They are a joint venture with Swatch, a watch company, and manufactured in Alsace Lorraine (France).
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Ed Booher via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well, first off the ad is for a Smart! Is it legal for a Canadian Smart to > live in the US? Don't we need a wall for that? > > The real wrongness though is the in all caps shout out to the non-existent > automatic transmission. Smarts use an automated / clutchless manual > transmission. I think Smart actually calls the thing a semi-automatic. > While it *will* eventually shift itself, it expects you to treat it like a > manual. IE let up off the gas slightly and hit the paddle shifter to move > up or down the range. Trying to drive it like an automatic causes hard > shifts and jerky driving that even reviewers initially complained about. > > Really, I just complain anytime someone talks about the automatic > transmission in their Smart ForTwo. Even today they aren't an "automatic" > transmissions. The third-gen smart has a dual clutch semi-auto manual > transmission. Which is absurdly weird because you can also get a full on > with clutch 5 spd manual. > > There is no torque converter, thus not an automatic. It has an > electronically controlled clutch and I believe pneumatic gear selectors. > Could be worse I guess, could be the old vacuum controlled autostick out of > a Beetle. A vacuum controlled clutch ... I sometimes wonder what is wrong > with Germans? > > Edd > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Ed wrote: > > > There is wrongness within that post. Much wrongness. > > > > Really? - please explain. > > My trip is now delayed - my satchel full of cash ready for purchase, > > 4-hour trip south already planned. > > ...harumph... nice way to dash a guy's plans... > > mao > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > -- > "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
