smart-america Subscribe

Smart USA sales off to good start; will they last?
After just over two months of sales in the U.S., the Smart ForTwo is moving out of dealerships at a good clip. So far sixty-seven of the planned one hundred Smart USA dealers are in operation and the company sold 1,734 cars in February. Since the first cars were delivered in mid-January, a total of 3,437 ForTwos have be turned over to US owners. While that is a pretty good pace, the real test will be what happens over the coming months. As decidedly mixed reviews come in from media sources, owner word of mouth may prove to be the deciding ... Read more →
NHTSA: Smart ForTwos could do better in a crash Sebastian Blanco
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 ...
Miley Cyrus gets a smart (fortwo) promotion Sebastian Blanco
What do you get for the young woman who - presumably - has everything? Why not a smart fortwo convertible with her name emblazoned on the side? Ecorazzi has a photo of siad smart that belongs, we ...
New Smart ForTwo Cabrio owner files a delivery report Sam Abuelsamid
Back in January, ABG reader Randy dropped us a note to let us know that he and his wife had received a letter from a Smart dealer that the car they had reserved would soon be ready for delivery. Well ...
The Smarts are coming, the Smarts are coming! Sam Abuelsamid
All you folks out there who plunked down $99 for a diminutive Smart ForTwo over the past year, might just want to keep a close eye on your mailbox in the coming days and weeks. We just got word from ...
Breaking news:
- REPORT: Downey, CA mayor claims Tesla Model S plant deal 99.9% done REPORT: Tesla Motors planning IPO "soon" Aptera Update: Backstory uglier than we knew? BMW prices the ActiveHybrid X6 starting at $89,725 REPORT: Think will build U.S. plant in Indiana, appoints two new execs Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010 First 25 production i-MiEVs roll into the UK Ford Fusion wins Motor Trend Car of the Year award Aptera update: Vacation instead of ousters? Electrification Coalition sees plug-ins making up 25 percent of market by 2020
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 ...
Featured Galleries
Categories
- Green News
- At Witz End
- AutoblogGreen Exclusive
- AutoblogGreen Q & A
- Biodiesel
- Carbon Capture
- Carbon Offset
- Coal to Liquid
- Diesel
- Emerging Technologies
- Etc.
- Ethanol
- EV/Plug-in
- First Drive
- Flex-Fuel
- Green Culture
- Green Daily
- Greenlings
- HCCI
- Holidash
- Hybrid
- Hydrogen
- In The AutoblogGreen Garage
- Legislation and Policy
- Lightweight
- Manufacturing/Plants
- MPG
- Natural Gas
- NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)
- Oil Sands
- On Two Wheels
- Podcasts
- Racing
- Solar
- Spy Shots
- Transportation Alternatives
- Vegetable Oil
- Events
- Automotive X-Prize
- AFVI Expo
- Austin Alt Car Expo
- Barcelona International Motor Show
- Boston AltWheels
- Brisbane Auto Show
- Business of Plugging In
- Chicago Auto Show
- Detroit Auto Show
- Geneva Motor Show
- Ecofest
- EDTA Conference
- EVS23
- Frankfurt Motor Show
- HybridFest
- LA Auto Show
- New York Auto Show
- Paris Motor Show
- SAE World Congress
- Santa Monica Alt Car Expo
- SEMA Show
- Tokyo Motor Show
- Washington DC Auto Show
- Manufacturers
- Acura
- Alfa Romeo
- American Electric Vehicle
- Aptera
- Aston Martin
- Audi
- Bentley
- Better Place
- BMW
- Bright Automotive
- Bugatti
- Buick
- BYD
- Cadillac
- Chevrolet
- Chrysler
- Citroen
- Coda Automotive
- Daimler
- DaimlerChrysler
- Dodge
- Fiat
- Ferrari
- Fisker
- Ford
- GEM
- GM
- GMC
- Holden
- Honda
- HUMMER
- Hyundai
- Infiniti
- Isuzu
- Jaguar
- Jeep
- Kia
- Lamborghini
- Land Rover
- Lexus
- Lincoln
- Lotus
- Maserati
- Maybach
- Mazda
- Mercedes Benz
- Mercury
- Miles EV
- MINI
- Mitsubishi
- Myers Motors
- Nissan
- Opel
- Persu Mobility
- Peugeot
- Phoenix
- Pontiac
- Porsche
- PSA
- Renault
- Rolls Royce
- Saab
- Saturn
- Scion
- SEAT
- SMART
- Subaru
- Suzuki
- Tata
- Tesla Motors
- Th!nk (Think)
- Toyota
- Universal Electric Vehicle
- Vectrix
- Volkswagen
- Volvo
- Zap
- ZENN
- Region
Team Autoblog Green
Editor-in-Chief
Autoblog Green bloggers (30 days)
| # | Blogger | Posts | Cmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Blanco | 117 | 10 |
| 2 | Sam Abuelsamid | 106 | 1 |
| 3 | Jeremy Korzeniewski | 40 | 1 |
| 4 | Domenick Yoney | 24 | 0 |
| 5 | Xavier Navarro | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Shunk | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Frank Filipponio | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | AutoblogGreen Staff | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Drew Phillips | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Gary Witzenburg | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Chris Paukert | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Dan Roth | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Michael Harley | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | John Neff | 1 | 0 |
WIN Network
- Autos
- Technology
- Lifestyle
- Gaming
- Finance
- Entertainment on AOL
- Lifestyle on AOL
- Sports on AOL
- Travel on AOL
- Also on AOL