Not a Smart bargain

If you offered us a brand-new car for a grand, we'd bite your hand off. Then we'd say yes.
If you then told us it was a new Smart ForTwo, we might be a touch less enthusiastic. But we'd still say yes.
But if you then told us that we'd have to buy two Merc limos at £165,000 a pop in order to qualify for said cheap Smart, we'd probably have to think again.

In the great league table of good value deals, spending £330,000 on a pair of limousines in order to save £5,000 on a ForTwo is languishing in the relegation zone along with that old 'pound of flesh' bargain.

But Binz, the Mercedes-Benz authorised coachbuilder who thought up this deal, reckons it's a sensible idea.

You see, the problem with owning an executive limo - apart from the fact that everyone will assume you're a despotic dictator - is that they're not all that practical for everyday tasks. Just nipping to the corner shop or dropping the kids off at dictator school necessitates a distinctly undignified parking manoeuvre, undermining your stately gravitas.

So Binz are prepared to throw in a cheap-as-chips Smart for your runaround tasks if you buy a couple of their executive Mercs, allowing you to retain your dignity in even the tightest parking spot.

Try as we might, we just can't picture Pol Pot popping out for the milk in a ForTwo.

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