VIDEO: Stretching a Smart ForTwo to four seats... vertically!
The British tend to do things a little differently from the rest of us. They drive on the other side of the road with the steering wheel on the other side of the car (yes, I know they aren't the only country to do that, but work with me here). They often drink their beer without first chilling it. They eat steak and kidney pie (which if you've never tried it, is actually quite good!) and they came up with adding a second story to their buses. Now that Mitsubishi has launched the i mini-car in UK market, Smart has some new competition. The i is very much like a Smart ForTwo in layout and looks but with the addition of a second row seat and two extra doors. To see if the Smart could still compete, the crew at Fifth Gear (the other British car show) decided to create a four seater Smart. While the crew at Top Gear might have sliced the front end off two cars and welded them together nose to nose, the Fifth Gear team took a more distinctly British approach... the double-decker Smart. The beauty of the plan is that it maintains the Smart's perpendicular parking capability. When it comes to acceleration however ... not so much. And then there is the moose test. Check it all out after the jump.
[Source: YouTube via CarScoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Blaine Decker 11:49AM (3/30/2008)
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Smart have the four four?
The video was pretty cool too. I thought he was actually going to keep it upright.
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Sam Abuelsamid 1:47PM (3/30/2008)
The ForFour was sold for a few years before being discontinued. It was actually a front engine front drive car based on a mitsubishi
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jeffzekas 3:16PM (3/30/2008)
Now, all we need is a Smart SUV with All Wheel Drive!!!
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Karl-Uwe Strunzen 9:23PM (3/30/2008)
even if the forfour were still in production, i think the point is rather that for the same footprint as the fortwo, cars like the MiEV seat 4 and the Toyota IQ seats 3+1....and when you add fuel efficiency, price and emissions to the equation, well...er.... truly degeaulas folks.....
I want to try steak and kidney pie....
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Peekoyle 10:14PM (3/30/2008)
I dont suppose it matters but we Aussies drive on the opposite side of the road to the Yanks as well.
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Geoffrey 1:34AM (3/31/2008)
Its not that the British are different, its U Americans who have changed everything. U have changed everything bcoz i guess u want a name for yourself. Britain is much older than America, go figure.
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GenWaylaid 4:29AM (3/31/2008)
Geoffrey,
Well at least we fixed the spelling. Seriously, it looks like "colour" is the least of the problems with the Queen's English.
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Lee D. 11:41AM (3/31/2008)
"Yanks" have the right to drive on the opposite side of the road from you limey Brits because the automotive industry was born and perfected in the USA. Why would we conform to anyone else? And furthermore--- I don't like the way you spell "tyres" but I do like bangers and mash for dinner.
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