The SmartCar by Mercedes will be available in the U.S. in 2008 in limited supply. You can reserve your two seater that gets 60 miles per gallon for a mere $99. There has been discussion surrounding the potential or lack thereof regarding this type of vehicle in the big car/SUV market of the U.S. The concern is that it will be seen only as a novelty or worse that the diminutive size may make it unsafe sharing roads with the likes of Yukon’s and Expeditions.

Well, I suppose if you want to showcase the structure and the safety of the vehicle’s build, what better way to do it that to crash it into a concrete barrier at 70 miles per hour.

Do you have the confidence in your product to test it to an extreme to prove it’s safety?

SmartCar Crash Test

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