Smart ED Electric Car
Great news! The new Smart ED (Erectile Dysfunction?) Electric edition is here! Yes!
Just when you thought this car could not get any worse. It's gone completely electric and is insufferably as slow as a 1979 Chevy Chevette, posting 0-60 times in the range of 22 seconds.
With a top speed limited to 63 miles per hour, this vehicle is not suited at all for highway use.
Could you imagine paying $600 per month for this garbage?
VEHICLE TYPE: rear-motor, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 3-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED: $599/month
plus $2500 down (48-month lease only)
MOTOR TYPE: DC permanent-magnet, 40 hp, 89 lb-ft
TRANSMISSION: 1-speed direct drive
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 73.5 in Length: 106.1 in
Width: 61.4 in Height: 60.7 in
Curb weight: 2077 lb
TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 23.4 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 23 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 22.2 sec @ 59 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 63 mph
Braking, 60–0 mph: 131 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad*: 0.69 g
Just when you thought this car could not get any worse. It's gone completely electric and is insufferably as slow as a 1979 Chevy Chevette, posting 0-60 times in the range of 22 seconds.
With a top speed limited to 63 miles per hour, this vehicle is not suited at all for highway use.
Could you imagine paying $600 per month for this garbage?
VEHICLE TYPE: rear-motor, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 3-door hatchback
PRICE AS TESTED: $599/month
plus $2500 down (48-month lease only)
MOTOR TYPE: DC permanent-magnet, 40 hp, 89 lb-ft
TRANSMISSION: 1-speed direct drive
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 73.5 in Length: 106.1 in
Width: 61.4 in Height: 60.7 in
Curb weight: 2077 lb
TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 23.4 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 23 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 22.2 sec @ 59 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 63 mph
Braking, 60–0 mph: 131 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad*: 0.69 g
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