The Smart Car Failed In The US, Now It's Betting On China

The tiny Smart car was meant to be a revolutionary new idea in urban mobility. But more than 20 years after its creation, the Smart car pulled out of the U.S. after years of increasingly dismal sales. Now, its parent company, Daimler, is looking in a new direction.

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The Smart Car Failed In The US, Now It's Betting On China

[ColoringKaria]

We looked at the smart car. But we ended up getting the Honda Fit. It has as many or more features and costs less than the Smart. I like the idea of the smart car but it was too expensive and the features too thin.

[renehinojosa]

The problem was that the smart car didn't come with a smart price. They were ridiculously priced way too high.

[opsecamen]

Problem: They are not affordable. Expensive for such little car.

[McLVINNN]

Let's make affordable cars by partnering up with Mercedes.

[NHSSHINOBI]

Why get a super small car priced at about $27k when I can another with lots of space and a more reliable manufacture

[Wafflepudding]

Easy: The smart car is inordinately expensive for what it is. It's also tiny for American standards.

[ekanem]

i love these Why this 'brand' failed in 'x country' videos

[deledition]

The smart car is the best thing that happened to me in the USA with the COVID epidemic. It's smaller and easy to clean, easy to find parking, little maintenance. Easy car to use to work, and when I return home easy to clean, and wipe down, unlike a big car. I am in the health care field and having this car made my life a lot easier. So glad my husband had one, got to try it, loved it, so I parked my SUV and got this great little car.

[marciocorreafilho]

There is a simple rule... if you give me half of a car, I want half of the price.. Simple and straight forward...

[fbkensarhd]

"Europe has always focussed on cleaner mobility."

Volkswagen looks away, pretending it didn't hear what was said. 😂

[tookie]

Why wouldn’t they make it electric to begin with.

[realShadowKat]

Nothing Mercedes touches is cheap, this included.

[SmokeBurp]

US has too many large trucks on the road. I would never drive that thing here.

[XuliangZhang]

The brand has already failed in China as well. No one wants that kind of expensive tiny car

[theitaliangarage]

In rome Italy it is one of the best selling cars. they are everywhere

[rakibshaharia]

Biggest mistake, not putting Mercedes logo on the car

[serenaz]

It sold 1200 units in 2017 and I guarantee all of those sales came from NYPD😂

[dennisthewalker]

The funny thing is that the smart car were never affordable...

[richardalexander]

The "smart" car's ONLY advantage is parking space availability...average mileage, cost, with limited seating and storage. What's smart about that?

[strangeectoplasm]

Also some of us in this country are dummy thicc