SMART cars do make alot of sense, but as for them catching on here in the states, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. It's been drilled into our heads for too long that "bigger is better" and this translates into the bigger it is, the more prosperous and important it's owner is. thinking like that is hard to change overnight, although, if gas at the pump gets near $4 a gal. than, maybe "overnight" might not be that far away. Its funny when you think about the latest car commercials that now are featuring cars that get around 30 miles a gal. When back in the seventies and eighties after the big oil embargo of the mid seventies and prices at the pump went from 40 cents a gallon to over a dollar. The same car companies had commericals promoting cars that would get 55 miles to the gallon. Fuel effeciency was on everyones mind, but then, people seemed to become bored with saving money on gas and the era of the bigger and still bigger yet SUV's came into fashion. With the latest jump in prices from around $1.79 (here in Dayton, Ohio last year) to the current $3.09 of today, I've noticed that there are alot fewer Hummers on the road. In fact, I can't even remember the last time that I saw one, except, there is a commercial for one of those online used car selling sites on the TV, and they have a photo of a nice big yellow one right next to their logo. Anyway....I just love laughing at all the stupid people as they scurry to rid themselves of the very things that they were so proud of showing off to everyone else, just yesterday.