View Full Version : Smart Roadster in Canada
mechanixfetch
03-23-2007, 04:31 PM
I saw this a couple of weeks ago driving along Granville St In Vancouver British Columbia. It was a bit of a shock to see.
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Kitdy
03-23-2007, 04:36 PM
It's a little blurry but looks to have european plates - am I right? Very strange to see something like that here. I wonder why someone carted it over.
mechanixfetch
03-23-2007, 04:57 PM
Yeah it had euro plates. Sorry for the blurryness but I was taking pictures while my mom was driving and she didn't understand instructions like "slow down"
Cotterik
03-23-2007, 05:18 PM
why is it so rare?
Vindesh17
03-23-2007, 05:39 PM
why is it so rare?
This is in Canada thats why.
mechanixfetch
03-23-2007, 05:54 PM
yeah we only get the four two coupe and cabriolet for now
Cotterik
03-23-2007, 06:51 PM
ah, makes sense then.
Kitdy
03-23-2007, 06:55 PM
Why, you see a lot of them Cotterik? I didn't think that they were popular cars really.
kingofthering
03-23-2007, 07:35 PM
I saw one at a tech demonstration once. GE was using it as an example of Lexan technology.
Yep, it uses lexan body panels.
Cotterik
03-23-2007, 08:11 PM
Why, you see a lot of them Cotterik? I didn't think that they were popular cars really.
not alot, but they arent rare over here.
drakkie
03-24-2007, 07:23 AM
not alot, but they arent rare over here.
Indeed. I'd say I see one every two days or so.. The plates on this one seem to be German,likely from Stuttgart (first letter S ?), the hometown of Mercedes. Perhaps indeed a show model or something from the company ?
Equinox
03-24-2007, 10:34 AM
Well the blurryness adds a sense of speed... Looks like you were racing him or something. Looks better than the smart car coupe or cabriolet at least.
As for the plates I see all kinds of euro plates where I live like German etc. I guess its because soldiers stationed in Europe buy cars and then get stationed back here in Canada so they bring their cars along. Looks funny to see a euro plate on the front and a regular license plate from our province on the back.
Another strange car I seen vacationing here had a Montana plate on the front and a California plate on the back.
Ferrer
03-24-2007, 11:07 AM
It's a little blurry but looks to have european plates - am I right? Very strange to see something like that here. I wonder why someone carted it over.
It looks like a German-registered Smart Roadster.
yeah we only get the four two coupe and cabriolet for now
The Roadster, Roadster-Coupe and Forfour have all been discontinued due to a lack of sales.
drakkie
03-24-2007, 11:59 AM
It looks like a German-registered Smart Roadster.
Congratulations on being the third person to note they are European plates. You've won a big bag of air ! :D
Ferrer
03-24-2007, 12:35 PM
Congratulations on being the third person to note they are European plates. You've won a big bag of air ! :D
I provided the nation. I should've won something else... :D
Egg Nog
03-28-2007, 10:47 PM
I have a 2004 smart roadster all, silver with some mods for sale, any takers?
Yeah, I'll just "take it" sight unseen. No matter that nobody knows the price, who you are, where you live, or the fact that this isn't a place for classified ads.