Spotted this in my neighborhood on the way to work this past week... looks like Ford's version of the "Smart" car which I also saw on the freeway around here last month.












cute car but I'll still take an old mini anyday.

 

A friend of mine has a green one. "Think" is actually a Norweigan company that Ford bought, and the City is the name of the car. They also make the Neighbor, which is just a glorified golf cart.

The City, like all Think vehicles, is fully electric. It gets about 50-60 miles on a charge, and its top speed is about 55 mph. 55 is not enough to keep up on the freeways these days, so in that respect it's a bit dangerous to drive on the open road. And there's the problem of needing 240V to charge at your destination if it's >25 miles away.

All in all I'd say the City is not quite ready for prime time, but it's getting close. I'm trying to convince my friend to autocross his!

 

It's made in Norway allright, but Think is not the name of the city. It's being manufactured in a place called Bjorkelangen, just outside of Oslo, Norway. I guess Bjorkelangen wasn't catchy enough for the marketing people

It's not much of a car, though, and for city use only. It has an advanced aluminum frame, but the plastic body panels don't look very high-tech. They're colored all the way through, though, so you can have a go at it with a sledgehammer and it won't leave much of a mark.

 

Cute little car.

 

I'm glad these have made in onto the roads (albeit with a little help from FMC). I saw a documentary a couple of years ago when they were in the design/pre-production stage, the red ones looked very odd as the plastic panels were almost translucent but the car did surprisingly well in crash tests (like the Smart)

 

I like the Smart, it's a cracking little car

 

FUGLY!!!!!

 

Yeah, it's not much of a car. I've driven one and your always worried about making back to the charging station. You sure do get a lot of looks when you in the car. Too bad they're probably think dayum that's one ugly thing or what fcuk is that or get a move on it would ya! That's the last thing I wanna be in if your in an accident.

 

YUP!!!!