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In the absence of additional vehicle specifications, horsepower figures are irrelevant. Most necessary among the bunch is curb weight, known Across The Pond as kerb weight. The coefficient of drag (CoD) is useful, for sure. Not to mention the final drive ratio. If you're going to rely on bhp or lb-ft to be measuring sticks for your perception of modern cars, those sticks need to account for more information.
- The Good 12 V3.0 - Part X
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- The Good 12 V2.0 For 2009 - Part Xi
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- The Good 12 - Part X
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Cars
LBS/BHP - SMART FORTWO AND OTHER SMALL CARS
In the absence of additional vehicle specifications, horsepower figures are irrelevant. Most necessary among the bunch is curb weight, known Across The Pond as kerb weight. The coefficient of drag (CoD) is useful, for sure. Not to mention the final drive ratio. If you're going to rely on bhp or lb-ft to be measuring sticks for your perception of modern cars, those sticks need to account for more information.Yesterday, for whatever reason, @mr2pitch on Twitter made a comment regarding the smart fortwo's power-to-weight ratio being similar to that of the Hyundai Accent, Toyota Prius, and Honda Insight. Since GoodCarBadCar.net runs an '09 smart fortwo as a long-termer, it got me thinking. In urban situations, our '09 smart fortwo pure always has more than enough power to scoot past more powerful vehicles. More importantly, maintaining illegal highway speeds is a breeze. Yet, I haven't driven many slower vehicles. So is the power-to-weight ratio of the smart fortwo really in the same ballpark as the Accent, Prius, and Insight?
Most certainly. Chasing down flyballs might not be the smart's forte, but stealing bases against unsuspecting pitchers would be about as easy in the other cars mentioned. For a full rundown, The Good Car Guy has calculated the pounds-per-horsepower statistics for a whole bunch of low-powered cars and offered a little bit of context by way of the diesel-engined Volkswagen Jetta TDI, the not-for-North-America turbocharged Brabus smart, an old Ford Excursion V8, and the V8-engined BMW M3, too.
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FORD EXCURSION - 27.8 pounds per horsepower
SMART FORTWO - 25.8 pounds per horsepower
HONDA INSIGHT - 24.6 pounds per horsepower
CHEVROLET AVEO - 23.8 pounds per horsepower
TOYOTA PRIUS - 22.7 pounds per horsepower
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI - 22.7 pounds per horsepower
HYUNDAI ACCENT - 22.5 pounds per horsepower
TOYOTA YARIS - 22.3 pounds per horsepower
HONDA FIT - 21.3 pounds per horsepower
SMART FORTWO BRABUS - 18.2 pounds per horsepower
BMW M3 - 8.9 pounds per horsepower
Keep in mind, trim levels and options can throw the curb weights into question, so run with the examples The Good Car Guy has chosen.
- The Good 12 V3.0 - Part X
SMART FORTWO Parallel parking a smart fortwo, the Mercedes-Benz-developed city car, comes as easily as selecting new music on an iPod click wheel. Natural simplification of the automotive breed is the smart's calling card. Dial 7-627-836-7896. "You've...
- Gallery - Toyota Iq - 204 Pictures & Dimension Comparo With Smart Fortwo And Nissan Cube
Scroll through the gallery below.... and keep scrolling... and turn some more pages. Toyota has updated the iQ photo database. The result is 204 pictures of the '09 Toyota iQ. Toyota believes it'll sell 80,000 copies in Europe alone. The Toyota...
- The Good 12 V2.0 For 2009 - Part Xi
SMART FORTWO In possession of children? A tower of boats or ATVs? Then keep reading on behalf of your unmarried cousin or the young couple next door with the bachelor apartment. The two-time Good 12-winning smart fortwo is not likely for you. However,...
- The Good 12 - Part X
smart fortwo Part X of The Good 12, the fortwo built by Mercedez-Benz subsidiary smart, is unfortunately introduced on the heels of the Porsche Boxster. Take note of two things: firstly, inside that stark hallway of differentiation lies the beauty...
- Insane Fuel Economy - By Smart
Perhaps the timing is ripening for a GCBC Lowdown on the smart fortwo. Perhaps this post would be aptly named a rundown - a simple mathematical view of the new smart fortwo. Canada sees a somewhat different fortwo than that which is available to the...