Smart for two: parKING

Parking in the city isn’t fun. So BBDO Germany turned a regular test drive for the Smart into an interactive parking game based on the age-old game of musical chairs.

During the game an iPhone app was used to play music and direct players around central Berlin. When the music stopped the players had to immedietly find a parking spot. The last team to park and verify their location via a photo upload was eliminated.

The competition was run at the Berlin Smart center, where 8 teams battled each other to become Berlin’s first parKING’s. The result…

The Folding Car

Hiriko is a folding car that has been in been in the making for the last 5 years. This first of its kind city car will be used for mobility services (car sharing) that will help reduce the congestion generated by automobiles in cities.

The folding car resembles a Smart Car and has the ability to fold itself into an upright space saving parking that appears to be out of a sic-fi novel! A working model of the Hiriko was recently unveiled in Brussels and should be commercially available in 2013.

At an estimated US$ 12500, the future of driving is here!