Mercedes-Benz: Smart Roadster, Crossblade

"Dori Schmetterling" <co.uk> hat in Betrag
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From what I have read the smart roadster is a nice pure little driving
machine, which at least in Germany is a little bit cheaper than a MX5.
Besides this the MX5 is quite outdated and not very fashionable anymore.
I think this is very important for certain buyers. 
AFAIK the smart crossblade is limited to 25.000 units. They decided to
make the car, because prospective buyers showed a lot of interest for a
prototype displayed at a motor show. The crossblade is roughly twice as
expensive as an ordinary smart city coupé. This price seems reasonable,
as the crossblades are mainly handmade by german coachbuilder Binz. The
original idea of smart inventor Nicolas Hayek was to make the smart a
collectible car, which people would treat like a fashion item. I think
this plan failed: Even the crossblade is not regarded as a collectible
item (maybe 25.000 cars are too much to make it rare).

I am sure that you can buy a crossblade, if you want one.

Frank


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Frank Kemper wrote: 

In Germany the Smart Roadster begins roughly at
15.000 incl. VAT and the MX at roughly 20.000 incl.
VAT at 16 per cent.

 

Fashion is the only reason for people buy these cars.

 

Aren`t that 2000 cars only?
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"Dori Schmetterling" <co.uk> wrote in message
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http://www.thesmart.co.uk/index.asp?mainFrame=/smart_range/cars/roadster/ind 

Did you include the wrapped bit of the URL in the address field?

DAS
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