[gallery] About a week ago I saw my first Smart Car parked in NYC. These seem like the perfect city car, but this is the first time I actually saw one in use. I'm not sure if/when they went on sale or if adoption is slow but it was exciting to see one downtown. The amount of space that could be saved by people using these instead of typical vehicles (like the minivan behind it) would allow for much more efficient parking though, as a rule, I think the less cars in the city the better. Based on the wheels and paint job I think this was the smart fortwo passion coupe starts at just $13,590. I would have loved to see it navigating through traffic, but seeing it squeezed into half a parking space was definitely cool.