At first, I misinterpreted the title," Now may not be the time to buy a SMART car in U.S." I assumed they were referring to the new smart fortwo arriving next year.
Many recent articles have been dismissing the smart cars; taking a position on safety vis-a-vis SUVs in American society. However, afer reading the article, I realize they were referring to
gray market dealers of the 1st generation fortwos.
The reporter approached a gray dealer; inquiring about warranty support and prices. It seems that many of these gray market importers are oblivious to what the Penske group plans to do next year.
Here are some salient commentary:
- If BS were music, the salesman who had me in his clutches would have been a brass band.
and
- “Base model is $28,000,” he said, as I adroitly dodged another back-slap. “Convertible sporty model is $37,000.”
That information was relatively easy to accept poker-faced because I didn’t know until I logged into the Internet later that SMART car USA plans base model sales to start around $12,000.
Wow, I can't believe they're still marking them that high!
A reader succintly remarks in the comment section of the article,
" A person would be a fool to buy one of these "gray" cars, as one can buy one for half the price as they are now asking next year and have full warranty one it. These "greedy dealers may just be "caught" sitting with a bunch of these when the others come out next year.....I would not be sorry for them...
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