Smart Car rip off... I think so!!!

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Mitsubishi's all-electric i-Miev in 2011

Mitsubishi's serious entrant in the all-electric category, the i Miev, might be finding a home outside Japan. While the company plans to offer the BEV in the middle of 2010 in Japan, the British Car Magazine says that "UK bosses are secretly preparing to launch it here by early 2011."

A more conventional MItsubishi i (Miev stands for Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) powered by a 0.7-liter petrol engine, will be sold starting in about ten days. Mitsubishi's UK managing director Jim Tyrrell told the magazine that they expect to sell about 2000-3000 electric i cars in the British islands. No specific price is set, but the petrol version costs

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yeah, I'll say! And VW is also planning to produce a rear engine Smart-like car. I think I saw it is the last issue of Road&Track...or it might have been Automotive news (I was in the Dr's office) wonder if I can find a picture.....

[RLove]

If you consider the form follows function school of design, most of the micro cars we'll be seeing will probably looking kind of like this general shape. Wheels placed to the outside coners, minimal overhangs, and the least weight possible.

[dickdavid]

I does look larger than the ForTwo.

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Originally Posted by dickdavid

I does look larger than the ForTwo.

yeah....you gotta have room for all those batteries! ;)

[SMART]

I wont lie... it's starting to grow on me!