The new electric Smart #5 is officially revealed as a boxy SUV with a 348-mile range and is the biggest Smart to date. Since Smart turned from a Mercedes vanity project to a joint venture with Geely, we’ve seen the arrival of the Smart #1 and Smart #3, and now the Smart #5 is officially […]
New Smart #5 electric SUV will debut this month – and it’s as big as a Volvo XC60
Smart’s next electric car – the Smart #5 – will make its official debut on 28 August, and it’s as big as a Volvo XC60. When Mercedes was busy trying to make Smart cars a profitable experiment, we got used to seeing dinky little Smart cars slotting in to the tiniest of parking spaces and […]
New Smart #5 Electric SUV LEAKED – gets up to 637bhp
Smart’s latest model – the Smart #5 – has leaked out ahead of its debut and promising up to 637bhp and four-wheel drive. It’s hard to keep a secret these days when we all have access to the interwebs, so it’s no surprise that filings by Smart for the Smart #5 to the Chinese Ministry […]
New Smart #5 Concept revealed – and it’s the biggest Smart yet
The new Smart #5 Concept is revealed as Smart’s third, and biggest, EV, with new styling, 800v architecture and 100kWh battery. Just a few days ago, we had a preview of the new Smart #5 with a design sketch which made it clear this Smart would be a big change from the current #1 and […]
New Smart #5 Electric SUV PREVIEWED ahead of Beijing Motor Show
The new Smart #5 – the third electric SUV from the Mercedes-Geely partnership – is previewed ahead of its debut as a concept at the Beijing Motor Show. It’s five years since Mercedes teamed up with Geely to re-invent the Smart Car brand, although it took until 2022 for the first fruits of their efforts […]
New smart #1 Pro launched to cut the entry price of smart’s new EV
The new smart #1 electric SUV went on sale in the UK last year, and it’s now joined by a new model – the smart #1 Pro – to cut the entry price. It’s nearly two years since the first fruits of a deal between Mercedes and Geely to give Smart a future were revealed, […]
Smart #1 electric SUV UK prices and specs – 422bhp in the Smart #1 Brabus
The Smart #1 electric SUV costs from £35,950 in the UK, with a choice of three trim levels – Pro +, Premium and Brabus. It’s a year since the first fruit of the ‘new’ Smart from the Mercedes-Geely partnership was revealed as the Smart #1, an EV around the size of a MINI Countryman promising […]
Smart #3 – Smart’s second electric SUV – officially revealed
The Smart #3, the second new electric SUV from the Mercedes Geely partnership, is revealed ahead of a European debut at the Munich Motor Show. The reinvention of Smart under the point ownership of Mercedes and Geely revealed the first fruits of its labours with the Smart #1 almost exactly a year ago, an electric […]
Smart #3 Electric SUV TEASE begins for the second Mercedes Geely EV
The Smart #3 electric SUV is teased as the Mercedes Geely Smart partnership heads for a debut in April at the Shanghai Motor Show. It’s almost a year since the first fruits of the Mercedes-Geely partnership to reinvent the Smart brand as a ‘Premium’ EV offering arrived in the guise of the quite compact Smart […]
Electric Smart #1 BRABUS leaks ahead of debut – expected to boast over 400bhp
The new electric Smart #1 SUV, the first from the Geely-Mercedes venture, is getting a performance Brabus version, due to debut on 26 August. Brabus has been turning out cosmetically titivated and performance-boosted versions of Mercedes’ best for a long time, and that has extended to Smart cars too, the last we saw being the Electric […]