It's about dang time.

So DaimlerChrysler has finally decided to sell the Smart car here in 2008. In a stroke worthy of the car's name, it'll be sold exclusively through the dealer group owned by Roger Penske, who's as smart a guy as there is in the car sales business.

I think it'll sell great in big cities like New York and Chicago, where traffic is a mess and parking is non-existent. It could even be a big enough deal in those cities to supplant the Mini Cooper as the young person's urban car of choice. Hopefully, DCX doesn't have great expectations for profits -- as its appeal beyond first-cardom and urban centers is limited. That's chiefly because it doesn't have 20" wheels and can't be ordered with a fake-convertible top or rear-seat DVD setup.

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[Doug]

I just worry about being squashed in it.