Smart vs iQ vs Classic Mini

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Smart vs iQ vs Classic Mini

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"Fifth Gear examines the Smart ForTwo and Toyota iQ city cars. Both offer incredible packaging, nimble handling and excellent safety, but are either of them actually any more effective than the original Mini? Jonny finds out with a series of tests, ending in a shocking crash."
http://fwd.channel5.com/fifth-gear/vide ... iq-vs-mini
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Re: Smart vs iQ vs Mini

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That's a rather old episode already. Nothing beats a Mini, that's clear but of course something must have been improved in the last 50+ years. Sadly they had a desire to crash a Mini to proof that. It could have been done without. It is in fact interesting that it's only safety where the Mini seems to have a minus according to them :mrgreen:
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Re: Smart vs iQ vs Mini

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Mini4Ever wrote:
It is in fact interesting that it's only safety where the Mini seems to have a minus according to them :mrgreen:
Yes, they seem to have forgotten all about a guy called Joseph :mrgreen:

http://www.hermit.cc/mania/tmc/articles/lucas.htm
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Re: Smart vs iQ vs Mini

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One of life's mysteries: how can a car named Smart look so dumb.
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