View Single Post
Old 10-22-2012, 12:29 PM   #42 (permalink)
ciderbarrel
MPG is not linear police
 
ciderbarrel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 121

Ciderbarrel's P*2 - '22 Polestar 2
90 day: 108.13 mpg (US)

Ciderbarrel's Civic - '08 Honda Civic LX
Team Honda
90 day: 31.56 mpg (US)
Thanks: 7
Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
I don't think it would sell against the Smart - even a Smart is probably more suited to US conditions than the Nano.

If it was sold cheap enough to actually find buyers there is little or no profit to give decent customer service, spares backup, repairs, warranty etc. which means anyone who does buy won't come back again - just like what happened to Yugo
The Smart was only brought to the US for one reason: to offset Mercedes' CAFE numbers.

Here in the DC area, I see more Smarts driven as part of the Car2Go car rental service than privately owned.
__________________


  Reply With Quote