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smartis a new car. The concept got started as a joint venture of Swiss Swatch Watchand German Mercedes-Benz. The engine is engineered by Mercedes-Benz, a divisionof DaimlerChrysler. smart is manufactured and distributed by DaimlerChrysler’s MCCMicro Compact Car since 1998, made in France. 120,000 smart have been sold so far in its first one and a half year inEurope. Next markets are Japan and Taiwan. There are only speculations about amarket introduction into the USA.
Distributedin Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and the Benelux – soon also inthe United Kingdom - smart runsfast - 85 miles/hour. It has 6 automatically shifted gears (‚TouchMatic‘). smart runs efficiently on gasoline with a range of up to 60 milesper gallon (up 85 miles per gallon with Diesel engine version). Low pollution. smartis easy to park due to its length of 8 feet. Designed as a two-seater car formodern people it is smart and fun to drive … you‘ll love it … You can getmore information on smart at http://www.smart.com. Since March 2000 there is also a smart Cabrio (convertible). Year 2001 will be a smartster released, a sportive roadster to hit the road …