The Smart Car from Daimler Chrysler has hit our shores. Saw one on I-80 just the other day. The Smart comes stock with a 3 cylinder, 71 hp engine, gets 40mpg, but uses premium gas (??!!) At under 12 grand, that’s probably all you’ll need to get the groceries and visit Grandma from time to time.

Eat this, Ken Block! In today’s podcast, Lieberman and I were talking about the forthcoming Brabus tuned Smart car, and I mentioned having seen some vids of insane Hayabusa powered Smart cars. I appreciate that Hayabusa is the “go to” engine for making a total monster out of your light car, motorbike, ATV, Ariel Atom, or whatever else. This ain’t exactly brand new, but it’s still wickedly cool. Check the vid after the jump, and look closely at around 0:57 of the video for a snazzy trick.