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Old 09-12-2008, 11:07 PM   #2
Mike T.
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Drives: 2005 smart cabrio; 2008 Mercedes-Benz B 200
It's just too cute, isn't it? Toyota follows smart's lead, a decade late, and chooses a name that is so derivative of "smart" that it should be embarassing to them.

The car is a typical Toyota, probably more reliable than any European car, but it's not a convertible, is (imo) a very forced design that does not flow. It doesn't even have the transparent roof that the show car did, cheap buggers. Its vestigal rear seats are literally in the rear crush zone, so whomever is put there ought to be not on the driver's list of friends.

It will outsell smart 4:1 but will not affect smart sales at all, if that makes any sense.
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