Dawn, what are the LAST four digits of your reservation number?

part of the launch team for smart car japan in 2001

mine is 1241

Did you see the new Smart Japan setup?

They have a huge vending machine, with a Smart Car in it. You can buy smart merchandise and get free brochures from it

not

can find on intarwebs tho

yep yep yep

neat. Good piece of marketing because it makes you think you just MIGHT be able to buy it from the machine.

Gizmodo posted it.

in any case, Dawn, if your number is between 1640 and 1840, you likely will get the call/email by November or December

If there is a cancellation, and the car happens to match or is -close- to your desires, you'll also get a call

1641

There you go

You're probably going to get a call -this- year thee

the idea but hasn't seen the car close up yet. figured id get on the list first cause theres time to go look at one

impressed by the knowlege of her fellow smartplurkers

Go for a test drive then They are cute, but the CVT transmission takes getting used to.

90hp though, so quite peppy for the weight.

cute blue things. and cute pink things. if there was a pink one I'd have ordered a long time ago.

excited to know she could possibly have one this year!

gas prices

notes that when you load down a Smart, it's still going to consume gas.

(and idling in city streets is a big part of that)

okay, in two years I could have my new VW that is near same as smart car.... gonna keep fingers crossed for that!

wait until you have one, but there is a kit you can get that shuts off the engine when you come to a stop, then starts it again

as you pull out .. includes an electric motor assist for braking and the initial acceleration.

kind of like a honda insight. Voids the warranty ( Poulsen electric will cover the engine after that )

can take you from 40mpg to 68mpg

thats crazy

It's wonderful

They are road testing (and safety testing) it now.

By Dec, it should be generally available.

Turning your smart, into a TRUE plug-in-hybrid

For only $7k more

Frankly, with fuel at $4 .. if you drive 20k miles a year in the city (24mpg) you could save gobs of money

Over the life of the car, you would definitely get your money back just in the savings in fuel

for sure a money saver.I've wondered why th.ere aren't more non gas cars on the road