Autoline Detroit - Short People
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Yaris base price $12,205
Smart base price $11,999
As far as efficiency the Smart Car isn't so smart! With only premium gas the customer receives around 40mpg. With the added cost of premium anyone with basic math skills can figure you lose about 5-6 mpg - making the true mpg around 34. A basic Yaris gets 36 for about $15,000 less. In other words if you're intrested in good mileage then go for the Yaris. You can buy two Yaris for the price of one Smart. Think people - just another toy! Be smarter than Smart!
2008 saw Automotive Icon Roger Penske bring the smart car to the U.S. shores for the first time. His Penske Automotive Group struck a deal with Daimler and has opened up more than 70 "smart centers" -- or dealerships -- around America, and so far, the reaction has been overwhelming. Before Daimler even started delivering cars to the centers earlier this year, Penske had more than 30,000 orders. Everyone from Publishing Moguls to High School Seniors have taken to Smart. The question is how long will the car stay hot? The man in charge of those predictions as well as everything smart-related from Connecticut to California visits Autoline this week. Dave Schembri, the President of smart USA at first joins John on set to talk about Smart and its U.S. strategy. And then Dave takes over as he gives John a tour of smart USA's unique headquarters building in suburban Detroit that is built as an appendage to one of those 70+ smart centers.
| Credits: | John McElroy, Chip Drake, Carmen Erickson, Ben Sanders |
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| URL: | http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/ |
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