Filed under: Coupes, Economy, Etc., Hatchbacks, Ford, SMART
Some things just shouldn't be combined, like a Smart and Eleanor
Mashups are a really cool idea, when you take two disparate things and blend them together to create something new and interesting like Danger Mouse's Grey Album or Reese's peanut butter cups. However, sometimes, no matter how much you might want it to happen, things just don't mix, like oil and water.
Into the latter category falls the smartinor created by THALONDESIGN. Smartinor is the evil spawn of a Smart ForTwo and an Eleanor Mustang. Wearing all kinds of fake scoops, strakes, lights and a rocker panel stripe with the name "GT50%", the smartinor is one of those things that may have seemed like a cool idea, but should have been abandoned long before it ever saw the light of day.
[Source: THALONDESIGN via CarScoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John R 12:41PM (6/05/2007)
Good God...
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dustandechoes91 12:43PM (6/05/2007)
WOW i get it now, if you stare at it in the right way for a long time, you can see a car hidden in the background!
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G Money 12:48PM (6/05/2007)
YEP, she can get it.
Mike 12:47PM (6/05/2007)
I dare someone to actually drive that thing on a public highway.
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Yudonomi 12:49PM (6/05/2007)
@dustandechoes91:
Yes, you have to relax your eyes and look *through* the stripper.
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bmoredlj 12:51PM (6/05/2007)
I live in Baltimore, MD and have seen at least six smarts driving around this week, the most I've ever seen. They look very vulnerable and unsuited to sharing the roads with tailgating H2s and Super Dutys - much like a go-kart would look out of place in a NASCAR race. To these drivers of these Smarts: Good Luck...you'll need it.
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bmoredlj 12:52PM (6/05/2007)
I live in Baltimore, MD and have seen at least six smarts driving around this week, the most I've ever seen. They look very vulnerable and unsuited to sharing the roads with tailgating H2s and Super Dutys - much like a go-kart would look out of place in a NASCAR race. To these drivers of these Smarts: Good Luck...you'll need it.
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dustandechoes91 1:00PM (6/05/2007)
Ive seen 2 of those at my local Lamborghini dealer, but nobody driving them. They would be horrible here in Chicago, unless you have enough money for a "summer car". In the winter here your car has to be heavy so it gets traction on the snow/ice and doesnt slide anywhere, and the salt does damage to things like chrome and anything nice you put on, and sludgy street snow ruins any good looking car. That pretty much leaves you with an SUV.
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JAmes 1:11PM (6/05/2007)
LOL !! The funniest thing is it actually gives the Smart some character. The ForTwo has always looked like an Alien tennis shoe. I have to say Good Job. !!
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harumph 1:33PM (6/05/2007)
i still can't decide if the model or the car is the less understated aspect of that photo.
i have always liked tiny european and japanese cars, this is just an abomination. it proves that americans, largely, are incapable of customizing something without being supremely immature and over the top about it.
please make it go away!
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dustandechoes91 1:40PM (6/05/2007)
idunno if the thing about americans not being able to customize was about this car, but if it is, they guys who did this are sweedish, and they also intend on making a batmobile smart.
P to the C 1:41PM (6/05/2007)
Can't say either one does anything for me. Not to change the subject, but did anyone notice the price of the DIY Eleanor kit for '05 and up Mustangs on that site? It's only $12000. Only.
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harumph 1:44PM (6/05/2007)
@dustandechoes91
my mistake, i suppose i just assumed. i still think it looks incredibly stupid.
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Jason 1:48PM (6/05/2007)
It's like a life-sized version of the toy cars I played with as a kid where you pull the car back, stuck a penny in a slot in the back of the car, and it would ride a wheelie across the floor.
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Yggdrasilly 2:30PM (6/05/2007)
"Mini-Me, I feel *evil* coming on..."
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Mike 3:06PM (6/05/2007)
I'll buy a smart with this kit if I can have the stripper chick!
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david 3:22PM (6/05/2007)
If it wasn't for the trashy girl standing in front of it I'd have to say:
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david 3:23PM (6/05/2007)
STABS SELF IN EYES
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Clay 3:52PM (6/05/2007)
That is disturbing.
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Kowell 4:40PM (6/05/2007)
What the HELL is THAT!?!?!?
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