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 […]
Smart ForTwo and ForFour updated and Smart Brabus Sport Line priced from £13,810
The Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour ranges have been updated for 2016 in the UK, and the Smart Brabus Sport Line will cost from £13,810. It’s not yet two years since the new Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour arrived (with a sibling-under-the-skin Renault Twingo offering a cheaper way in to Smart) as a more accessible […]
Smart ForTwo and ForFour go Monochrome – Editon Black & Edition White Smarts arrive
The Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour kick off 2016 with new special edition models – the Edition white and Edition Black – as Smart play the ‘value’ card. Another day, another set of ‘special Edition’ cars from a car maker to tempt buyers to ignore the Christmas credit card bills and splash some cash on […]
2016 Smart Fortwo Cabrio UK price & specs – costs from £13,265
[nggallery id=2157 template=customlinks] The new Smart Fortwo Cabrio – revealed at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, is now on sale in the UK from £13,265. Full UK price and specifications. The new Smart ForTwo Cabrio arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show a few months ago, and now it’s going on sale in the UK with […]
2016 Smart Fortwo Cabrio arrives – in the UK ready for next spring
[nggallery id=2157 template=customlinks] The 2016 Smart Fortwo Cabrio has been revealed ahead of a debut at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show, bringing open air motoring to the new ForTwo. It’s hard to believe that Mercedes has managed to shift more than 200,000 Smart ForTwo Cabrios to date, but it has, and it looks like those sales […]
New SMART ForTwo & SMART ForFour price & specs – costs from £11,125
The new SMART ForTwo & SMART ForFour – revealed in the summer – will cost from £11,125 when it arrives in the UK in early 2015 with a choice of three spec levels. [nggallery id=1903 template=customlinks] The SMART ForTwo (and it’s big(-ger) brother SMART ForFour) are real ‘Marmite’ cars; you tend to love them or hate them. […]
2015 SMART ForTwo & SMART ForFour revealed
The Mercedes take on the Renault Twingo has been revealed with the 2015 SMART ForTwo & SMART ForFour revealed ahead of going on sale late 2014. [nggallery id=1903 template=customlinks] Mercedes has been busy teasing their 2015 SMART car, and now its revealed. SMART believe they’ve kept everything that’s great about the current SMART, and ditched everything […]