[s-cars] NAC: Smart Car = Cyclops Ecce Homo

[Ian Duff]

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So here's on aff-topic post...my brother-in-law in Baltimore got a  
new Smart fortwo as a mobile marketing canvas for his company. Pre- 
import, "provisional VIN", whatever that is. Pretty cool, REALLY  
small. Like you can park two nose to tail in the space my S6 Avant  
takes. Pretty good bit of kit, except the automagic transition. Lots  
of hunting, and takes about two Super Bowl commercials to shift.  
Handles well, pretty good acceleration for something you can carry in  
your backpack, lots of space given you must put it on rather than get  
into it. Not only that, but it's REAR WHEEL DRIVE. Don't they have  
laws against that these days?

So, this brings me to my next virgin moment, I discovered a gap in  
the omniscience of the Internet, a first for me. I've always been  
able to find at least _something_ relating to my quest, but not this  
time. No pictures. Nothing. Nada.

For you geezers in the bunch, from back when we had to get our  
vicarious thrills from actual printed magazines, no animation, no  
hyperlinks, actual print on paper, there was an infrequent comic in  
that paragon of automotive authority, Rod & Truck, about this little  
car, that reminded me of the Smart I drove. The little car was as (if  
not perhaps more) funny looking than the Smart, and was called the  
Cyclops Ecce Homo. Yep, that's for real. Made out of recycled Cinzano  
signs, active suspension, one honking headlight prolly brighter than  
those HID upgrades we've been discussing of late. Sort of the iPod of  
Minis. Functional, plus easy on the eyes.

Now here's the bummer. Neither Google nor Yahoo can find anything  
online to show it, for me to email to my BIL. I was born at night,  
but not last night. However, in this case, I'm as clueless as a  
Luddite CIO.

Does anyone out there know about this comic car, and know where it  
might be found online? Anyone?

- -Ian Duff, Clueless in New Beige.

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