Chinese Gold Wing copy with 8 cylinders:

It would want to have cornered better than the normal smart, apparently the worst handling car ever around and off the test track of that Jeremy whatsisname show.
 
Tippie said:
It would want to have cornered better than the normal smart, apparently the worst handling car ever around and off the test track of that Jeremy whatsisname show.
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The first gen. Smart for Two actually handles a great deal better than many others, I had the "pleasure" to drive one quite a lot. Scary and wierd at first, but a hoot once you get used to it. Great city grocery getter, hopeless and tiresome for anything further than 50km. JC apparently compares all test vehicles with his favourite AMG Mercedes with a zillion bhp, not many stand a chance to be accepted.

The little Roadster is surprisingly capable, and quick, in stock form. Has the road manners of a go-cart, goes around corners like on rails. I was in for quite a surprise on my RGS following one that was spiritly driven through twisties!

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I still have a smart cabriolet in storage. I tell people I own a rear engined German cabriolet with paddle shifters. I love ours, it’s a great car for running around town and holds a surprisingly large amount of stuff.
 
no cylinder cooling just fins on the heads, I bet the rearmost ones got hot, they must be cast iron pistons and cast iron bores, and plenty of lubrication plus plenty of clearance, I love it, just love it, totally unpractical, but I still love it.
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certainly beats my mini engine ridgid Triumph complete with mini gearbox, I called it a morumph, (Morris/Triumph) one blocked driveshaft and the sprocket on the other, oh dear, should not have started that one, ruined bike and cycle parts wasted engine. but what you do at 19 is not what you do at 30+ and am now 72
 
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