Smart cars are the cars of the future, some say. The save you money left and right with prices and gas mileage. They also help save the planet with low CO2 emissions. So I just saved a boat load of money by buying a smart car, now how’s the insurance rate on these things? Well if you don’t know what a smart car is that’s ok because they haven’t exactly blown up in the United States yet.

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However in Europe they are the big thing, probably one of the hottest cars in Europe. Now if you’ve never seen a smart car I’ll give a little description, perhaps you have seen these things. A smart car is a very small car that kind of looks like a mini, mini cooper. They only seat two passengers and barely have a trunk for luggage. They get terrific gas mileage and let out a minimal amount of CO2.


But why are they more popular in Europe? There are some reasons for that, reasons that unfortunately aren’t that fair, but that’s life. What I mean by that is this, in Europe a smart gets around 60 miles per gallon, that is not a mistake and yes you did read that correctly, 60 miles per gallon. Let me put that in perspective for you; let’s say that you have to drive from L.A to New York, that is a total of about 2400 miles. Fill up your smart car with 15 gallons of gas, at the price of, let’s 2.70 a gallon (about the average price) it will cost about forty dollars to fill up the car. Those 40 dollars will get you Continue Reading →