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Brian Baird - 07 Jan 2005 23:56 GMT

...with my 10D.

http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/london_20042005

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Pet Lover - 08 Jan 2005 12:53 GMT

> ...with my 10D.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/london_20042005

Nice pics

The little car in your Southwark collection is a Smart car which is made by
Mercedes which I'm sure you
know is owned by US Daimler/Chrysler/Jeep. In the mid/late 1990's They
developed a Jeep Concept care which looks remarkably like the Smart Car.
Take a look at

http://www.jeep.com/autoshow/concept_cars/gallery.html?active=12?context=2003_12
_23_jeep_autoshow_concept_cars_97463&type=promo1_img

http://snipurl.com/bv2q

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Brian Baird - 08 Jan 2005 13:56 GMT

> The little car in your Southwark collection is a Smart car which is made by
> Mercedes which I'm sure you
> know is owned by US Daimler/Chrysler/Jeep. In the mid/late 1990's They
> developed a Jeep Concept care which looks remarkably like the Smart Car.
> Take a look at

I was wondering who made it. Fairly interesting concept, and seems to
be pretty popular from the amount of them I saw parked around the city.
And with petrol at 85-90p a liter I can understand the appeal of a
small, thrifty little car like that.

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Pet Lover - 08 Jan 2005 17:42 GMT

>> The little car in your Southwark collection is a Smart car which is made
>> by
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> And with petrol at 85-90p a liter I can understand the appeal of a
> small, thrifty little car like that.

The reason they are popular in cities is because they are as long as a
normal car is wide so when parking on the street they can be just driven
into the tiniest of spaces that other cars wouldn't fit into. Also there is
another reason why only a small engine car is needed in London (interesting
fact coming up) The average speed in London today is the same as it was in
1900......i.e. 11 miles an hour.............no need for a big V6 engine -
you'd never get out of first!!!

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