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Smart Fortwo: World's Most Fuel Efficient Drift Car?

Rear-wheel drive, two seats, short wheelbase, sequential manual gearbox, available in either closed-roof or convertible body styles... sounds suspiciously like a sportscar, no? Yet nobody in their right mind would conclude after driving the Smart Fortwo that it is in the least bit sporty. Fuel efficient? Sure. Exciting? Not in the least. No matter, a well-trained driver can make just about anything on four wheels respond the way in which he pleases. And that includes drifting extraordinaire Sam Hubinette, who tells his fans in a recent ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: Tesla plus Brabus equals Ultimate High Voltage Jeremy Korzeniewski

In addition to the Tailor Made concepts that Brabus trotted out for the Frankfurt Motor Show, the German tuning firm also showed off a new version of its electric Smart Fortwo called the Unlimited ...

smart USA president Dave Schembri on clunkers, upcoming electric smarts Sebastian Blanco

In the first year that smart fortwo's were available in the U.S., the company sold about 30,000 units. After that first heady period, though, sales dropped off dramatically. In June 2009, the ...

Smart's $99/month 'Cash for Clunkers' deal has a big, dirty secret Chris Shunk

Cash for Clunkers won't be official for a few weeks, but some automakers are already looking to cash in on the once in a lifetime opportunity to take up to $4,500 off the price of a new car or truck. ...

Review: 2009 Smart ForTwo - Undone by a Dud of a Tranny Sebastian Blanco

The Smart ForTwo isn't for shy people. Even though Smart USA has sold about 30,000 of these tiny two-seaters in the U.S., the little rollerskate attracts a lot of attention. On the road or in a ...

Buy a smart fortwo for just $99 a month 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

With smart fortwo sales in the U.S. not going as well as hoped, smart USA has decided to offer its first incentive on the diminutive little car. That incentive lets qualified buyers get 4.2-percent financing on a 2009 fortwo through the end of July. There's another deal brewing for the fortwo ...

car2go, carsharing in the smart fortwo, comes to Austin, Texas this fall 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

You know what state needs more smart fortwos? Texas. That must have been Daimler's thinking before approving an expansion of the car2go carsharing service there. Daimler started car2go in Ulm, Germany last October and it will be coming to Austin, Texas - that little blueberry in the big red ...

Win a maple leaf smart fortwo edit10n, eh 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

To celebrate the tenth year of the smart brand, Mercedes-Benz is making some incredibly limited editions of the fortwo called edit10n. For the Canada-specific version of the edit10n, only be ten copies will be made. What makes this edit10n Canadian? The maple leaf details, of course. The new ...

England beats Germany in smart fortwo football soccer match 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Car football soccer is one of these silly things some people love to do with their wheels, and it's most assuredly quite a show. Add in the excitement of watching a match between two of the best national teams in Europe, England and Germany, and you might get this: a soccer game being "played" ...

Detroit 2009: smart ed moving to production, will come to the US 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got our first look at the new smart ed for America yesterday (well, actually, it's just a European smart ed that's been brought over the pond). Daimler has now released details of just how Americans will be getting our hands on the vehicle that is already being tested in the UK and Italy. In ...

ABG chats with SmartUSA president David Schembri about EVs, diesel, micro-hybrids and more 12 months 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 ...

LA 2008: smart madness bring you butterfly door fortwos 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One reason there are so many versions of the smart fortwo (see: Batsmart, the smart ed, the edit10n) is that the tiny cars were designed to be modular. SoCal's Smart Madness takes this to the reasonable limit and offers new body panels, rims, accessories, and upgrade parts galore. In fact, ...

Micro hybrid drive (mhd) smart fortwo gets upgraded 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The micro hybrid drive (mhd) smart fortwo (see previous post) has been upgraded. Oh, it's still micro, don't worry, but now the start-stop system will come standard on the 61hp and 71hp versions of the fortwo in the UK. Why is this a good thing? Well, the mhd models use up to 24 percent less ...

These Smart accessories cross some sort of line, I'm sure 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What you see above is part of Daimler's new smart-branded gifts for the holiday season. Specifically, it's the "smart 'winter magic' diorama" that brings us 75 percent of the way to the full collection of the "four seasons" series. You know, the one that also includes "Summer idyll" and "Autumn ...

Carlsson tunes the smart fortwo for more "oomph" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I think there are now more smart fortwo versions than there are types of iPods. I mean, c'mon, there's the Batsmart, the smart ed, the edit10n; and those are all from the last two months. But, a glut does not stop the flow, and Carlsson Tuning would like to present us with their special version ...

smart USA sells fortwo number 20,000 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When smart first decided to offer its diminutive fortwo in the United States, the automaker and Penske, the U.S. distributor, pegged a goal of 20,000 sales for its first year. That mark has come and gone, a full two months ahead of schedule. In early August, we heard that Penske had raised its ...

Smart planning updates to the U.S. ForTwo for 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Smart ForTwo has only been on sale in the U.S. market for 9 months, but the company is already preparing to refresh it for 2010. A number of owners of current Smarts were recently invited to come drive cars with some proposed updates for 2010. Based on postings in the SmartCarOfAmerica forum, ...

Ten years and all Smart can find is five dozen photos? Pshaw 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enter the Smart 10 Year gallery With posts on the new and limited Edit10n, the update on the Smart ED program, and a "why not" story about a tall guy in a Smart Fortwo all coming in the last day, it's clear that Daimler's PR department is feeding us with all sorts of goodies about the ...

