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  1. Apr 30, 2019, 02:21 PM #3521
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    M-B will cease US sales of their Smart Car brand after the 2019 year sells out. They went from a high of 24,622 units in '08 down to 1276 units for 2018.
    They will carry on world-wide sales and have entered into a agreement with Geeley (China) to move the factory there in 2022.
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    Quote Originally Posted by boatme99 View Post
    M-B will cease US sales of their Smart Car brand after the 2019 year sells out. They went from a high of 24,622 units in '08 down to 1276 units for 2018.
    They will carry on world-wide sales and have entered into a agreement with Geeley (China) to move the factory there in 2022.
    Blimey. Guess everyone prefers suvs now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoffbot View Post
    Blimey. Guess everyone prefers suvs now.
    Smart are actually ceasing ICE builds worldwide ! and moving to electric only from later this year !

    I've got my last petrol engined one , I intend to make it last, cos the electric version doesn't have the range I need, nor does it have the infrastructure yet, nor can I afford the silly price for one, nor do I want a battery that will fail..
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    Yes, the range on the electrics is horrible. Maybe the reason to drop them in the US.
    Add the fact that the production and disposal of the batteries does more environmental damage than a good diesel will over it's lifetime kind of makes them pointless.
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    Wow! I just turned over 138,100 miles on my 2000 car this morning. I'm wearing that dog out!
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    That’s almost exactly 100,000 more than mine.

    I wouldn’t normally know my mileage, but I had to check it today when renewing my service plan. At the same time, I found that my average mileage is 4,000. That’s retirement for you...
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    Quote Originally Posted by boatme99 View Post
    Wow! I just turned over 138,100 miles on my 2000 car this morning!
    That's a lot of driving in one morning, you must have got up early.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tribe125 View Post
    That’s almost exactly 100,000 more than mine.

    I wouldn’t normally know my mileage, but I had to check it today when renewing my service plan. At the same time, I found that my average mileage is 4,000. That’s retirement for you...

    Yes, now that I'm retired, I fill up every 4 to 5 weeks. Between 1/4 to 1/2 tank.
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    You two should go places ..... visit things etc
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seriously View Post
    You two should go places ..... visit things etc

    I do, a bit. It’s daily commuting and business miles that rack up the mileage.
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