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November 7, 2008

2008 SEMA - Smart meets John Deere?

Johndeeresmartcarsema One of the first thoughts I had when we bought our Smart was how it compared to my John Deere x300 lawn tractor. Both fit in my garage easily. Both are pretty slow and noisy on the road. Both are easy to park. And both have headlights and a cupholder.

But someone has taken the comparison much, much more literally. Black Deere Automotive LLC is showing the "Urban Tractor" here at SEMA, a John Deere green, bright-yellow-wheeled Smart Fortwo Passion cabriolet. According to the informational sheet next to the car, their philosophy is "going green doesn’t mean you have to give up being cool." Along with the eye-catching paint job and little model tractor on the radio antenna, they added four air horns, an air-compressor powered auxiliary truck horn, and a big stereo.

Personally, I’m waiting for the 72-inch wide mowing deck and plow. You see, my x300 doesn’t have air conditioning or heated seats.

Tom Mutchler

Read about more cars, gear, news, and views from SEMA. Watch our Smart ForTwo video review.

Comments

It's a toy!

The reaction "it's a toy" is kind of interesting--actually, it's the large cars that most of us drive that are toys. Large cars are frivolous, and don't serve any real need. A smart car is sized to serve the function it needs to serve an no more. Anything bigger is a toy. (Yes, I know that some people need to haul large stuff some of the time. You can rent a U-haul for that for $20 a day. That's a lot cheaper than buying more car than you need and hauling it--your toy--around all the time.)

Hey Charlie, agree with you that most consider there large vehicles as their "toys". I look at this smart car and really see it as a toy my son played with! I am a fan of the smart cars and drive a small car myself(not quite this small). :)

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