Kandy COCO (smart wannabe) - Smart Car of America Forums : Smart Car Forum

tlie03 · 07-16-2008, 03:59 PM

Anybody heard about the Kandy COCO (China's smart wannabe?)

Allegedly you get 65 MPG, but it's only 250cc, single cylinder, 4-stroke, water cooling, automatic, 5.28 gal. tank, 10.5kw/6000rpm, 25 MPH top(!) speed, 103.6" x 69.9" x 61.5"

I can't tell if it's even street legal...

jmartinsmart · 07-16-2008, 04:07 PM

Next person that asks me where the rest of 'my' car is... I'm gonna show 'em this one.

Jim

MikeDCop · 07-16-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tlie03

Anybody heard about the Kandy COCO (China's smart wannabe?)

Allegedly you get 65 MPG, but it's only 250cc, single cylinder, 4-stroke, water cooling, automatic, 5.28 gal. tank, 10.5kw/6000rpm, 25 MPH top(!) speed, 103.6" x 69.9" x 61.5"

I can't tell if it's even street legal...

And did you see their advertising slogan, "Mapping our road to high performance"

Smart Enuf · 07-16-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tlie03

Anybody heard about the Kandy COCO (China's smart wannabe?)

Allegedly you get 65 MPG, but it's only 250cc, single cylinder, 4-stroke, water cooling, automatic, 5.28 gal. tank, 10.5kw/6000rpm, 25 MPH top(!) speed, 103.6" x 69.9" x 61.5"

I can't tell if it's even street legal...

Shameless ripoff. They even have a Crossblade copy!

BigWarpGuy · 07-16-2008, 06:37 PM

It says it is a low speed vehicle. If it does not go very fast or very far, it is really competing with the Smart Fortwo?

Smart Enuf · 07-16-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BigWarpGuy

It says it is a low speed vehicle. If it does not go very fast or very far, it is really competing with the Smart Fortwo?

It should be called Smart Fartooslow.

Dave Van · 07-17-2008, 06:53 AM

Looks more like a 'resort' car....there are 'cars' like this in some resorts outside the US. On site use and not public highways.

Red_fortwo · 07-17-2008, 10:17 AM

I think the term here is "gas-powered golf cart." Obviously, with a top speed of 25 mph, you couldn't use it on the majority of roads outside a housing community. Clearly it would never meet bumper/emissions/safety standards. Where would you get it worked on? Where do you get parts? How solid do you think the construction of this vehicle is? Warranty?