A new Smart car ad shows it carrying a Ford Exhibition. Oct. 17, 2012 — -- What do you get when you put a 7,000 pound SUV on top of the frame of a sub-2,000 pound two-person Smart car?

Heidemann's company, smart-automobile, Inc., signed a deal to sell the cars through ZAP ... money convincing Europeans on safety, touting a frame design it likens to a walnut, with high-strength ...

Smart Cars’ Small Size More Impressive Than Their ... rating—five stars—thanks to the car’s steel race-car style frame and liberal use of high-tech front and side airbags.

Though he admits for the money you could go a lot faster on another chassis, the goal was to become the first big-block Smart Car. Mission accomplished. We await more videos of 10-second passes ...

Smart cars are incredible when it comes to tight ... As demonstrated in the video, the two cars are specially fabricated with a modified chassis and body shell that shrinks like an accordion.