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

[chris chambers]

Is this the car you are talking about?

http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?ID=4720
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/09/pf/autos/smart/

The Smart from Daimler Chrysler?


--- Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:

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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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