DaimlerChrysler AG is set to open its first four Smart dealerships in the UK selling the minicar in Britain for the first time, says Bloomberg News (24/8/00).

Alongside opening these dealerships, the auto-maker will expand its Smart website to the UK market, allowing web visitors to ask questions about the car, request a test drive, configure and price the vehicles.

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The dealerships will be located in Birmingham, Central England, Milton Keynes and two in London. Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow are to be considered later, says the company.

Only left-hand-drive versions of the car will be sold until early 2002, when right-hand-drive cars, as is common in the UK, will be available, said DaimlerChrysler AG.

The Smart vehicle has not been priced for the UK, says the report.

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