Smart car & corner shop, Grange Road, Newburn
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Smart car & corner shop, Grange Road, Newburn by Andrew Curtis as part of the Geograph project.
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Smart car & corner shop, Grange Road, Newburn
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 22 Feb 2013
The design concept for smart cars began in the late 1980s, associated at the time with the Swatch brand of watches. Smart Automobile is a branch of Daimler AG that specialises in manufacturing microcars. It now operates under the Mercedes-Benz Cars division, offering the two-seater 'Fortwo' as its only product. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_%28automobile%29
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Image Location
Latitude
54.982483
Longitude
-1.744494