Smart Car in San Diego

Over the last couple of years I find myself appreciating things that I never really cared about when I was younger. One of those things is cars. I still wouldn't own one and would really rather not have to ride in one, but I have begun to appreciate them more as an art form and a cultural artifact. Southern California is the place to be if you want to see cars. I have never seen a people more obsessed with cars than Californians. So, I have taken advantage of the wide variety of cars parked in my neighborhood and have started to snap photos of them. I think I may try to do some sort of car section on L'etendard Sanglant.

For now I may put some of the pictures here. The first car I will put on the blog is the Smart car. It was designed by Swatch. That's right it was designed by a watch company. It was supposed to be super environmentally friendly. But a lot of that got lost when the car was redesigned for production. You can read all about it the history in Wikipedia's article on the car. The British version came with a free Ipod. I don't know if any models on sale now do. You can buy the car here.

Here is the picture I have so far. I think I may have one or two others of a different car bouncing around. If I find them I will add them.

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