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

[Ian Duff]

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That's the one my BIL has. I'm looking for eye candy on the Cyclops  
Ecce Homo as an historic comparison.
- -Ian Duff.


On  28 Nov 2006, at 8:50:39PM, chris chambers 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?
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> --- 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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