Smart Fortwo a good fit for Tall Persons Club member 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Sure, there's no getting around the fact that a Smart Fortwo is a tiny car. But that doesn't mean you can't stuff thirteen people inside. Or, if you actually want to drive the car, there's no reason you can't be 6 feet 7 inches tall. That's how tall Keith Edwards is, according to a ...

New Smart Edit10n on sale in Germany 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image for complete gallery Break out the party balloons, Smart is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The brand started as a joint venture from Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch and Mercedes and began selling cars back in, wow, 1998. Well, since anniversaries are also good marketing ...

Ungreen your Smart of the day: Smart Fortwo Knigseder 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Smart already offers a tuned up version of the Fortwo in Europe, named Brabus, for those who think that its original power is not enough. But wait, there's even more now: Austrian tuner Königseder decided that the two standard engine options weren't enough, so they sell two versions that churn ...

NHTSA: Smart ForTwos could do better in a crash 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Even though the Smart ForTwo is a great looking and popular car, there's just not a lot of places for crash impact energy to go in a vehicle this small. This is part of the reason that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, when it announced crash test results for the ForTwo on ...

smart delivers 100,000th second-generation ForTwo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Thanks to a long and popular run in Europe and solid sales in the U.S., the Smart ForTwo is an international hit (soon, we'll be thanking Miley Cyrus for years for breaking out the young girl Smart market). Daimler is especially proud of the second-generation ForTwo, which has been ...

smart may force cities to reconsider parking laws 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The smart limited two, unveiled in Geneva. One reason that micro-vehicles like the smart exist is so that they can cut down on congestion. There is only so much space available in big urban areas, and parking spots are often hard to come by. So, to pack more vehicles in the same amount of parking ...

Mercedes plans demo fleet of electric Smarts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been hearing about electric Smart cars for ages now and although some have been made and even test driven, these EVs haven't seemed to have the full weight of Daimler AG behind them. Of course, considering they are headed by CEO Dieter Zetsche who was once quoted as saying, "buyers don't ...

smart set to party like it's its birthday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for a hi-res gallery of the smart forfun² The car's little, but the birthday's big - smart turns ten this year. The annual gathering of owners and aficionados known as the smart Festival will take place in late June at Mercedes-Benz World, which is located at the UK's historic ...

Italian magazine verifies Smart ForTwo CDi mileage figures 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the second-generation Smart ForTwo entered production earlier this year, its EU mileage ratings put it at the top of the heap for internal combustion engined cars by a pretty wide margin. On the EU combined cycle the diesel version was rated at 71.3 mpg (US) with CO2 emissions of only 88 g/km. ...

Field testing of electric Smart ForTwo to start in London mid-December 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Field_testing_of_electric_Smart_ForTwo_to_start_in_London_mid_December'; In mid-December Daimler AG will start turning over about 100 battery-powered Smart ForTwos to customers in Central London for a large-scale field test. The cars will be leased mainly ...

The Truth About Cars reviews the Smart ForTwo, says thumbs down 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Truth About Cars used to say the Smart ForTwo excels at just one thing: unmetered parallel parking. In their review of the new ForTwo, TTAC says the second-generation vehicle is "a great idea in theory, a laughable device in practice. " They detail their charges here. The main problems, TTAC ...

Smart builds "Smart House" in Venice Beach 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the promotions leading up to the US sales launch of the Smart ForTwo next January, the US distributor has converted a Venice Beach CA building into a Smart House. The interior of the Smart house is designed to evoke the lifestyles of the the primary purchasers of the Smart: young urban ...

Videos: Aptera launch, Nissan concepts, Smart hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold are three videos I think you'll find interesting. The first video is from the Aptera launch party. The Aptera video has lots of cool music and people enjoying the debut of this very cool car. The second video below the fold is filled with Nissan's concept cars. The Nissan concepts ...

Easy to park, easy to enforce parking with: Toronto PD's smart fortwos 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Toronto Police Services is trying to lessen its environmental impact by adjusting the way it goes about some of its daily activities. To that end, the cops have added a pair of Honda Civic Hybrids and a pair of smart fortwo diesels to the fleet. The idea behind the change is to utilize vehicles ...

71mpg Smart ForTwo CDi is the most efficient car on the road today 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Smart ForTwo CDi has a 799cc that puts out 45hp and consumes diesel fuel at prodigiously frugal pace. It consumes a mere 3.3L/100km or approximately 71mpg which with a 33L tank means a potential range of over 620 miles. In addition it only emits 88g/km of carbon dioxide, putting it well ahead ...

SmartUSA hits the road to preview the ForTwo 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the ForTwo SmartUSA is hitting the road starting this month to introduce America to the Smart ForTwo in advance of the sales launch early next year. The US distributor will have three teams trekking to fifty cities around the country starting with Los ...

2008 Smart ForTwo makes it's auto show debut in Bologna with special "edition limited one" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This week and running through December 17, 2006 the second generation Smart ForTwo is making its auto show debut at the Bologna Motor Show in Italy. To celebrate the launch of the new model, DaimlerChrysler is going to build run of 1,500 "edition limited one" models. The bodywork will be in an ...

Toyota to take aim at Smart's ForTwo 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like the diminutive urban commuter segment is about to get a little more crowded. Auto Express is reporting that Toyota will be releasing a small, high-mileage, city car based on the futuristic Endo concept that was first unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Auto Show. With dimensions of 118 ...

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