Koczak took for a ride
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cked-out yellow Cabriolet we also tried out starts at $16,590 ($18,085 as displayed).
It was pouring rain, but Koczak took me for a ride in a Cabriolet. It’s no rocket: zero to 60 is promised in 12.8 seconds, and it feels even slower off the line than that suggests. Once underway it’s sprightly enough, with nicely weighted steering, and there was plenty of elbow room for Dave and I. From the wheel, it feels bigger than it is, too, though getting squashed by a big truck was the primary concern of some of the would-be buyers we engaged.Back from the cruise, the girls and I talked briefly to manager Emily Williams, a former event planner who has to be one of the very few women in their 20s running car dealerships in this sometimes-sexist business. “The cars are on the road now and they’re living billboards for us,” she says. “We’re getting a lot of foot traffic. We just did a survey and 84 percent of the people on the waiting list [each paid $99] still want their cars, seven percent say they’re not sure and another seven percent say they don’t want to proceed.”This Smart Center will get 400 cars this year and undoubtedly sell them all quickly. With $3.30-a-gallon gasoline, hip fuel-sippers like Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/cars-transportation/smart-car-review-460318#ixzz0Xa9GBoB1
