saw a little smart car just the other day. You’ve got to be a very brave person to drive one.
I see them occasionally here in Sarasota County. Most drivers are geezer ladies, but then again most people here are geezers (I’m considered a youngster at age 68).
The one time I saw one where I admired the attitude of the owner it was being towed behind a wallowing RV with Ontario tags. Typical snowbird arounds around here are retirees with no houseful of kids to shop for. They travel down here in the fall in their motor home and when they get here they’ve got personal transport to get to the golf course or cocktail party.
There are MANY not-so-smart cars in the socialist utopia of not-so-smart Seattle.
Every time I see one of these baby booties on wheels I think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvVThrMhnuE
The Smart claims that the frame is VERY structurally sound. That mat be true, but the laws of physics trump all claims. Imagine a 16Lb bowling ball hitting a basketball. Both are roughly the same size, but which is going to go in the opposite direction immediately after impact.
Add ?, Sorry.
Smartcars? More like Fartcars. Saw a pic of one totally destroyed after hitting a squirrel. The squirrel was unharmed. BTW – the above pictured Scion will be no more. The entire Scion line has been discontinued by Toyota. Kind of a shame – saw one of their sports coupes at my local Toyota dealership about 2 years ago. Good looking auto.
The Smart Car fad started in Europe and then Canada, where they were very economical due to their diesel engines. By the time Mercedes got through all the US federalization process, and re-engineered them for gas instead of diesel (again, due to new EPA regs against diesel), too much time had passed, the fad was played-out and nobody cared anymore. I’ll bet Mercedes lost a bundle on this fiasco.
http://www.moral-flexibility.net/images/smartcar_accident_02.jpg
Not so smart.
Tiny cars of all flavors are common in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Don’t see them anywhere else in Colorado.
Adding to F4UCorsair’s comments, p=mxv (momentum=mass times velocity).
The SmartCar ALWAYS loses.
I recently saw a SmartCar as the response vehicle for a private security company with a burly rent-a-cop in it. I had to laugh. If he rolls up in this car, the robbers are just going to walk up and flip it. This type of car instills zero confidence.
I drive a huge diesel truck and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t notice a toy car in front of me.
Especially if I am plowing snow.
Whenever I would see one of these things, I’d think, “Why, there’s an escaped bumper car!”, and I would wonder who I should call to report it.
One of my sisters has a puny car similar in size. No skin off her back, she won it from a winning soda pop cap.
If they offered a sport model with a second squirrel, i think sales would improve.
Whenever I see one of those cars I think “Look! An organ donor!”
I call them “Shart” cars because that’s what the driver’s likely to do when surrounded by semis.
Toyota stopped producing Scion. 😘
Bought a Scion xB in 2012. Love it.
Has a Corolla power train and it
is huge in the passenger and rear compartments. It looks tiny outside
but I’m 6ft.4in. and 300 lbs. I can get in and out of it without bending
my head or squinching up to drive it.
Runs like a watch. Very high safety ratings.Sadly stopped production in 2016.
Go-carts are fun but not on the interstate
Jimbo is correct … Toyota has stopped the Scion line & replaced it w/ the C-HR … cute car (the C-HR I mean) … got decent, not great, pickup & decent handling … almost bought it, but I’m in for comfort now days, not cuteness … built for younger, more nimble folks
I could put that in the bed of my Ford 350 and use it as a spare.
Smart car tipping has become a problem in the bay area. I also here they were going to offer an option with brass door handles and a velour interior so you don’t have to buy a coffin after the accident
Anyone who drives one of those has a death wish.
Around here the Smart car was priced higher than the Focus.