[jefn01]

Just read this elsewhere and was going to post

'Mr Swatch' Nicolas Hayek dies age 82 - Business - World business - msnbc.com

Hayek became a national figure, respected as one of the economic leaders of Switzerland, despite his very un-Swiss flamboyance. In 1998 he came up with the idea for the ultra-compact Smart car, now made by a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, saying a city car only needed "room for two big adults and a crate of beer."

Jef