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  • smart goes ECO with its CARTONDRUCK smart ART project

    We all agree that ART comes under strange and innovative forms, and i guess that is the case of the latest design project born from the weird cooperation between smart, the packaging specialist CD CARTONDRUCK AG from Obersulm in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, and the Berlin-based artist Sarah Illenberger. (more…)

  • The latest version of SMART ForTwo costs just £8 780 OTR

    New generation SMART ForTwo hits the market priced at just £8 780 on the road. The car offers some enhancements to ensure the new smart is even more appealing than its acclaimed predecessor. It features better style, comfort, equipment and less CO2 emission.

    The exterior upgrades are front and rear aprons, , side skirts and filler cap now finished in body colour as standard. The new SMART has new rims – 3-double-spoke alloys Monoblock VII. (more…)

  • Smart UK hits 10 years with special Fortwo model

    Smart has released a new, exclusive Fortwo ride specially tailored to commemorate the brand’s 10th year of successful sales on UK soil. (more…)

  • Carlsson tuning package for Smart Fortwo Coupe and Convertible

    Carlsson now offers tuning package for the practical Smart Fortwo Coupe and Convertible versions. The improvements include LED daytime running lights, exclusive leather packages, a superb audio system and some slight touches to the exterior and the interior.

    At the front, Carlsson Smart features two black radiator grill inserts of powder-coated stainless steel above and below – 153 Euro. Furthermore, the small car has LED daytime running lights to get even more individuality. (more…)

  • Smart Ice Edition features unique style and cutting edge technologies

    Smart Fortwo ICE edition stuns with unique style. The small car features black carbon fibre finish tridion safety cell, a lot of in-car entertaiment including latest Pioneer audio and video technology.

    The project is released with the help of Pioneer, who installed the state-of-the-art AVIC-F920BT Navgate package – incorporating a two-way speaker system and active subwoofer. The sound reproduction became staggering. Furthermore, the owners can listen to their favourite tunes via their iPod, iPhone or MP3 player. (more…)

  • Smart Releases Special Edition Fortwo Greystyle

    smart fortwo greystyle editionThe lifestyle brand smart stands for unconventional thinking, environ-mentally friendly technology, joie de vivre and a discerning sense
    of style. This has made the smart fortwo an avant-garde and successful trendsetter for urban mobility. The new special model edition greystyle combines state-of-the-art environmental technology and functionality with an extravagant, fresh and stylish appearance. (more…)

  • Gordon Murray Design introduce T.25 City Car

    Gordon Murray Design’s T.25 City Car is not only designed around a central driving position but an MPV package offering 6 internal layouts within the same vehicle, each layout being easily achieved within 30 seconds.

    The T.25 City Car has been packaged to accept three 95th percentile occupants and the central driving position has been named ‘iCentre®’, although the actual concept dates back to 1966 when Gordon Murray first came up with the idea during his Mechanical Engineering studies at Durban Institute of Technology in South Africa. The three-seat configuration was put into production with the McLaren F1 and then resurrected in 1999 during the original study for Murray’s City Car – then known as Project 3. (more…)

  • The Second Generation Electric smart Into Series Production

    From mid November 2009 the new smart fortwo electric drive will roll off the production line at the smart factory in Hambach, France. Unlike its predecessor, the electrically driven smart fortwo of the second generation is fitted with an innovative and highly efficient lithium-ion battery. (more…)

  • Lotus City Car Concept Design

    Recently at the automarket, buyers are downsizing their vehicles and engines to save money and fuel, and the purchases of city cars are on the rise. The ”Automotive Engineer” magazine asked Russell Carr, head of Lotus Design – How they see the future and how could they improve on the Smart ForTwo and Toyota iQ? (more…)

  • Smart Fortwo cdi – 21 percent more power and 18 percent more torque

    For model year 2010 the smart fortwo cdi has been given a clear power boost, yet it remains just as economical and environmentally friendly as before. In future the state-of-the-art three-cylinder diesel engine will produce 21 percent more power and deliver approximately 18 percent more maximum torque. (more…)

  • Electric Smart to go live

    Following successful trials in the UK, the iconic, zero-emission, smart fortwo electric drive is ready for small series production. (more…)

  • F-CELL Roadster on the historic route of Bertha Benz

    The F-CELL Roadster built by apprentices at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen covered a section of the historic route taken by Bertha Benz on the past weekend. Starting in Mannheim, the fuel cell powered car was driven via Ladenburg and Heidelberg. (more…)