Actually, no it is not. Because the”smart car” is not actually very smart. In America, only the gasoline version is available and gets bad mileage for its size with no room.
And in most other small cars, particularly US models that are *really* light trucks, and thus exempt from many of the rules regarding passenger car crashworthiness. It’s the safest car of it’s size, actually. Unless you get your evidence of the dangers of smart cars by the photoshopped pics all over the net.
Yes, there are many crash tests showing smart cars getting creamed by larger vehicles. Compare to other crash tests of small vehicles being creamed, not much difference.
I like hearing folks on some of the motorcycle lists trash the smart too.
Lay down a bike, lose a leg. Get hit in a smart, the car bounces around and you walk away, in most instances since because of the low mass of the car and the full roll cage around the cabin. (USDOT info, BTW)
Well, I have never actually encountered a Smart driver that is not a total dumb a** that knows nothing about driving and probably bribed his way to getting a license.
I’ve encountered few drivers in general that aren’t idiots, especially in the US. If you want some interesting stats, I’ll put you in touch with a friend that works for USDOT in the accident statistics department. You want to talk idiots, it’s SUV drivers that have the highest death and injury stats, particularly in single vehicle accidents. Nearly all SUV deaths are the result of driver or passenger not wearing seat belts, those wearing them had a smaller death rate, though a larger severe injury rate compared to average passenger car stats.
This is a Smart car modified by Stefan Attart, a rally car racer in Greece. They took the smart car body and put it on a Mercedes Benz Unimog truck chassis. It has 84 hp and 191 ft/lbs of torque. The engine is a 5.6 diesel, certainly they couldn’t use the little smart engine. http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/smart-forfun2-a-monster-good-time/
AWESOME FIRST COMMENT IS AWESOME?!
“Awesome!” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
TPB FTW.
Hey! Aren’t you the Miracle Max that used to work for the king all those years ago?
Go away or i’ll call the brute squad!
I’m on the brute squad.
You *are* the brute squad
I think rednecks have small penises.
Redneck in a Smart Car.
Now, that’s an Oxymoron!
Actually, no it is not. Because the”smart car” is not actually very smart. In America, only the gasoline version is available and gets bad mileage for its size with no room.
Not to mention the fact that if you get in a crash with a “smart” car, you WILL die.
And in most other small cars, particularly US models that are *really* light trucks, and thus exempt from many of the rules regarding passenger car crashworthiness. It’s the safest car of it’s size, actually. Unless you get your evidence of the dangers of smart cars by the photoshopped pics all over the net.
Yes, there are many crash tests showing smart cars getting creamed by larger vehicles. Compare to other crash tests of small vehicles being creamed, not much difference.
I like hearing folks on some of the motorcycle lists trash the smart too.
Lay down a bike, lose a leg. Get hit in a smart, the car bounces around and you walk away, in most instances since because of the low mass of the car and the full roll cage around the cabin. (USDOT info, BTW)
lol I think it’s cute…but yes an oxymoron…
Well, I have never actually encountered a Smart driver that is not a total dumb a** that knows nothing about driving and probably bribed his way to getting a license.
I’ve encountered few drivers in general that aren’t idiots, especially in the US. If you want some interesting stats, I’ll put you in touch with a friend that works for USDOT in the accident statistics department. You want to talk idiots, it’s SUV drivers that have the highest death and injury stats, particularly in single vehicle accidents. Nearly all SUV deaths are the result of driver or passenger not wearing seat belts, those wearing them had a smaller death rate, though a larger severe injury rate compared to average passenger car stats.
huh…someone actually found a USE for these rolling death traps? it’s a pure win if you ask me.
Wonder how he got enough torque out of a smart car’s 3 cylinder engine to move those tires.
Increasing bore/stroke and using bad-ass spark plugs.
Also the bigass turbo right by the front right tire.
*Front left tire. Sorry. It’s on MY left.
Wonder how to get enough torque out of a smart car’s 3 cylinder engine to open the glove compartment…
This is a Smart car modified by Stefan Attart, a rally car racer in Greece. They took the smart car body and put it on a Mercedes Benz Unimog truck chassis. It has 84 hp and 191 ft/lbs of torque. The engine is a 5.6 diesel, certainly they couldn’t use the little smart engine. http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/13/smart-forfun2-a-monster-good-time/
woooouuw…it’s coool..i like that
No sandcastle fortress can stand up to it.
I don’t know any rednecks that can work with a turbo FI system such as this. If it was a carbed Ford big block, we’d have a different story.