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Originally Posted by nikitopo
I had once a smart 2-seater. Not the current model, but the last one. Main advantage was as a city car. I could find a parking spot almost everywhere. The power wasn't much, but it was also really fun to drive on curvy mountain roads. I remember at that time an interview of Mercedes' CEO doing a similar comparison in Alps using a smart and a slk sports car. The smart could keep going with the slk without issues. The slk name was derived from sportlich (sporty), leicht (light) and kurz (short), but again it was a much heavier car and you could feel it in such roads. On the other hand, the smart was really weak and with no power on the highway. A slight wind could make it "unstable" and the top speed was very low.
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Oh no doubt at all. I had a highly modified 91 Geo Metro convertible for a while. It had a custom header and exhaust, an intake that didn't suck air from the engine compartments, a tune and some things I never did figure out. Probably took it up to a whopping 80HP but at 1700 pounds it worked. Was also lowered, had all blacked out lights and a deep green paint job. Looked like some sort of exotic sports car. With the mods and the 5 speed tranny it was fast as hell. Surprised many a wannabe street racer. Maybe that is what everybody would like.
Looked something like this only in dark green.
