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Fortwo
By JOE KNYCHA cially where the roads were cov-
F O R W H E E L B A S E C O M M U N I C AT I O N S ered in snow and ice. The engine
ventures
never lacked enthusiasm.
The cars were as stock as they
outside its
come, with their only modifica-
tions being engine oil good for -56
any people F and Continental winter tires.
cushy urban
snickered The only mechanical incident
habitat to
space for two.
the “smart winter expedition.” windshields on every vehicle —
Some even laughed. was a single flat tire, inflicted by
“You’re going to do what?” the sharp shale rock of the
prove that
Drive a cluster of Smart Dempster Highway.
Fortwos to the high Arctic in the “Hmmm, but isn’t the weather
middle of winter, all the way to kind of dangerous up there?
being really
the end of the most northerly Aren’t the temperatures kind of .
permanent, year-round (almost) . . low?”
road in North America.
small is really
When the day starts out at -40
Evidently, this isn’t everyone’s F, before the wind even enters the
idea of a rollicking good time. picture, things get interesting.
no big deal.
But they’d be wrong. The far For one thing. exposed flesh can
North is at its most beautiful in freeze in less than a minute.
winter, with awesome vistas and Once perfectly well working me-
One of the biggest myths of all time — well, at least when it comes to Smart — is that the
Fortwo is useless in the winter. Aside from the fact the car was on sale in Canada before
it arrived in the United States, thereʼs this picture.
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