Sweet! Wasn’t the new chinese-built MG supposed to be based on the Smart Roadster? You’d have to be “daft” not to pay the extra 500 lbs and snag the MINI. What’s the comparison in MPG though? Ha ha!
The Smart Roadster was such a poor quality vehicle, it was out out of its misery by Smart at the end of the 2005 model year. The car was junk and they often exhibited serious problems within months of purchase.
Agree with the review. The Smart Roadster Brabus was and is no match to the MINI.
MINI Cooper Convertible versus a Smart? I couldn’t listen the sound at work, but I’m guessing this was a Fifth Gear Shoot Out. Kinda like putting a welterweight champion in a boxing ring with a four year old girl. Of course the MINI will come out on top.
”Sweet! Wasn’t the new chinese-built MG supposed to be based on the Smart Roadster? You’d have to be “daft” not to pay the extra 500 lbs and snag the MINI. What’s the comparison in MPG though? Ha ha!”
erm no the new mg is not based on teh smart roadster…! ACE is rebadge teh roadster hopefully….
I dig the Smart Roadster ever since I drove it in Germany. I do like my R53 MCS better. The Smart is a slow pig of a car, but it looks good and handles much like the Mini.
I spoke to someone recently who owns an R53 Works and a Brabus roadster, and he reckoned that the handling was miles better on the Smart! I was surprised to hear it of course, and couldn’t quite believe it, but then I have to take his word for it until I have driven one myself… Maybe compared to a One… But a Cooper S Works?
I drive a roadster brabus, it’s sometime embarrassing. A quick trip down town today meant two families crowding round the car admiring it, as I drive along people shout out “cool car”. It’s not slow, 101bhp pulling just 900KG gives it a very high power to weight ratio, the lighter the car the less BHP you need. BHP means nothing without WEIGHT. My 4×4 had 270BHP, didn’t make it fast. Corners are madness in the roadster, braking for bends, nah, why???????????
The roadster is mid engined, so should always out handle a front wheel drive car unless said car is very well sorted suspension wise. The cars are cheaper second hand year for year and cheaper to run by a long way. I’ve just bought one by the way, rather than a Mini, for exactly those reasons.
Sweet! Wasn’t the new chinese-built MG supposed to be based on the Smart Roadster? You’d have to be “daft” not to pay the extra 500 lbs and snag the MINI. What’s the comparison in MPG though? Ha ha!
The Smart Roadster was such a poor quality vehicle, it was out out of its misery by Smart at the end of the 2005 model year. The car was junk and they often exhibited serious problems within months of purchase.
Agree with the review. The Smart Roadster Brabus was and is no match to the MINI.
MINI Cooper Convertible versus a Smart? I couldn’t listen the sound at work, but I’m guessing this was a Fifth Gear Shoot Out. Kinda like putting a welterweight champion in a boxing ring with a four year old girl. Of course the MINI will come out on top.
the Smart didn’t do that bad considering the HP difference and auto vs manual …
Took me a couple seconds to understand the part about the Smart being 17,000 lbs with only a 101 hp engine.
since he montioned the cooper, i’m curious how much faster the MCS would be than the MC.
”Sweet! Wasn’t the new chinese-built MG supposed to be based on the Smart Roadster? You’d have to be “daft” not to pay the extra 500 lbs and snag the MINI. What’s the comparison in MPG though? Ha ha!”
erm no the new mg is not based on teh smart roadster…! ACE is rebadge teh roadster hopefully….
I dig the Smart Roadster ever since I drove it in Germany. I do like my R53 MCS better. The Smart is a slow pig of a car, but it looks good and handles much like the Mini.
I spoke to someone recently who owns an R53 Works and a Brabus roadster, and he reckoned that the handling was miles better on the Smart! I was surprised to hear it of course, and couldn’t quite believe it, but then I have to take his word for it until I have driven one myself… Maybe compared to a One… But a Cooper S Works?
what about the JCW works vs smart city diablo?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6thtXf8-s" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx6thtXf8-s</a>
totally smokes the MINI
and heres how it does versus a ferraru
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExpEl0_5-Y" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExpEl0_5-Y</a>
best regards,
JB
Smarts are mostly disposable, overpriced, junk mobiles. Ask anyone in Europe or for that matter Canada, where these cars have been sold for years.
No matter what you do it, can’t make a silk purse out of Smart sow’s ear.
<blockquote>No matter what you do it, can’t make a silk purse out of Smart sow’s ear.</blockquote>You can, at a price. Smart bi-turbo V6 Roadster:
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Gotta admit. That Smart is cool looking inside and out. Too bad it’s underpowered.
OK so the Smarts can be cool cars, once you put a proper engine in it. But out of the box from the factory………what a POS
I drive a roadster brabus, it’s sometime embarrassing. A quick trip down town today meant two families crowding round the car admiring it, as I drive along people shout out “cool car”. It’s not slow, 101bhp pulling just 900KG gives it a very high power to weight ratio, the lighter the car the less BHP you need. BHP means nothing without WEIGHT. My 4×4 had 270BHP, didn’t make it fast. Corners are madness in the roadster, braking for bends, nah, why???????????
The roadster is mid engined, so should always out handle a front wheel drive car unless said car is very well sorted suspension wise. The cars are cheaper second hand year for year and cheaper to run by a long way. I’ve just bought one by the way, rather than a Mini, for exactly those reasons.