my first smart time the story of seeing the first smart fortwo's in the USA back in the fall of 2000
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i first saw a smart fortwo in the fall of 2000. it was at the mercedes-benz USA company picnic on the beautiful, sprawling grounds of their headquarters in montvale, n.j. my wife (who had first seen the smart car in 1999 while traveling in europe for her job) worked for m-b USA at the time, while i worked for bmw USA. while we were walking the grounds of the complex, we turned a corner and...bam!! there they were!! i've been a car nut all of my life, and i'd never seen anything like this! i immediately fell in love with them and asked my wife about USA availability. she told me m-b was attempting to bring them over, but they were running into one difficulty after another, and that it probably would never happen! i told her "if that thing ever comes to the USA, we have to get one!". little did i know it would take 8 years for that dream to come true. here's a bit of trivia for you: the mercedes-benz USA vice-president who was overseeing the attempt to import the smart car to the USA was current smart USA president dave schembri.
small world, huh?? billo
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note: watch the autoline detroit tv interview with dave schembri here.

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