[Leica] IMG: Small Car/Small Building - JIM N

[Philippe]

Jim,

They are « produced » 35 miles from where I live. In fact they are assembled there, the idea being that « Smartville" is organized as a star, or a hub. The subcontractors have they factories and stocks form the spokes. And they provide the parts on demand. That’s very clever from SMART as they do not lose either time nor money on stocks and concentrate on design, assembly and sales.

I visited the plant a few years ago and had the opportunity to test the cars (loved the coupe). When seated in the car, you forget there’s no backseat nor boot. Funny feeling.

More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(marque) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(marque)>

Amities
Philippe
 

> Le 7 mai 2018 à 05:38, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a écrit :
> 
> Those awnings add a lot.   We have a couple of those little cars around town, too.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 5/6/2018 10:21 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
>> I see this scene every time I visit my local hardware store, so I finally
>> took a shot.
>> 
>> Smart car parked outside the revitalized offices of the Florentine Opera
>> Company on Burleigh Street in Riverwest.
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/20180504_MR_Mine_DSF5087.jpg.html
>> In the 19th century, virtually all brick buildings in Milwaukee were made
>> of this cream brick, which led to the
>> name "Cream City", and must have given a less oppressive feeling than a
>> city of dark red.
>> 
>> One such structure was my high school. But by the time I went there in the
>> '60's, it and all the others were dark from soot.
>> <
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/Demolished+Buildings/SDHS/Ca1915_PCMR_EMKE_10AX9913A.jpg.html
>> 
> 
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