Large tractor trailers with Smart cars and insignias on the side are stopping in over 50 U.S. metropolitan areas and Washington D.C., some local events, universities, and retail outlets. The trailers are like portable Smart dealerships and come with interactive demonstrations and virtual presentations. 

An unpredictable optimist is a person who gets chased up a tree by a big, bad, hungry bear and enjoys the view.  The undying optimist are all you spirited Smart car devotees, who have waited these many years, singing the Smart cars praises and keeping the Smart wheels turning. For those of you who have not been following the saga, it went something like this.

 The exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum: "smart story" shows the history of the brand – including the new smart fortwo. Not yet at dealerships and already a museum exhibit - those who would like to see the new Smart Fortwo before it is launched in April 2007 now have an opportunity to do so.

According to Joe Guy Collier of the Detroit Free Press it’s "Not quite the same" and Mr. Schembri, president of Smart USA, might have been stretching the truth a bit in at least one of his pitches for the new Smart ForTwo. 

Now there's short wheelbase and then there's short wheelbase. The Smart ForTwo is about as short as they come. The original Ferrari 250 GT came in long-wheelbase "Lusso" and short wheelbase versions, the latter more of a competition special and a collectors' favorite. To honor (or mimic, depending on your point of view) the iconic gran turismo, 250 SWB Ltd., a leading Ferrari specialist in the UK, prepared this unique 2004 Smart 250 SWB Speciale.