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[SIZE=2]smart USA Announces Pricing of smart fortwo Models
Innovative and Unique Vehicle to Go on Sale January 2008
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--smart USA Distributor LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., (NYSE:PAG), today announced the pricing of the all-new smart fortwo models that will be sold in the United States beginning in the first quarter of 2008.
The smart fortwo will be available in three trim levels. The entry-level pure coupe will start at $11,590(a), manufacturer
Yeah, that's a bummer! If the nine-spoke wheel is the one shown on the cabrio on the smart usa website, I personally find it to be rather unattractive. Perhaps the dealers will have optional wheels...
They actually changed the picture of the cabrio. It used to have the 6-spoke wheels and looked nice. Now, they have the 9-spoke. Personally, I don't like them.
The 6-spoke wheels were slightly bigger, which is better for the car.
In addition to a change to the wheels, now common to both the passion and cabrio, it once was published on smartusa.com that the standard tridion for those two was to be silver with a no-cost option to have it in black. Now black is standard on all three models and a $175 option on all three.
The skeptic in me wonders if the initial cut (color, model, etc) we all made along with our deposit was then used to find out which colors and options were the most desirable and set pricing accordingly. Paint is paint and has to be applied anyway, right? No matter, I will probably re-paint pretty quickly or buy a second set of skins. The ones with the scoops, fender flares, aero kit and spoiler. Wheeee.
Actually there is more to it than paint drying. The tridions are powder-coated, not painted. Some time back I had a set of MiniLite alloy wheels repaired and refinished to their original, powder-coated silver. The silver p-c medium is quite expensive and I saw big difference in price between the available silver finishes. The black tubular frame of the car was also once repaired (after running through a bull moose in NH at 55 MPH!) and p-c refinished as original
Yeah, that's a bummer! If the nine-spoke wheel is the one shown on the cabrio on the smart usa website, I personally find it to be rather unattractive. Perhaps the dealers will have optional wheels...
In addition to a change to the wheels, now common to both the passion and cabrio, it once was published on smartusa.com that the standard tridion for those two was to be silver with a no-cost option to have it in black. Now black is standard on all three models and a $175 option on all three.
On Smartusa.com the standard tridion has always been black. The option was silver. I didn't know how much the option was going to cost me so I picked black. Now that I know, I am going for the silver.
Paint is paint and has to be applied anyway, right? No matter, I will probably re-paint pretty quickly or buy a second set of skins. The ones with the scoops, fender flares, aero kit and spoiler. Wheeee. 
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