Nationality of Smart

2ar3g · 05-28-2008, 05:39 PM

I am wondering what nationality do we consider out smart. Since Daimler is a German Company but our car is actually make it Smartville, France. With a Mitsu engine from Japan..... And at first it started with Swatch which that's Swiss company....

So what will you consider our smart as German, Franch or Jap??

bradgarbus · 05-28-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ar3g

I am wondering what nationality do we consider out smart. Since Daimler is a German Company but our car is actually make it Smartville, France. With a Mitsu engine from Japan..... And at first it started with Swatch which that's Swiss company....

So what will you consider our smart as German, Franch or Jap??

Japanchman ?

BeSmart · 05-28-2008, 05:44 PM

He's American now!

Naturalized of course. So happy Penske brought the smart to USA.

dbwill · 05-28-2008, 05:47 PM

What nationality is a BMW X3, Z4, X5 built in the US
or the MBs built here or Toyota etc.?

By the same token what nationality is a car wearing a blue oval built in Germany?

bluedeuce · 05-28-2008, 06:00 PM

The cars themselves are W-vin even though they're built in France, so who knows?

stuberman · 05-28-2008, 06:15 PM

They are not such much made in France as they are assembled in France by a German owned company with a workforce (smartville) which is half French and half German.

The car's heritage oddly enough is American. Before Hayek (swatch) got involved Mercedes has the city car concept that was fleshed out in Irvine, California!

nscaler · 05-28-2008, 06:15 PM

Engine cover says " Czech Republic "

2ar3g · 05-28-2008, 10:56 PM

Well I want to hear what yall think becasue I am thinkin to put a euro badge on my car so people can stop asking question like where's the car from?? is this the 2000 dollar indian car??? things like that

here's the link
eBay Motors: *GERMAN FLAG EURO BADGE EMBLEM FOR VW AUDI BMW MERCEDES (item 380032053033 end time Jun-04-08 08:56:43 PDT)

spdickey · 05-28-2008, 11:18 PM

My Toyota Camry isn't Japanese, it was made in Georgetown, Ky. Toyota also makes some Camry models in Lafayette, Ind., at a Subaru plant. What would you call them?

Stick a Diamler sticker in the windshield (available at any M-B dealer for about $4). That should confuse them!

The "official" looking country badges look like this...

mdfortwoguy · 05-29-2008, 03:34 AM

Due to the VIN being a W, I'd be tempted to call it German.

It's got dual citizenship, really... it's a German VIN/German manufacturer, but "born" in France.