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• New Fiat 500 might arrive here courtesy of Ford?

  (The Italian Automobile Factory of Turin might team up with Ford to bring us the 500!? flickr/ van.brussel ) Fiat S.p.A., founded in 1899, had formed a partner ship with Ford after their agreement with GM dissolved back in 2005. With their new found friendship... Posted Jul 07 2008, 05:17 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Rumors, US Availability, Fiat

• Gizmag: Toyota's iQ Microcar to be issued as a 2009 model

  (Look out SMART, the iQ is coming! flickr/ A.Schwenke ) Here's something I just caught on Gizmag (title link). It's good news for Microcar lovers, uncertain news for American Microcar lovers, and could possibly be bad news for SMART... or not... Posted Jul 07 2008, 04:36 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Toyota

• Geek Squad finally stops buggin' and gets SMART

  Tim Bush shares this photo of the new Geek Squad mobile. Looks like the VW Bug just wasn't geeky enough. It's cute, and it couldn't possibly get any cuter or small errrr... hrm. . . Well... ok... so it can get cuter and smaller (um kid, you... Posted May 19 2008, 12:48 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Microcar

• Lane-splitting in a car? Looks like it's possible.

  Egoboss shares this photo of the skinniest car I've ever seen. The hood looks like a waste basket. I don't know who makes it, but truly I believe it's just a mobility scooter with a body kit. I'd love to see it in motion though. Looks... Posted May 19 2008, 12:41 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, WTF, Microcar

• Smart cars selling strong, distributor could do with 15,000 more this year

  s The smart limited two , unveiled in Geneva . (Reprint from AutoBlogGreen ) It's a good time to be selling Smarts in the U.S. The North American distributor, Roger Penske, told Automotive News that he thinks that, on top of the 25,000 Smarts he's... Posted Apr 03 2008, 01:52 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Smart

• Renntech Puts the "ART" in SMART

  (The craftsmen at Renntech have pulled out all the stops in this baby!) LAKE PARK, FL – 01 April, 2008 – RENNTECH 7.22 Takes Smart Performance to New Levels RENNTECH's 722 tuning package for the Mercedes SLR McLaren supercar has been generating a... Posted Apr 03 2008, 01:44 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Smart, Custom, Tuning

• Hangin' with the homies

  Smart car Originally uploaded by l'oeil de cat Here a smart car is seen socializing with the scooters. See how it just fits in? Thanks to l'oeil de cat for sharing! Posted Mar 27 2008, 05:13 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Microcar, Smart, France

• CNN Money reviews the SMART

  (Shouts to Mysterious Mimir for the eye catching SMART shot) CNNMoney.com managed to put together one of the most level headed reviews (from a practicality standpoint) of the SMART. Well, it started out nice... they didn't really say anything that... Posted Feb 27 2008, 08:47 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Smart, Review

• Can a microcar compete in a scooter gymkhana?

  Yes... and probably win. I love the way he finishes it off. (you'll need to have flash installed to check it out... sorry.) Posted Dec 04 2007, 04:37 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Funny, Microcar, Video

• Rise of the electric - MIT / SYM / GM's electric origami

  Mr. Mystery scooper (as well as S.A., and even my wife) pointed out this bit from MIT. These are from their "Smart Cities" project. MIT's dream is that by 2020 you'll be able to rent one of these electric scooters (built by SYM?) on... Posted Dec 01 2007, 08:04 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Concept, Electric, Alternative, Scooter

• Rise of the electric - iMobility LEV

  (Wow! Very spacy design. Looks like it was drawn up by Honda.) Again, my masked scooper pointed us toward some EICMA Milan 2007 coverage. This time from CyberScooter.it (title link), we see the iMobility Light Electric Vehicle. This fully enclosed, three... Posted Dec 01 2007, 07:14 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Concept, Show, Taiwan, Electric, Alternative, Italy

• Subcompact, Mini, Microcar get's reviewed on BBC's Top Gear!

  Awww man! Big shout out to Jo Borras for scooping up this baby. This video comes from a link found on AutoblogGreen (click on the title link if you don't mind the annoying, growing NEC projector ad). This is definitely the cheekiest video to ever... Posted Nov 17 2007, 02:57 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: WTF, Funny, Microcar, Video, OMG, UK

• Mini Subcompact Microcar makes SMART look huge

  I don't know what this is. The only marking I see is "classic" on the side. Looks like a single passenger car with scooter handlebars. It's smaller than a SMART and probably about as safe as a Honda Spree. It's cute though... and... Posted Nov 09 2007, 07:29 PM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Photography, Funny, Microcar

• We're getting closer to the SMART arrival date

  (William Dudley poses with his cute little micro. SOURCE ) Got a little news on the SMART straight from their communications director, Ken Kettenbeil (no, not Kittenball or Kitten Ball ) . The completely recyclable microcar, available in 6 fantastic flavors... Posted Nov 09 2007, 09:56 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Smart, US Availability

• Smart - Dubai edition (I'm kidding)

  Aving.net had posted some images of what appears to be a gold plated SMART car. As a matter of fact, anywhere you see the image you'll see someone refer to it as the gold plated SMART. Further research shows that they used a SLC (no, not Salt Lake... Posted Nov 07 2007, 08:52 AM by The Scooter Scoop! Filed under: Microcar, Smart, Custom