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Detroit 2009: more details on the smart ed's 2010 US introduction

The last time we talked to SmartUSA president David Schembri, the topic was all about the fortwo in the U.S., both electric drive and standard. During the hectic press preview days at this year's Detroit Auto Show, we found a few minutes to speak once again with Schembri, this time focusing on the big announcement that the smart ed will be coming to the U.S. in a little over a year. Schembri said that SmartUSA will begin limited production in selected markets in the second half of 2010 and series production in 2012. The company does not ... Read more →

ABG chats with SmartUSA president David Schembri about EVs, diesel, micro-hybrids and more Sam Abuelsamid

One of the newest cars to drop into the US market is the Smart ForTwo. A decade after its European debut, the two-seat city car finally arrived stateside after several abortive attempts by both its ...

Smart's Schembri reveals a bit more about the U.S. versions of the ForTwo Derrick Y. Noh

If we had an exact launch date for the official state-side introduction of the Smart ForTwo in 2008, you can be sure we'd be counting down the days one by one with a big fat, red marker. Needless to ...

Detroit 2009: more details on the smart ed's 2010 US introduction 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The last time we talked to SmartUSA president David Schembri, the topic was all about the fortwo in the U.S., both electric drive and standard. During the hectic press preview days at this year's Detroit Auto Show, we found a few minutes to speak once again with Schembri, this time focusing on ...

ABG chats with SmartUSA president David Schembri about EVs, diesel, micro-hybrids and more 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the newest cars to drop into the US market is the Smart ForTwo. A decade after its European debut, the two-seat city car finally arrived stateside after several abortive attempts by both its parent company Daimler and independent distributors. This time around Daimler worked with a US ...

Smart's Schembri reveals a bit more about the U.S. versions of the ForTwo 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If we had an exact launch date for the official state-side introduction of the Smart ForTwo in 2008, you can be sure we'd be counting down the days one by one with a big fat, red marker. Needless to say, we're pretty excited, so any tidbits of new information immediately get flagged for discussion. ...


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