Well, can it? From the size of this lunchbox sized car the most obvious answer would be… are you kidding.  However, with U.S. gas prices now at around 5 bucks a gallon where I live, I believe more people will be leaning towards the smart car and far away from those giant Hummer monstrosities that became so popular in recent years.

Since the smart car is an electric car, we may see its popularity rise. Check it out, they are small

 can be fun

 

economical and easy to park 

Ok, so now for the toughest test, car safety. In this video, the team sets up some crash challenges for the smart car to see how it stands up to auto accidents. The biggest test is at the end where they crash the smart car into a 20ton concrete rail at 70MPH.  There are no crash test dummies for these safety tests, however, I doubt they were really needed here.

I don’t think I’ll be exchanging my already small car for this one any time soon, not that I think that my small Dodge can survive the same test… but I guess I just feel a bit safer with a few extra feet of metal around me.