#ForTwo

[revesdautomobiles]

[gigglepuffpixie]

so here's a question: wtf ever happened smart cars? you know, these fuckers

i used to hear about them all them time but now? nothing

did they just stop being popular or is there something else?

[germancarssince1946]

2015 Smart Fortwo

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[cryoverkiltmilk]

Having a split tailgate and a rear engine means that a Smart Fortwo has the best features of both a Land Rover and a Ferrari.

[pifindsfood]

https://designmom.com/dessert-for-two-fluffy-lemon-pudding/

Two Person Fluffy Lemon Pudding

Ingredients

1 large egg, at room temperature, separated

6 tablespoons (83 grams) granulated sugar

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

2 tablespoons butter, melted

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Pinch sea salt

6 tablespoons buttermilk

Confectioners sugar, for dusting

Blackberries, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Have ready two 8-ounce ramekins or custard cups.

Place egg white in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.

Place egg yolk, sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a separate bowl. Whisk well until the mixture thickens and lightens in color. Alternatively, beat using a hand-mixer.

Add the melted butter and whisk well.

Next add the flour and pinch of sea salt; whisk until just combined. Add the buttermilk and whisk just until smooth. Don’t over-mix.

With a clean whisk (or beaters), beat the egg white until peaks form. To test, bring the whisk or beaters out of the bowl and hold upright. The egg whites should mostly stand, but the top will flop over.

Using a large silicone or rubber spatula, fold the beaten egg whites into the batter with wide, broad strokes. This will lighten the batter. Don’t stir vigorously, or the puddings won’t rise or separate into layers when baking.

Divide the batter between the two ramekins. If desired, place the ramekins in another baking dish to make transporting them in and out of the oven easier. Place in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, or 25-30 minutes if using the larger baking dish for transporting the ramekins. When the puddings are ready, they will be mostly set, but jiggle in the center when gently tapped. If the top looks at all wet, leave the pudding for another 3-5 minutes. The tops will also be lightly golden around the edges.

Allow puddings to cool slightly before serving. If desired, sprinkle the tops with a little confectioners sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.

[fruitiermetrostation]

2011 Smart Fortwo art

[arcxnumvitae]

I am not the man you fell in love with I am not the man you once adored I am not your kind and gentle husband And I am not the love you knew before Would you fall in love with me again If you knew all I've done? The things I cannot change Would you love me all the same? I know that you've been waiting Waiting, for love

[vintagevoiture]

Smart Fortwo. 1998

[caradsfromthepast]

1997 Smart advertisement

[germancarssince1946]

2007 Smart Fortwo City Coupé

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[wallpapers4screen]

[things-about-cars-in-posts]

This is a car worth spotlighting!

Not just this fantastic example, but the Smart Car itself! (That's not an official name, btw. We'll get to those.)

The CEO of Swatch, the group that dared ask "What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and tells the time?", dared ask "What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and is car?", and Volkswagen seemed to think it was a good question.

However, '93 would put the emphasis on seemed, when the move of disagreer Ferdinand Piëch from leading Audi to the whole VW group and canned the project - both disagreeing with the 2-seater idea (which, to be fair to it, was based on research showing the average Eruopean car only had 1.2 passengers) and believing they could make a small car by themselves (and to be fair to him, they did end up making the fantastic Volkswagen Lupo and Audi A2).

Fortunately, however, Mercedes was also interested in the idea, having made similar considerations in the past, and the following year the world would be introduced to the result of their partnership:

MCC.

The MCC eco-sprinter concept car, since tan and green was just far too mundane for an interior, was accompanied by an open top MCC Eco-Speedster,

and oh boy.

Now that puts even OP's car to shame.

Mercifully, the Micro Car Company would later deviate from the name of a character in a middle school science book rapping about the speed of light, and its cars' shape would deviate from...

...this.

It would also, however, deviate from Swatch's ideas hard enough for it to leave Mercedes to continue alone - though their contribution would be nodded to by the new name: s(watch)m(ercedes)art.

But worry not, the following concept car would reassure the viewing public that funkiness was not deviated from at all.

And sure, everyone can make a concept car with a funky interior - and frankly, it's rare that anyone doesn't. It's arguably the favorite victim of the harsh reality of mass production, to the point that the most many car world veterans dare hope for is that any interesting detail survives the watering down.

And, despite my dogged efforts to market this blog to the uninitiated, I'm well aware most of my readers know it too.

So why don't I just post the production spec interior?

Well, I have a better question:

Why don't you just get pranked?

This is a production spec interior. Everything you see in this picture was officially built and sold by the Mercedes group. This is a factory Smart CityCoupe people could and did order and buy and use to roam around.

And as you can see from this dramatization, they were damn comfortable while doing so!

And they could even spec further options, like a tape deck, a rev counter, a clock ("What if small, economical, plastic, customizable and is car and tells the time?")...

...and some truly heinous color combos!

But worry not, the weird was far from stuck indoors!

Check out this CityCoupe's subtle colorway!

Or how about this one from after the car was facelifted in 2002 and its name changed for the final time into Smart ForTwo?

I mean, look at that. Tell me, even if like me you're a European accustomed to seeing swaths of them the moment you step in a city, that is not one of the funkiest mainstream vehicles of its day - if not one of the most outstanding.

This is the Smart's cell, dubbed "Tridion". And if giving your car's frame a name seems self-impressed: America's Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) called its safety "average". And at 2.54m car, America's classification system calls its size half of "midsize". This 90s design is as safe as the cars driven by the people making these dumb fucking memes.

The Smart crash is my personal 'identifying as an attack helicopter' - when you make that joke I automatically know you're someone who doesn't want reality to spoil their fun.

And the reality is that the Smart is an amazing little thing.

Even before Mercedes tuner Brabus's fiddling.

Though it certainly doesn't hurt.

Links in blue are posts of mine about the topic in question: if you liked this post, you might like those - or the blog’s Discord server, linked in the pinned post!

the car tower has donned its gay apparel.

(see my car tag for other pics of its glory)

[spikeyjo]

Born to be a fortwo driver forced to be a Toyota supporter

[photosbyjez]

Old, New & Very Small -- CFFC

Old, New & Very Small -- CFFC

Hi all 😃 My entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Cars. Some of these shots are courtesy of my wife, Susan.

[fruitiermetrostation]

2011 Smart Fortwo