Originally posted by Mr Big 
See Rule #2, #5 
 I disagree, the "smart" is pretty expensive when looking at it's features,it's a small car , the market niche is the people living in town having trouble finding a place to park.
At least it is the marketing target in Europe.
Originaly it was supposed to be affordable , but it never was ! for the same pricetag you can have a lot better in other brand.