Would you Drive a Smart if ...

[trikkonceptz]

It looked like this? It would be awesome if the rights could be purchased to make these photochopped mini's that would fit over a smart frame. Imagine a modular Smart car, that allowed you to change bodies with minor modifications.

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[cfg83]

trikkonceptz -

From a safety POV, I think the design would have to incorporate the "safety cell" or at least a brand new safety cell design. I think the (failed) Smart Roadster would make a better platform for your idea because the safety cell is "already low" by design :

Smart Roadster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


CarloSW2

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[Lazarus]

Hey what about the smart in my avatar.

[MetroMPG]

Trik: those look fun, but I still like this modded smart:



Tandem seating a la VW 1 liter car means both reduced frontal area and lower Cd.

Escaping from the original car's poor aerodynamics to this shape results in 2.5 L/100 km / 94 mpg US / 113 mpg Imperial.

Based on the previous gen smart (with the diesel): Modded smart car: Jetcar 2.5

[MetroMPG]

Woohoo!

(Sorry for the threadjack )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQqJv...eature=related

[Peter7307]

Sorry but no way.
I test drove the Roadster when it was released here and it was about the worst car I have ever been in.
Horrible dynamics and the rest of the car was about the same.
The salesman kept telling me it was the "new Fiat X-19". Clearly he had never been in one of those.

I felt like it had been a design study from a third year art college class.

Lots of blurb about "elements" , style and little substance.

My wallet stayed firmly closed..

Pete.

[Bicycle Bob]

I think the Nido safety Car from Pininfarina looks more like the Smart, and better than any of those funny cars, as well as the original. I have long been tempted to make a 7/10 scale model of an already small car, though, just for the reactions. For serious production, though, I think that design is an iterative process - starting from a given external shape can really twist the guts inside to fit, or waste space if it is available.

[blueflame]

Like a dolphin, a tuna or marlin, a vehicle shape belies its handling and performance.

[Frank Lee]

Ha ha, Jetcar's using the word "uncompromising".

Engineering is all about compromising.

[cfg83]

MetroMPG -

That's cute. It reminds me of a smaller sharp-cornered version of that late 1970's "banana car" that had a fantastic Cd. Can't remember the name so I can't find a picture.

CarloSW2