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In the spacious boot! I think the real question is where to put the speakers, amp, and sub
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They sadly don't handle as well as they look
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They sadly don't handle as well as they look
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Too bad it will never see the roads of the U.S.
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They sadly don't handle as well as they look
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I thought I read that the smart cars are going to be for sale in the USA ?
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Something like this really makes me want to brush up on auto import laws.
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It will be interesting to see whether the Ultima can really corner as well as owners claim.
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I thought I read that the smart cars are going to be for sale in the USA ?
I know someone who works for Mercedes USA. He said it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
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Hell, find a way to get it into the US and drive it on the roads all you want. Let's see a cop even TRY to catch that thing. The instant you saw a cop, even in bad traffic, you could out drive and out manuver even a fleet of police.
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I see people driving right hand drive cars on the street so I am guessing it's legal.
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I thought I read that the smart cars are going to be for sale in the USA ?
I know someone who works for Mercedes USA. He said it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Apparently Zap now have all federal approvals and plenty of advanced orders:
http://www.zapworld.com/about/news/news_smartRegulatoryApproval.asp
...and the first "Americanized" version was officially sold yesterday:
http://www.zapworld.com/about/news/news_marenosmart.asp
Gareth
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There used to be a website detailing the experience of a guy importing a TVR Cerbera direct to the US. Can't find it at the moment though.