Omelet wrote:
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> Smart cars get over 30 mpg too which is a big selling point.
> Fluffed up SUV's and trucks don't.

My Ford Focus gets well over 25 MPG so I find the 30 MPG of a Smart car
extremely unimpressive. Doing a long drive (half tank one way or
farther) I get enough better mileage that I wonder if I might match the
Smart on the highway. That much decrease in size compared to the
average car on the American road for that little change in mileage?
Pass. I can buy a Honda Civic and beat the Smart. Probably even a new
Focus.

There are a lot of options in the small and economy ranges that do
better than the Smart when it comes to mileage and they have larger
crumple zones. That makes the Smart other than smart if either of those
aspects are among your goals.

I want a smaller than average car because I don't want to be the cause
of crushing someone, but I don't want a car so small I end up getting
crushed.