Hot on the heels of news that Penske and Smart have split word comes that the smart / Nissan collaboration is dead. Automotive News reports that the project that was built to a four-door model from a platform, Nissan and sold under the banner of Smart yield will not happen. The reason is simple enough if Smart had continued to blaze his own trail in America, at least one other model would have to support needed. have now, it's part of the Mercedes-Benz network was that considerably reduced.
Meanwhile, there are some concerns that a separate Nissan / Renault joint project can call the Quattro also be deleted. have with the killing of several projects and Penske walk away, more than a few heads started to wonder if this is the end for Smart in the land of the free. According to the report, but Automotive News says Roger Penske, that's not the case.
Penske said that the fact that Smart is from the Mercedes-Benz presented the death of a lobster or Mercury, there is nothing in comparison, and that his company simply not the volume or the marketing muscle Smart effectively enforced.
Either way, one says that the shift towards Benz dealer that the smart dealer network will shrink significantly, so that only 58 dealers across the country. That's because 21 Smart showrooms, which are not coupled with Mercedes models do not get to keep their licenses.
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