2004 Smart City Coupe Review: Hōʻike alanui
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Swatch no ka honua o nā huila a kuhikuhi ʻia i nā poʻe ʻōpio hiki ke ʻike i ka hiki o kahi subcompact compact i nā kūlanakauhale piha o ʻEulopa.
Ua hoʻohuli ʻia ʻo Australia Smart i ʻelua manawa ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o ke aupuni nui ʻo DaimlerChrysler e hiki ke loaʻa kahi wahi ma lalo o lalo a e lilo ka pēpē pēpē i hui kaʻa piha piha me nā kākoʻo ʻōpio paʻa.
Ua kōkua pū paha ia i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā mea kūʻai kūʻokoʻa i nā kaʻa akamai me nā keʻena kelepona paʻa i Australia, ke kāʻalo ʻana i nā ala kūhelu, a hana pēlā ma nā kumukūʻai i kūpono ʻole i ka holomua lōʻihi. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai nui loa.
I kēia manawa ua hele mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka City coupe a me ka hoʻololi ʻana, me 58 mau kūʻai i nā mahina mua ʻelua o 2004, a ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi alanui haʻuki.
ʻO kēia ke kaʻa mua e hoʻokau iā Smart i nā hoa paio maoli.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke hoʻokūkū me nā māhoe City, he liʻiliʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa iā lākou i ka ihu-a-paʻa me ka ʻole o ke kuʻi ʻana i ke kaʻa. Inā makemake ʻoe i kaʻa kūlanakauhale, a laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe. Pau ka pāʻani.
Akā, ʻo kahi mea hana alanui, ʻoiai me ka waiwai ʻupena $37,990 a me ke ʻano maikaʻi loa, pono e lanakila i nā mea kūʻai aku mai kahi ākea o nā mea hoʻokūkū.
Loaʻa iā ia he 700cc Suprex turbo engine wale nō, akā ua lawa ka lumi ma hope no ʻelua, me ka sunroof pop-up a me nā mea hana hou aʻe, me ka ea ea, nā huila huila, ka laka waena mamao, nā puka makani a me nā aniani.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi he ʻano haʻuki a me ke ʻano, no ka mea, e hoʻomau ʻia ka roadster i mea ʻano no nā mea nona nā mea he nui.
No laila, ʻoiai ke ʻano o ke alanui e like me ka Lotus Elise, e lawe pū ia i ka VW Beetle convertible, ka Peugeot 206CC, a me ka Daihatsu Copen naʻaupō loa.
E kūʻai ʻia aku ma kahi o ka Toyota MR2, he kumu like kona akā ʻoi aku ka nui a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma ke kumu kūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ke alanui kaʻa ʻo ia ka mea āu e manaʻo ai mai kahi kaʻa haʻuki, me ke kino plastik haʻahaʻa a me nā huila paʻa paʻa i kēlā me kēia kihi.
Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻāpana maikaʻi, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hardtop ʻelua e mālama ʻia i loko o kahi pahu pāpaʻu ma hope o ke kaʻa a ma luna o ka ʻenekini.
Hoʻolilo ʻo Smart i ka waiwai nui ma ka hale ʻōwili paʻa o ke kaʻa Tridion, e koi ana i ka palekana o ka pōʻino.
Hoʻomaka ka pūʻolo mechanical me kahi ʻenekini 60 kW i hoʻopili ʻia me kahi hoʻoili lima sequential.
He kaʻa huila hope, a ua hoʻokomo pū nā mea ʻenekinia o Smart i nā huila huelo ākea e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kihi ʻana, i mālama ʻia e ka uila a me ka hoʻokele pinion.
Ma ke ala e
INA 'oe e komo i loko o ka Smart roadster e manao ana i ka piha ha'uki ka'a 'ike, a laila . . . pono, e hoka auanei oe.
He leʻaleʻa a hana, akā mamao loa me ka Nissan 350Z. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smart he 10.9 kekona a hiki i ka 100 km/h, a he nui nā sedans ʻohana maʻamau i hiki ke hana maikaʻi.
Akā, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi o ka roadster a nānā maikaʻi loa.
Pono ʻoe e hana ikaika - inā ʻoi aku ʻoe ma mua o 20 - e iho i lalo i ka salona, akā maikaʻi a nui nā mea e leʻaleʻa ai.
Kākoʻo nā noho, manaʻo maikaʻi ka huila hoʻokele, a hōʻike ka hoʻolālā mea kani i ka noʻonoʻo akamai he nui me ka pā ʻōpio.
ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka wahi o ke kī no ka mea ua hūnā ʻia ma ka pou B ma hope o ka lever gear. Akā maikaʻi ka hana.
Huli i ke kī a lohe ʻoe i ke ahi ʻino mai nā ipu hao ʻekolu e ʻā ana ma hope pono o kou poʻo.
Aia i loko o ka hana leo kekahi pūʻulu o nā chugs, whistles a burps i kou hoʻomaka ʻana e neʻe, a ʻo ka mea leʻaleʻa i ka puʻupuʻu o kahi Subaru WRX e hauʻoli i ka walaʻau. Ua ʻike mākou he mea leʻaleʻa.
ʻAʻole ikaika a wikiwiki paha ka Smart coupe, akā maikaʻi ia i loko. Loaʻa ka pane maikaʻi inā ʻoe i ke kaʻa kūpono a manaʻo mau ʻoe e hoʻāʻo nei ke kaʻa e kōkua.
Kū'ē naʻe ka pahu pahu. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana me ka lima, e pane mālie i nā kauoha a me ka nānā ʻole i nā kelepona haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, e hoʻololi i ka laina ʻulaʻula.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi inā ʻoe e heihei ana ma waena o nā kihi a makemake ʻoe e paʻa i kahi hāmeʻa.
ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa hoʻopōʻino hoʻi, me nā neʻe lohi a me kahi kickdown makemake ʻole. Ua hoʻohana mākou iā ia ma ke kaʻahele kūlanakauhale, akā pono maoli ka Smart i kahi hana e hoʻohālikelike ai i ke koena o ka pūʻolo Roadster.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smart e hoʻōla i ka manaʻo purist o ka wā ma mua, a he ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Me he mea lā ua ʻōwili ʻia i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a puni ʻoe, a e like me ka Lotus Elise ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi, ʻike mau ʻoe i nā mea e hana nei ma hope o ka huila.
Paipai pū ia iā ʻoe e hoʻololi, i kēlā me kēia huli ʻana me ka pana wikiwiki ʻana i ka huila a me ka nui o ke kinoea.
Loaʻa iā ia ke kaulike kihi maikaʻi a me ka traction maikaʻi. No laila, he chassis hoʻohiwahiwa ka mea nāna e mālama i ka hapa nui o nā puʻupuʻu, ʻoiai e paʻi ana i nā potholes a ʻoi aku ka walaʻau o ka chassis ma mua o kā mākou makemake.
He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻohālikelike i ke alanui me ka hoʻokūkū, no ka mea, nui ka poʻe e kūʻai mai no ka mea makemake lākou i ka nānā.
ʻAʻole nui ka lumi a ʻaʻole nui ka lumi no nā ukana, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele ma mua o ka Beetle Cabrio a i ʻole ka Peugeot 206CC.
Kokoke loa ia i ka MR2 akā ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o ka manaʻo.
Ma ke ʻano he paepae i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Smart ʻoi aku ma mua o kahi hale kelepona ma nā huila.
