| | Smart Prepares the U.S. for Downsizing - The Car Connection |
 | | DaimlerChrysler's smart brand, the only two-seat personal minicar ever to become a commercial success, is being prepared for the day in 2006 when it will go on sale in the U.S. DC is doing so by working to dispel the fear Americans have of the safety aspects of small cars. |
 | | Smart is aware of this, and its marketing people, already installed in the headquarters of parent company Mercedes-Benz USA in Montvale, New Jersey, have started to spread the word that small doesn't necessarily mean weak. |
 | | Wawra explained that the smart utilized the same safety principles as other cars, employing crumple zones to absorb energy in a crash and relying on airbags to protect the occupants in an interior that, although the external dimensions of the car are small, is in fact quite spacious. |
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