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I get your point from the engineering perspective. Just as side note. The constraints the soviets had were all self made, as the article also mentions. They ha
by eveningcoffee 10y ago
I get your point from the engineering perspective.
Just as side note. The constraints the soviets had were all self made, as the article also mentions. They had all the elements from the periodic table at their disposal, large reserves of oil and natural gas, endless fields of nutrient rich soil.
Dacia is probably a car you want to investigate as a more car like specimen.
But Smart, or even Renault Elektro is following the spirit of Trabant more closely.
- maxerickson 10y agoI was looking at it and thought of Smart as a candidate. The Nissan Verso undercuts it, selling in the US for $13,000 (including delivery fees and such). Manual trans, crank windows, with AC. It's also considerably more spacious without sacrificing too much fuel mileage.
- eveningcoffee 10y agoSmart indeed works as a minimal car. It has become quite popular as a secondary car where I live (EU) when an additional parking place is a concern, but it definitely is not appealing as a primary car. Manual transmission is the norm here anyway and crank windows are just an annoyance, but AC is possibly better for your health than open windows when used carefully.
- maxerickson 10y agoOh I was just saying that the Verso is probably closer to simplest. It's more utilitarian than Smart and costs less (in the US at least).