Mike: No this Smart didn't have manufacturers plates. It has Swiss plates and a CH sticker on the back so it was registered in Switzerland. Also I saw it start up and drive away and it sounded like it had a spark ignition engine. Zach Kaplan on 2001/1/11 12:27, Mike Harrnacker at harrnack@yahoo.com wrote: > I seem to remember reading (somewhere) that the Smart > could come to the US as in electric-only form to help > DaimlerChrysler meet California electric vehicle > quotas. Or was it the M-B A-series that might make > the trip? > > Anyways...you might have seen a test vehicle. Did it > have manufacturer's plates by any chance? > > Mike H. > >> >> Several months ago out in front of the post office >> in Alameda, CA I saw a >> Smart with Swiss plates (very nice looking >> microcar). Perhaps this was >> imported by a tourist for temporary use in the US? >> >> Zach Kaplan |
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