As Smart goes from petrol power to EVs from 2020, along comes a typically bonkers final collectors edition of the petrol-powered Smart. Smart is giving up on ICE power next year (and on the US market altogether) after, remarkably, 21 years of building pocket-sized cars at grown-up prices. Smart has been an expensive outing for […]
Mercedes’ parent Daimler agrees 50/50 deal with Geely for SMART
Daimler has agreed a 50:50 joint venture with China’s Geely which will see the two jointly own the Smart Brand as production moves to China. Yesterday we reported that Geely are to take a 50 per cent stake in Smart as Daimler looks to unload the loss-making brand. And that’s exactly what’s happening. Despite reports […]
Daimler mulls future for SMART – Close it down or sell to Geely
Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, looks to be mulling the future for its Smart Car brand. Close it or sell a 50% stake to Geely. Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, has spent an awfully long time trying to make its Smart Car brand a success, but despite a chunk of Smart anoraks obsessed by the brand it […]
Smart Forease Concept – looks like a Dodgem Car for Noddy
The Smart Forease Concept is heading to the Paris Show as a roofless electric Smart Concept, based on the EQ ForTwo Cabriolet and celebrating 20 years of Smart. For 20 years Mercedes has been trying to make Smart a success but, just like Maybach as a standalone brand, it’s never really worked. But that hasn’t stopped […]
Smart Brabus ForTwo & ForFour ‘Disturbing London’ Special Editions on sale in the UK
The Smart Brabus ForTwo and ForFour ‘Disturbing London’ Special Editions go on sale in the UK priced from £15,895 and £16,390 respectively. The latest Smart cars are a bit more mainstream than they were originally, but they’re still a quirky little option, and a bit on the pricey side. But if the already rather hefty […]
Smart Electric Drive EVs – ForTwo, ForFour and Cabriolet – on sale in the UK from £20,920
The electronic versions of the Mercedes Smart Car – ForTwo, ForFour and ForTwo Cabriolet – go on sale in the UK with net prices from £16,420. It was as far back as September last year when the new Smart Electric Drive models were revealed, with electric versions of the ForTwo, ForTwo Cabriolet and ForFour all […]
Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour Pure are new entry-level Smarts – priced from £9,995
The Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour get a new entry-level Pure model in the UK without alloy wheels and with basic specifications. Costs from £9,995. It’s getting on for a year since the Smart car was updated, with Mercedes’ plaything still offering an interesting package, but one which is way too expensive for what it […]
Smart Car sales hit 2 million – but it’s taken 18 years
Eighteen years after Daimler and Swatch revealed their take on a city car, the smart car – in all its iterations – has now sold more than two million units. The Smart car – or ‘smart’ without a capital letter, as Daimler prefer – has had an incredibly chequered past as its take on urban […]
New Smart Electric Drive range arrives – ForTwo, ForFour & ForTwo Cabrio EVs
A complete range of electric Smart cars has been revealed, with the new Electric Drive ForTwo, ForTwo Cabrio and ForFour heading for a debut at the Paris Motor Show. If you think of the Smart range as cars best suited to the City, whether it’s the tiny ForTwo and ForTwo Cabrio or the surprisingly commodious […]
Smart BRABUS range costs from £16,320 to £20,610 in the UK
The Smart Brabus range is now on sale in the UK, with the more powerful Brabus costing from £16,320 for the ForTwo rising to £21,630 for the ForTwo Xclusive Cabrio. The new Smart car is a much better, more rounded car than the original, even if it’s still a bit on the pricey side. But […]