Smart is pulling its mini-cars out of the United States and Canada

The tiny, two-person Smart cars once pitched as the next big thing in urban mobility will be discontinued in the United States and Canada at the end of the current model year, German automaker Daimler AG said on Monday.

Smart cars, with their unique styling and ability to fit in half a parking space, found an audience in densely populated US and Canadian cities. But that audience was small and rapidly declining. Smart reported just 90 cars sold in the United States during March, down 18 percent from the year before.

US sales of a wide range of small cars have collapsed over the past several years as relatively cheap petrol and a strong economy have encouraged consumers to buy larger trucks and sport utility vehicles. The Smart brand's electric cars offered just 93km of driving range. Competing models such as the"mid-range" Tesla Model 3, with an estimated range of 425km, offered more range and more room for passengers and cargo. The range figures are from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Daimler's Mercedes-Benz brand, in a statement, cited"a number of factors" for the decision to end Smart's run in the United States and Canada,"including a declining micro-car market in the US and Canada, combined with high homologation costs for a low volume model." Homologation refers to the changes required to bring the European-designed Smart in line with US regulations.

...wait.. what cheap petrol?

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