Today's car of the day is Matchbox's 2001 Smart Fortwo.
The Smart Fortwo is a rear-engined two-seater city car manufactured by Smart GmbH, introduced at the 1998 Paris Motor Show as the Smart City Coupé, and currently in its second generation. The name refers to its seat capacity.
In 2008, Smart debuted an all-electric concept, the Fortwo ed.
For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Smart Fortwo
I know two people who own Smart cars. But despite that, they're an extremely rare sight on the roads around here and I've never seen either of the two I know about in person.
The Smart car allows back-in parking in otherwise parallel parking zones; its length of 250 cm (98.4 in) equals the width of a truck or a regular parking slot, allowing two or three Smarts to park in a standard space reserved for a single car. However, this type of parking has been banned in Munich, Germany, amongst other places. Such parking in parallel-designated spaces is illegal in most U.S.A jurisdictions.
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