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Electric Drive, Renault Engines, CVT All Part Of Smart Five-Year Outlook

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Old 06-11-2010 | 07:30 PM
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Default Electric Drive, Renault Engines, CVT All Part Of Smart Five-Year Outlook

Business isn't exactly strong for Smart in the U.S. The niche minicar brand sold 24,000 vehicles in 2008, then just 14,000 units last year. The reason for the decline, insists Smart USA president Jill Lajdziak, isn't so much that demand for the smart has been exhausted, or that the smart has lost any of what she calls "the cool factor" (it's...

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