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Smarts pile ups as order cancellations accelerate

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 cars were being taken up by people who wanted immediate delivery. Apparently, that situation has changed as dealers who last year typically had no more than a meager handful of cars in stock now sometimes have dozens. The general economic and overall ... Read more →

Daimler creates Smart-based Car2Go car sharing service Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Smart planning updates to the U.S. ForTwo for 2010 Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Smart ForTwo gets half price parking in Manhattan until 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Ten years and all Smart can find is five dozen photos? Pshaw Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 ...

Smart ED test is in full swing in Islington, UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge We'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 ...

smart fortwo recalled for bad paint, could cause loss of roof or windshield! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A smart that's lost its top? No, the smart Crossblade! Click above for more In 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 ...

New smart fortwo special edition limited two available in September 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

smart fortwo turns ten 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We have our own little smart history here on AutoblogGreen, a collection of all the posts about the iconic car (recent exaples: stuffing 13 people into a fortwo or the London Met Police testing the all-electric smart ed). But the smart has been around longer that the two and a half years that we've ...

Phone booths? Bah! How many people can you fit inside a smart? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a high-res gallery of the stunt The smart fortwo can legally seat only two people. But you would be amazed at the amount of nonsense people you can fit inside. Up to thirteen people! The stunt was made to celebrate the smart's 10th anniversary. Owners and visitors to the ...

Best Buy's Geek Squad getting smart-er? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We're not going to comment regarding the capabilities of Best Buy's Geek Squad, the team of technology-savvy guys and gals working at the big box retailer which makes house calls to fix computers and the like. We will say, though, that their choice for the geeky-team-vehicle of a black and white ...

Smart could start testing lithium ion ForTwo in 2009, possibly in LA 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Smart has been field testing a fleet of battery-powered ForTwo ED models in Britain for several months. Now Auto Motor und Sport out of Germany is reporting that an updated version could begin testing in the U.S. as early as 2009. The current model uses high temperature sodium-nickel-chloride Zebra ...

Mayor of Tbingen Germany gets a new Micro-Hybrid Smart ForTwo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://green.autoblog.com/2008/04/22/mayor-of-tubingen-germany-gets-a-new-micro-hybrid-smart-fortwo/'; The new Green Party mayor of Tübingen Germany is fully in support of the city's "10% less CO2 by 2010" policy and he's got a new ride to demonstrate it. Boris Palmer has ...

Top 20 green cars we wish we could buy today, Number 11: smart ed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've seen two reviews now of the smart ed, one favorable, the other... not so much. Regardless, we hope that smart is able to offer an electric version of their little runabout sooner rather than later. Whether using the Zebra batteries of the ed or newer lithium ion packs, an electric smart car ...

Daimler to sell Smart car in China next year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For Chinese car buyers interested in a Smart ForTwo, the real deal will finally be available. Daimler AG's head of sales and marketing, Klaus Maier, said yesterday that the city car will be available in China starting in the middle of 2009. For a while now, domestic manufacturers have been selling ...

America likely won't be getting a Smart diesel soon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A lot of Americans who were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Smart ForTwo on our shores have been disappointed by the mileage figures that reach only into the upper thirties. Over in Europe, Smart offers the ForTwo with automatic start-stop systems and in a diesel configuration that is the ...

Track time with the Smart ForTwo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Many words have been spilled here and elsewhere about the Smart ForTwo since well before its recent debut in the U.S. market. One area that has not received much attention (perhaps for a good reason) is the Smart's prowess when being thrashed on a race track. We have just gotten our first reader ...

The Smaaart: perfect for going to the afterlife or 80mph (yes, it's a stretch smart fowtwo) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge (again - ba-da-bing!) Ever have that dream where can of Red Bull is doing something illegal with a smart fortwo? We finally found someone who's taken that image from pure fantasy into glorified advertising reality: the conversion house Carbonyte UK (also responsible for the ...

Smart USA sales off to good start; will they last? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

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 ...

Top gear drives the Smart ED, isn't terribly impressed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We can think of a few electric cars which have gotten less-than-stellar reviews, probably deservedly so. The first reviewer that we know of to tackle the smart ED, though, was rather in favor of the diminutive electric machine, enjoying the 60 mile-per-hour top speed and 72-mile range. Top Gear, ...

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 ...

Miley Cyrus gets a smart (fortwo) promotion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 think, to Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) and says "Miley - girls night out" on the side. Of course, ...

It's Friday - Wind-up smart cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you belong to the segment of the population that thinks that the newly-offered-in-America smart fortwo is not manly enough, adding a wind-up key accessory to the hind-end of your new city car isn't likely to help. For those of you who couldn't care less what other people think of you (and think ...

Men's Vogue wonders if the smart is man enough 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click above image for more pics of the smart fortwo cute [kyoot] (adjective) attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty by means of smallness, prettiness or quaintness affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious Guys: want to drive around in a smart fourtwo, a car ...

Smart cars selling strong, distributor could do with 15,000 more this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The smart limited two, unveiled in Geneva. It's a good time to be selling Smarts in the U.S. The North American distributor, Roger Penske, told Automotive News (subs req'd) that he thinks that, on top of the 25,000 Smarts he's getting from Europe this year, he could "easily" sell 15,000 more. The ...

How to rent a smart on the cheap in Helsinki: sell yourself 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Everywhere you go, you are bombarded by advertisements. It's true when you're watching TV, surfing the internet and even while you're driving. We've all gotten used to seeing billboards on the side of the road, and nobody thinks twice about hearing commercials on the radio - some even pay extra to ...

Geneva 2008: smart fortwo limited two and smart navigation guide 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge and enter a gallery of the smart limited two With some new shiny paint and only 2,000 vehicles destined to be made, the new smart limited two was unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show. The limited two will be available with special features like "cognac brown" leater interior and ...

Nonni's Pizza smartens up 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for photo gallery Nonni's Pizza of Revere, MA has a new delivery vehicle that's bound to save the business money at the pump while generating all kinds of buzz on the street. The restaurant is the proud new owner of one of the first U.S.-market smarts, and it has put its fortwo right to ...

Smart diesel with Blutec and 70+ mpg rumor will have to die, for now 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for photo gallery We got a tip from Autoblog reader Cary about the delightful possibility of a Smart ForTwo in the U.S. with Mercedes' Bluetec technology. Cary writes: Yesterday, I spotted a ForTwo on the 5 freeway south in Orange County, intrigued by the fact that they have already ...

Mercedes E-Class and smart fortwo demonstrate fuel efficiency on the road to Detroit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the run up to the Detroit Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz decided to show off the fuel efficiency of the new Smart ForTwo and the Mercedes E320 BlueTec. They ran a fleet consisting of gas- and diesel-engined Smarts and the E320 diesel over a 2,700-mile route from Los Angeles to Detroit. Along the way, ...

The Smarts are coming, the Smarts are coming! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 reader Randy in Oklahoma City the he got a notice from Smart USA that his ForTwo will be delivered ...

First electric Smart ForTwo goes to Coventry city council 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The first of a fleet of 100 battery-powered Smart ForTwos that will be field tested in England over the next couple of years has been delivered. The Coventry City Council took delivery of the electric Smart on Dec. 21. The car will be used in the city fleet to evaluate its real world performance and ...

Mercedes-Benz UK adds wind power for charging Smart EVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Just in time for the launch of a test fleet of battery-powered Smart ForTwos in the UK, Mercedes-Benz is adding some wind power. The Mercedes facility in Milton-Keynes has added a new wind-turbine that is specially designed for urban applications where space is at a premium. The 20 m tall turbine ...

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. ...

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