”At nine feet long and 1,800 pounds, you’d think that it’d crumple up like a beer can if it got hit by something bigger (which is just about everything) but company officials claim that it’s ‘basically built like a race car, with the steel cage technology that protects the occupants.’ It’s apparently supposed to be able to grab four out of five stars in government crash tests (it’ll be tested once it’s on the market).”

(Via Smart cars coming in January. Would you buy one? - Crunch Gear.)

Our Honda Hybrid is reaching 70k miles and we are looking for a replacement next year.

After driving the hybrid for a couple years, I can not imaging getting a car that doesn’t get at least 40 MPG.

Amy has kept meticulous records on our current car, for a blog she has still not gotten around to starting, and we get 40+ MPG most of the year, except for a couple months (boiling summers in North Carolina) each year.

At $25k though for a Honda or Toyota, I wonder if a couple smart cars are better than a single hybrid?

What is the carbon offset for Smart vs. Honda vs. Toyota?