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

[Theodore Chen]

i think he's looking for something on the Cyclops Ecce Homo.

-t.

--- chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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