I considered Smart back in 2012 when I was looking for a new small car. It was more expensive than its competitors, it didn't get as good gas mileage, and it didn't have as much carrying capacity. The Smart cars just weren't competitive using any objective criteria. The only reason for buying one was as a form of virtue-signalling, from what I could see. I bought a manual Ford Fiesta instead, and am quite glad I did.