German automaker Daimler promised in 2004 to get its minuscule Smart car into U.S. showrooms in 2005, and has been hemming and hawing ever since about whether it would offer the half-a-parking-space-size Smart in America.
Smart dealers are signed up in 50 cities and will open in time for the early January introduction of the tiny Smart two-seater.
More than 75,000 people have attended Smart driving events in 50 cities. Smart USA President Dave Schembri says 92% of 40,000 surveyed afterward said they could see themselves driving a Smart.
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