I want to buy a Fiat500 which currently is not for sale (but will be next year.) And there are really no other options that are that small. A smart car is a tiny bit too small for me, I want to very occasionally throw a kid in the back seat and ... I have basically zero choices ugh :(.
I live in a pretty standard suburb. Wide roads, plenty of room... but our fire department is lobbying for a large "safety complex" (when combined with police) because they struggle to buy/refurbish trucks SMALL ENOUGH to fit in our main fire station, built in the 1960s.
There aren't any huge buildings in our town that would necessitate a extra large ladder truck or other huge trucks. But American fire trucks just aren't built on that small scale anymore.
I'm obsessed with Japan's tiny fire trucks and feel like they'd be ideal for creeping through many of our older alleys.
I want to buy a Fiat500 which currently is not for sale (but will be next year.) And there are really no other options that are that small. A smart car is a tiny bit too small for me, I want to very occasionally throw a kid in the back seat and ... I have basically zero choices ugh :(.
The Mitsubishi Mirage is the smallest one, gets between 43 (winter) and 50 (spring-fall) miles a gallon
Oh actually you can’t buy an electric smart car in the US either. *sob*
https://www.eliomotors.com/ This startup has been raising money, unsuccessfully, for 15 years- first gas, now an electric. And it has a tiny backseat.
Whoa...
Imported, efficient cars are so underrated here. Too bad they can't manufacture them here. One of my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_T4Lr0uu8
I live in a pretty standard suburb. Wide roads, plenty of room... but our fire department is lobbying for a large "safety complex" (when combined with police) because they struggle to buy/refurbish trucks SMALL ENOUGH to fit in our main fire station, built in the 1960s.
There aren't any huge buildings in our town that would necessitate a extra large ladder truck or other huge trucks. But American fire trucks just aren't built on that small scale anymore.