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Smart Cars: the story
Author: Jerome Camus Posted: 5/16/2000; 2:50:05 AM Topic: scriptingNews outline for 5/15/2000 Msg #: 17334 (In response to 17312) Prev/Next: 17333 / 17335
IN response to Dave's interrogation...Actually, the smart car concept was started by Swatch on their own. They then went looking for a partner & Mercedes was the pick.
I may be mistaken, but I do not believe that the development was parallel to that of the A-class. The smart car was commercialised before and it did not get the bad press over the bad handling (yes, the rollover) the A-class car got in its pre-release version. They do look similar however.
Mercedes has since bought out Swatch's share in the joint venture.
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- Re: Smart Cars: the story, Phil Wolff, 5/16/2000; 1:36:18 PM
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