Smart Fort - Woo...???

Road and Track came by the mail last evening, and I was pleased to see a vision of the future.

For your sports driving, the quiet and boring Tesla. (more on this in another thread)

For your city driving, the SmartCar. I had not realized that it was rear-engined until I saw the classic R&T see-through profile drawing.

It suddenly occured to me - maybe Hitler & Herr Dr. Porsche were not so wrong with the old VW Bug.

For my part, I would take an old oval rear window 1500/1600 CC any day, pay for the little extra gas, be able to take 3 friends for a ride, be in better style, feel safer, (and be able to float across the river just in case...)

Wonder if this smart thing will ever get made into a Baja Buggy, a Manx Toad, or a Porsche 356? (Edited to include the Kubelwagon thing)

Sometimes the test of time is a cruel mistress. There is really no other kind.