Cars that were too clever for their own good....

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Originally Posted by Mike Bell

The packaging of the original A class was superb, although it did place the driver rather far forward in the car. It’s sandwich floor was very clever, and despite the test roll over debacle the model sold very well. I believe the Audi A2 was their response to the Merc, but although more advanced in some ways (and better handling!) the Audi was not so accommodating for passengers or their luggage.

I rather liked the original A2 but Wiki suggests that only 176k were produced in its lifetime. About 1/6th of the number of Mercs.

I saw one on the road a few weeks back - quite unexpected these days.