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[Mario So Funny] Smart car inventor Nicolas Hayek dies: | Mario So Funny: Hayek saved the Swiss watch industry from lower-priced Asian competition in the early 1980s by offering colorful, inexpensive Swatch timepieces that he backed with equally colorful marketing. He wanted to do the same thing with the automobile.

[Auto News] Auto News » Smart car inventor Nicolas Hayek dies:: Hayek saved the Swiss watch industry from lower-priced Asian competition in the early 1980s by offering colorful, inexpensive Swatch timepieces that he backed with equally colorful marketing. He wanted to do the same thing with the automobile.

[Suite101: Technology Articles] Daimler Chrysler's Fuel-Efficient Smart ForTwo: The Smart ForTwo ...: Of course something as silly looking as the smart car came from the same person who brought us the 'swatch.' Inventor Nicolas Hayek first laid plans for the tiny, efficient mobile in 1994. After a deal with Volkswagen fell through, Hayek teamed up with Daimler-Benz and eventually released the first generation smart car in 1997.

[In Search of the Perfect Investment] Cash remains king. Yesterday was a forerunner of things worse ...: Hayek was “a rare phenomenon in Europe ”” a genuine business celebrity,” as The Harvard Business Review described him in 1993. ...

[Blue Planet News] New models, engines in Hyundai's future: | Blue Planet News: Looking to sustain its sales momentum, Hyundai will bring out a series of new and redesigned products in the United States during the next 12 months. Executives at a press event in Seoul, South Korea, described a wave of new models, including redesigns of the Elantra and Accent, a small Elantra-based sporty coupe, the Equus luxury sedan and hybrid and turbocharged versions of the Sonata sedan.

[The Good Human] EarthTalk: What Are Smart Cars And Are They Safe? | The Good Human: Originally the brainchild of Lebanese-born entrepreneur/inventor Nicolas Hayek of Swatch watch fame, Smart Cars are designed to be small, fuel-efficient, environmentally responsible and easy to park””really the ultimate in-city vehicle. Back in 1994, Hayek and Swatch signed on with Daimler-Benz (the German maker of the venerable Mercedes line of cars) to develop the unique vehicle;

[TreeHugger] Smart Car Interview with President Dave Schembri... You Asked, We ...: Preparations for the Smart ForTwo began in the early 1990's with a Joint Venture between Mercedes-Benz and Swatch, the makers of Swatch watches known for their wide array of colorful designs. Nicolas Hayek, the inventor of the Swatch watch brought his ideas for an "ultra-urban" car to Mercedes-Benz.

[Greg Williams] Calgary Herald, Smart Car celebrates its 10th anniversary, by Greg ...: When Mercedes-Benz designed the Smart car chances are good it wasnít thinking it would be a high-mileage freeway cruiser. Or, that it would be towing a light-duty trailer on a regular basis.

[smart car news and information] Smart Car News: Smart offers polypropylene body kits to customers smartfourm.com. Zetsche: U.S. demand for smart exceeds supply.

[eMercedesBenz] eMercedesBenz - The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog: On the basis of this, in April 1994, the Micro Compact Car AG was founded in Biel (CH) as a Joint Venture of Mercedes-Benz and Swatch. Nicolas Hayek, the inventor of the Swatch watch, brought his idea for an ultra-short small car into this company, and Mercedes-Benz contributed expertise and experience from more than a hundred years of building cars.

[Car Reviews and Auto News by CarReview.com] smart fortwo passion - Seriously, I don't get it | Car Reviews and ...: I can see the usefulness of the smart for people who live in congested cities like San Francisco or New York and need a car for very local driving with little to no cargo requirements that can be parked with the ease of a motorcycle. However, beyond this almost non-existent American demographic, I can’t recommend it.

[Latest Activity on smart USA insider] Boston Smarties - smart USA insider: The car features an 8.6-gallon gas tank and averages 40 mpg in the city and 50 mpg on the highway. It’s constructed in a 100 percent “green” factory that uses rainwater, recycles wastewater, and takes heat generated from one of their machines and circulates it throughout the building.

[Wheels] So Small, New Yorkers Probably Thought They Missed It - Wheels ...: The company on Monday did announce a Web reservation system: Customers can make a credit card deposit of $99 at smartusa.com to get dibs on the first batch of 2008 cars. Those early adopters can choose a favorite color and one of three models: The base Pure version, starting at under $12,000, the better-equipped Passion or the Passion convertible (starting below $14,000 and $17,000, respectively).

[BenzInsider] Paris Auto Show 2008: smart celebrates 10 years with electric ...: It is undisputed that the smart fortwo’s unique character already makes it an automotive classic, despite its young years. As early as 2002 a smart fortwo was the only vehicle to be included in the permanent collection of the world-famous Museumof Modern Artin New Yorkwhilst still in series production as a “contemporary design classic of the last decade of the last century”.

[bastianblog] Blog about automobile assurance Ð’» Auto Insurence Cite: When initial sales were slower than hoped for, Hayek and Swatch pulled out of the venture, leaving Daimler-Benz as full owner (today, Smart is part of the Mercedes car division). Meanwhile, rising oil prices have driven up demand for .

[Cafe Hayek] Optimal Population?: It’s ludicrous to pretend that we can know now what, say, the average MPG will be for internal-combustion engines in 2050. Hell, we don’t even know if automobiles and lawnmowers and the like will still use such engines then.

[Energy/Enviro Experts] What Fits The Bill? - Energy & Environment Experts: President Obama should make a commitment that he will veto any bill that would take away EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 emissions and also to veto any bill that would pre-empt or undermine the rights of states to set CO2 emission standards, renewable portfolio standards, appliance and building standards, and automobile mileage standards that are tougher than those of the federal government.

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