Yahoo has a short article about the upcoming Smart Fortwo expected to hit the states in early ’08. What I am confused about is that they have revealed the US sales price. I’ve been following the Smart car and all the news associated with it for a while now, and as far as I know DCX has not released the US price yet. It looks like Road & Track has somehow found out the price for the upcoming Smart car. They say that the basis model with optional air conditioning starts at $11,000; the better-equipped Passion will cost $13,000 and the Convertible will be $15,000.
The starting price is definitively appropriate for the car in the US market due to high competition from the Korean and Japanese. Let’s just see if the consumers will agree with this, as they are the one’s who will decide. Judging at how people have imported the cars from Canada and other locations for as much as $20K, this car will certainly appeal to the urban areas where parking is hard to find.
