Archive - 2005
Smart Car Outselling Mini, Beetle in Canada
High Smart sales surprise even its parent company
FRANCOIS SHALOM, The Montreal Gazette
July 21, 2005, View Article
Daniel Noiseux couldn't wait to get his hands on a Smart car, that truncated, cartoonish minicar that makes a Toyota Echo look like a spacious sedan.
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ZAP Announces 2005 Model Year Smart Cars Have Entered U.S.
ZAP Announces 2005 Model Year Smart Cars Have Entered U.S.
SANTA ROSA, California (July 21, 2005) - ZAP (OTC BB: ZAAP), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today that 2005 model year Smart Cars have entered the United States.
The 2005 Model Year Smart Cars are the first of the new models ZAP intends to Americanize and offer through its distribution network, specializing in fuel-efficient and advanced automotive technologies, according to ZAP CEO Steve Schneider.
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MSNBC Asks: Is smaller better for U.S. car consumers?
ZAP betting on Smart Car's success, but some observers skeptical
By Roland Jones, Business editor, MSNBC
July 21, 2005, See the complete online article at MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8645488/
<b>In America everything, they say, is bigger. But when it comes to automobiles, is the smaller, more fuel-efficient car about to become the next big thing in motoring?</b>
ZAP certainly hopes so.
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ZAP Announces Approval of 2005 Model Year Smart Car
ZAP Announces Approval of 2005 Model Year Smart Car
SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 19 -- ZAP (PCX: ZAAP), pioneering the next generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies, announced today the approval of the 2005 model year Smart Car. ZAP announced that a petition for import eligibility has been granted by the United States Department of Transportation for the 2005 Model Year "Smart Car Fortwo Coupe & Cabriolet."
The Smart Car is one of the only micro-cars available in the U.S. at a time of record gas prices.
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Arizona Gets Smart
Arizona Gets Smart
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First publicly available Smart Car auction on eBay, Gas-sippng micro-car to be delivered to Phoenix-area resident on July 12
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