microcars
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Mercedes And Geely Want A Billion Dollars To Make A New Smart
The revival of Smart has taken an interesting turn. The brand is supposed to ditch the playful city cars for a more serious electric SUV this year. Now, equal partners in making that happen, Mercedes-Benz and Geely, want some extra help in the form of a third partner and up to a billion dollars.
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The Museum Of Modern Art Still Doesn’t Really Get Cars
New York City’s esteemed Museum of Modern Art’s newest exhibit has a Volkswagen Type 1, a Cisitalia, an E-Type, a Citroën DS, a 1967 911, a Willys Jeep, a Smart Fortwo, an original Fiat 500, and one of Alain Prost’s F1 cars. Eurocentric, much, MoMA? Now, I should preface this by saying that MoMA is…
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What It’s Like To Drive The Crap Out Of And Drag Race A Bunch Of Microcars
It’s no secret that I have an irrational and deep affection for that most humble corner of the automotive universe, the realm of the microcar. I love the cleverness of design, the austerity, the weird mechanical solutions, and the often strangely adorable result. That’s why I was so excited to find that Beau Boeckmann has…