smart buy? Belgian international group looking to buy Smart

[RikfromBelgium]

a Belgian international group called Punch is looking at buying Smart
go Belgians

http://auto-motor-sport.de/news/wirtschaft/belgier_will_smart.106444.htm

 

[Yperion]

I hope they don't buy Smart (for their own good).

 

[LaArtist]

yes please buy..haha..we will throw in a little bit of mitsubishi in the deal to..go ahead

 

[bum-man]

Good.........riddance.

 

[Centurion]

yes please buy..haha..we will throw in a little bit of mitsubishi in the deal to..go ahead

LOL!!!

 

[MikeJ]

Well ain't that a Punch in the head.

(I wish all the best for Smart, it deserves to succeed.)

 

[klier]

Yeah I read about it in the Dutch news Rik.

I dunno... Smart hasn't made a single cent in it's existence... People don't like Smart.

 

[RikfromBelgium]

no, they won't make money out it alive, but believe me, if there is one thing belgians are good at, it's getting money out of an almost dead company

 

[cawimmer430]

The reason Smart is doing so bad IMO is the PRICE TAG: completely overpriced. When I worked for the MB dealer, they let me drive a bunch of Smarts. I was shocked to see that the base price for a Smart ForFour 1.1 was Euros 12,000: without RADIO and without A/C. Add those two essential features and the price jumps to Euros 16,000. I don't know what the finance guys at Smart are smoking, but this is a rip-off. There are better and cheaper Japanese and especially Korean cars out there for that kind of money that have a radio and A/C standard. Someone should whoop these Smart guy's asses for crying out loud.

If these Belgians buy Smart, they better know what to change, and then perhaps, Smarts will sell better.