smart-fortwo

According to a report in UK magazine AutoCar, Mercedes-Benz and Renault are planning to collaborate on a new modular micro-car platform. The new architecture would form the basis of the next generation of Smart cars as well as the ...

Last November, when we talked with SmartUSA boss Dave Schembri at the LA Auto Show, he acknowledged that a number of the people who had placed early orders for the tiny fortwo had canceled before taking delivery. At that time, the cancellation rate was about thirty percent, although most of those ...

Later this week in the city of Ulm, Germany, near its Stuttgart headquarters, Daimler will be kicking off a pilot test of its new car sharing service car2go. The system will function more like the bike sharing services available in a number of European and American cities now as opposed to the ...

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, ...

Ironically, New York City seems to be packed with cars and yet it's probably one of the worst cities in America for them. One of the biggest hassles for people who actually choose to drive in Manhattan is finding a place to park your car when you get where you're going. Given the typical congestion ...

click to enter the Smart 10 Year galleryWith 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 ...

click to enlargeSure, 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 ...

click to enlargeWe're already jealous of people who get to test drive the all-electric smart ed, but what about people who get to drive them day after day? Daimler released photos today (see gallery below) of just such a test fleet in Islington, UK. The test of the diminutive two-seaters is being ...

A smart that's lost its top? No, the smart Crossblade! Click above for moreIn our time covering the auto industry, we've heard of many, many recalls taking place. Most of them are pretty innocuous sounding. Though some could potentially lead to an accident, it seems that the situations required to ...

click the image to enter our high-resolution gallery of the fortwo limited two.Back in 2006, smart announced the "edition limited one" of the fortwo, and with a name like that it wasn't too surprising when the "special edition - limited two" was announced this past March in Geneva. The limited two ...