Buyers Line Up for Smart Car in Surprising Places

Wired reports that the tiny Smart ForTwo sub-subcompact is selling well in parts of the country where it was not widely expected to be popular.  "While demand for the car is certainly strong in Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Portland and other congested blue-state cities, the dealership in LaVista, Nebraska, has some 250 cars on order. ‘It takes about a year to get your car', explains Andrea Falter, sales manager of the dealership located just outside of Omaha."  While many thought the FortTwo was "not a car you'd expect to see sailing across the wide open spaces of the American prairie," pre-order sales "were high in Tulsa; Louisville; Albuquerque; Birmingham; Lindon,  Utah; Englewood, Colorado; and other red-state cities."  The Boston Globe offers more detail on sales of the "city car" in an interview with dealer Herb Chambers.  Chambers reports that the ForTwo is selling for anywhere "from $12,000 to $17,000."  He denies rumors that anyone wanting a Smart car will have to join "a waiting list that stretches into next year," saying, "some customers have not been able to take the car they ordered because of some change in their situation, so there are a few available for purchase right now" in some areas.  

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