Prius or Smart car

[davewill]

Hate to yet again point out the facts ... but a new smart fortwo coupe starts off at $12,490 and I've seen 2011's discounted down to $11,990 so what price premium are you talking about?

When did that happen? I could have sworn they were close to $20K the last time I checked...at that price it would make much more sense.

 

[rawhog]

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[DaveinOlyWA]

Person i know paid over $20,000 out the door. I helped her with some financing options. Her credit was bad so she did not get a good deal. Her payments are over $300 a month

 

[mark13]

Wow, I was surpised with all the replys ,thank you so much for all the info..

A wise man would stick with the Prius and not buy a dumb Smart car There is something about the look of the Smart car ..It reminds me of a circus car where all the little clowns would climb out of it :lol:

If Im feeling dumb, I will get the Smart car and it will be the convertible..If I get a Prius Im thinking about a 2010...

Either car I buy will just be a back up car to the Leaf..I will hit 5000 miles this month... Thank You Mark

 

[cwerdna]

This was due to MBZ taking back the 'franchise' from Penske Automotive and no reflection on smart itself --...
http://archive.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2011/02/mercedes-to-take-back-smart-sales-in-u-s.html

Yeah, I'd heard about the above awhile ago from Autoblog.

Not to throw out FUD, but Smart sales have been doing very poorly in the US. See, for example:
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/04/by-the-numbers-2010-the-year-after-that-really-bad-year-editi/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/05/by-the-numbers-2009-up-and-down-year-ends-down-for-most-editi/
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/02/by-the-numbers-july-2011-aftershocks-edition/

See http://www.autoblog.com/category/by-the-numbers/ for others...