# Does anybody else think \[smartcar lookalikes\]

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 15, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962 "2013-03-15T00:38:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962/21 "2013-03-15T17:06:26Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> You can get kits to trick them out to look like [Corvettes, SUVs and all kinds of cool stuff](https://www.google.com/search?q=smart+car+kits&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=jjX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xzpDUanDN6rT0gGL3YDwBw&ved=0CFgQsAQ&biw=1276&bih=1252). My husband and I “decided” when they came out that if we ever got one, the cost of one of these kits would have to be budgeted in.

I think most of those pictures are real cars shrunken via photoshop rather than Smart cars with body kits.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962/22 "2013-03-15T19:30:54Z")

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[Dakar Rally Smart](http://image-v.com/auto/articles/115202_smart_fortwo_engagee_au_Dakar_2013.jpg)

[Monster Smart](http://lovelyrides.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Smart-Monster-Truck.jpg)

[Tracked Smart](http://static.keptelenseg.hu/p/51a3e24c064cf6c5b28a57783ed5c551.jpg)

[17-foot long Smart](http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/f6e97f36-3c1a-494a-b557-cbc4b828919b/Large%20Image.jpg)

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-think-smartcar-lookalikes/652962/23 "2013-03-15T20:33:24Z")

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Does that 17 foot long Smart Car kind of defeat the purpose?

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