Baby, you can drive my car

Anonymous and I had an exchange recently about conservation efforts and petrol guzzling cars. You can read it here:
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15488796&postID=112833797018148548

Accordingly, I thought it was quite appropriate to write about small cars in this blog entry.

When I first arrived in Oslo, I was quite intrigued (and amused) at the sight of these small cars being driven around. I mean, we get the Mini and the Beetle back home but these cuties were even smaller and as we all know, the average Norwegian is generally larger than the average Singaporean.

I later found out from a friend who comes from Germany that these cars are manufactured by Daimler-Benz and originally designed by Swatch. Here's the link to their website www.smart.com.

The smart fortwo coupe/cabrio is only 2.5 m in length which means that you can park two of these cars in a regular parking lot. Ok, here are a few important specifications for you technical people out there:
Engine capacity: 698 cc
Max. power: 45 kW at 5,250 rpm
Maximum speed: 135 km/h (electronically limited)
The fuel consumption is rated at 4.2 litres/ 100 km for combined highway and city driving (highway: 3.8 litres/100 km, city: 4.6 litres/100 km).

That's not too shabby...

So my question is how come there are listed dealerships for Smart cars in Malaysia but none for Singapore?