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Old 03-27-2010, 09:16 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by Dragoneye View Post
The name is ironic.

It's not stupid-fuel efficient
It's not stupid-cheap
It's not practical
It's ugly
It has NO power
and it's unsafe.

Why...is it called "smart"?
It's branding. Some people believe anything they see on TV. When you associate your product with being the smart choice, people buy it because they want to be associated with making smart choices. It's branding psychology, and it works.

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it's called 'advertising' - Blur can tell ya all about it
How did you know I was going to say that?

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Originally Posted by Stingr69 View Post
They call it "Smart" because calling it "realy small, dangerous, slow, and no room at all" would be a bad marketing concept.

-Mark.
I thought that was the Tata Nano's ad campaign?

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