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Old 10-07-2009, 12:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Tiny 1981 Mercedes was smart's forerunner
Long before the smart took to the highways, there was the 1981 Mercedes-Benz NAFA concept vehicle (stood for Nahverkehrsfahrzeug). It was the mystery car this week at USA Today's Drive On blog.
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Old 10-07-2009, 12:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 10-07-2009, 01:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Sorry, but GROSS!!
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I would buy it. It's today's smarts' grandaddy!

I always knew that this car was what the smart was based off of but I didn't know that it was a 1981!

Looks mid-90's to me.
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Talk about "BUTT" ugly~! UGH . . .
And you're absolutely right, Dora~!
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...looks like a miniature Popemobile...






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Holy moly that is one boxy little car.


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Jet, once again you read my mind! Weird!

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