A new Smart car ad shows it carrying a Ford Exhibition. Oct. 17, 2012 — -- What do you get when you put a 7,000 pound SUV on top of the frame of a sub-2,000 pound two-person Smart car? Apparently ...

Taking a quick glance at a Smart car, you might assume that it's not very safe. It's incredibly small, barely has space for two inside, and there certainly isn't much room up front for crumple zones.

Launched in 1998, the Smart Fortwo was a tiny city car that measured just 98.4 inches from bumper to bumper, weighed a scant 1,609 pounds, and was powered by a 44-hp three-cylinder engine that would ...