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May 22, 2013

Smart ForTwo Cityflame edition launches

Smart ForTwo Cityflame Photo

The Smart ForTwo Cityflame is another limited edition Smart car for the UK with a bright yellow paint job with black highlights and an interior with yellow highlights. The business model for the Smart car does seem to revolve around ‘Limited Edition’ cars, and that’s even more crucial with the current Smart ForTwo getting close [...]

Smart ForStars Concept revealed

Smart ForStars Concept

The Smart ForStars EV Concept has been revealed ahead of a Paris 2012 debut, previewing the next generation Smart ForTwo. Why the Smart ForStars Concept, you may ask? Well, as this is a concept Smart can be a bit daft, so the ForStars gets a panoramic roof – so you can see the stars – [...]

New smart fortwo electric drive enters production

Smart fortwo electric drive production

Mercedes has announced that the third generation 2012 smart fortwo electric drive has gone in to production. Mercedes may, very sensibly, be pursuing hydrogen fuel cells as the real future of motoring but they still have an eye on electric cars as urban runarounds. That urban EV takes shape as the Smart EV, and the third [...]

smart fortwo gets a facelift for 2012

Grey 2012 smart fortwo facelift

The smart fortwo has been given a small cosmetic facelift for 2012, and will debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The perpetual loss-maker for Mercedes that is the smart car (the other being Maybach, which is now being left to wither on the vine) still continues, and Mercedes are planning a replacement, previewed [...]

Smart Forvision Concept points at new Fortwo

Smart Forvision Concept

Smart has revealed the Forvision Concept ahead of Frankfurt with new design and technology pointing towards the next generation Smart Fortwo. Just as they do with Maybach, Mercedes persist with Smart. Despite the fact that both outings must cost an arm and a leg to keep going with, as far as we know, no profits [...]

Smart fortwo ED (that’s the electric one) 3rd Gen in 2012

2012 Smart fortwo ED

Smart has revealed the 3rd generation of the electric Smart fortwo ED. It will debut at Frankfurt 2011 and go on sale in Spring 2012. You’ve got to admire Mercedes for persevering with the Smart, despite not exactly setting the car sales charts on fire. Even braver is their faith in producing an electric Smart when electric cars are just not selling. Still, [...]

Smart Forspeed Concept reveled

Smart Forspeed Concept

Smart are taking a 40bhp electric roadster to Geneva – the Smart Forspeed Concept – which won’t make production but is a glimpse of the next Smart Fortwo. You’ve got to wonder if Smart is just a game for Mercedes. A bit like Maybach, except they keep churning out endless cars and concepts and editions [...]

Smart Fortwo Lightshine launches

Smart Fortwo Lightshine

Smart launch yet another Limited Edition – this time the Smart Fortwo Lightshine with 54bhp and 86g/gm CO2. Costs £11,405. You have to hand it to Mercedes – they don’t give up on Smart (or Maybach – another expensive departure). They keep churning out new cars (well, endless new limited editions, anyway) despite sales that [...]

Mercedes installing EV charging at UK Dealers

The Elektrobay Car Charging Point

Mercedes are rolling out Electric Car recharging points across their dealer network in the UK Maybe they planned it before the news that the new Government are considering withdrawing the planned subsidy for electric cars. Or maybe not. But whichever it is Mercedes has started installing EV charging stations at its UK dealers. So far [...]

Smart ForTwo Edition Urbanstyle arrives

The Smart Fortwo Edition Urbanstyle

The Smart ForTwo Edition Urbanstyle has been release featuring a matt grey paint job and black leather interior with yellow detail. Just 160 will be made. Calm yourself. We can’t be 100% certain, but we think it’s highly likely that there is no such thing as a ‘Regular’ Smart. Whenever we come across a Smart [...]