Shoot to the Heart by Cars.Com

[nprsmart]

Originally Posted by gstreetcomic

If you read that list very carefully there are three GM products that made the ten worst list, and frankly the Aztek should have been on the top of the heap. Now the Toyota Echo, now that is really a funky little car.

I rented an Aztek once while out of town. It wasn't that bad to drive, but I couldn't bear to ever have something that ugly sitting in my driveway.

[wildman]

When I read this to my wife, she replied "they've never rode with you when you are flying down the road passing trucks ans suv's" what she was implying was that my smart is not only cute, fun to drive, but very capable of performing on the highway as well as any other cars out there. This morning when we were passed by a semi ( I was running about 65) she commented that she didn't notice the truck was passing us until she saw the back of it. I wasn't blown around or off the road as some have stated in their poor reviews. I believe a lot of the stories/reviews that are negative are reprints from early smarts, In 10 years we've come a long way. 451's are not to be compared to the original smart.

[John_H]

Originally Posted by John_H

Just sent through the cars.com "contact us" not that I expect it will do much good...

I love form letter emails:

Thank you for contacting Cars.com. We are always looking for ways to improve the site, and your suggestion has been forwarded to our product development team for consideration in future updates to the site.

How moronic.

[forestacademy]

The pint-sized ForTwo sacrifices a lot of passenger space for a relatively unimpressive 41 mpg on the highway

Hello!!!

Still the best Non Hybrid gas only on the market!!


Can't touch this

[mark08859]

Originally Posted by SNAPHU

"The pint-sized ForTwo sacrifices a lot of passenger space for a relatively unimpressive 41 mpg on the highway..."

Since when did this number become "unimpressive"? I don't think you need all the fingers on one hand to count the vehicles that can beat it.

[John_H]

And what passenger space does anyone on this forum recognize has been "sacrificed?"

Two inches of elbow room if you have a large driver and passenger, perhaps? That's all I can think of.

[BrakePaint]

These journalists... I am a bulldog owner. Would you consider bulldog "unimpressive"? I tell him and "you won't be smiling anymore"...(-: Forget yournalists. They don´t have to love my car.

[Neonspinnazz]

This article has been brought up in 2 other threads now, and all within short time of each other.

Worst cars of the 2000s...

smarts have a roll over problem?

And because I don't want to repeat myself (headache), I'll just use my other post...

WT*! Forgive my language. Personally I try to avoid anything Yahoo related. Everyone on Yahoo Answers don't even research their answers and will spam it up with false information just to gain useless points. The only thing I like about Yahoo is my mail service, and that could use improvement.

Yahoo is a complete biased community that offers nothing useful but decent online mail.

Me mad, me very mad. Someone might receive a nice e-mail about this bull...

Not to mention that it's powered by cars.com, the worst car reviewing group on Earth...

Smart ForTwo
2008-present
2009 smart fortwo

We don't have a problem with small cars in general (we're big fans of the Mini Cooper), just with ones that don't deliver on the benefits of going small. The pint-sized ForTwo sacrifices a lot of passenger space for a relatively unimpressive 41 mpg on the highway, has an SUV-like propensity to roll over, and is equipped with an aggravating sequential manual transmission. Sure, the ForTwo looks cute, but after you drive it you won't be smiling anymore.


Kelsey Mays contributed to this story.

YouTube - 2008 Smart ForTwo/ First Impressions

YouTube - 2008 Smart ForTwo/ First Impressions

YouTube - 2009 Smart ForTwo Passion Video Review

YouTube - 2009 Smart ForTwo Passion Video Review

YouTube - 2008 Smart ForTwo/ Quick Drive

YouTube - 2008 Smart ForTwo/ Quick Drive

Originally Posted by Neonspinnazz

And it all falls apart in the 2009 review



YouTube - 2009 Smart ForTwo Passion Video Review

Please don't tempt me to blow off again on cars.com, I already did on their YouTube account.

They deleted my first comment which clearly contradicted everything negative the man had said...with facts and web sites to prove (on YT type web sites like this: w w w . smartcarofamerica . c o m)

Originally Posted by Neonspinnazz

Oh and a YT account on this video has been grinding my gears for months... I tried to speak rationally with him and it eventually evolved into language that I normally never use.

YouTube - 2008 Smart ForTwo/ Quick Drive

Take deep breaths Johann, DEEP BREATHS

Their YT accounts are

usaisnojoke

SaturnVII

Sorry, I've got a nice sized headache to lose...

And Yahoo Autos and cars.com don't make anything easier.

[BeSmart]

Why do people have to bad-mouth things they know little of? The smart brings such humor, laughter, and mirth into peoples lives. Is that bad? Besides providing comfortable, reliable, safe, cheap transportation. And did I say fun transport? Oh, and the lowest CO2 emissions. Grrrrrrr... Are they just mouthing off to stir up readership? More entertainment, than fact based reporting. Where do we see that regularly? I hope their imbecilic (sorry: editorial comment) behavior does not hurt smartie sales. Have been seeing more and more of them in my neighborhood recently. A good sign people don't pay much attention to their blathering. End of rant.....

[Brabus007]

~This one is "Plugging" the Smart Car...<:-))
Mercedes-Benz's latest contribution to reducing vehicle CO2 emissions
2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: The new Smart fortwo electric
http://www.examiner.com/x-4026-Minneapolis-Autos-Examiner~y2009m9d21-2009-Frankfurt-Auto-Show-The-new-Smart-fortwo-electric