DaimlerChrysler’s smart brand offers this first look at its next-generation fortwo model. While most automakers leak close ups of small section of the car, smart decided to use various unusual communication measures, and this smart fortwo carved out of sand definitely fits the bill.
The smart fortwo sculpture clearly shows the cars new design language, and […]

With the current generation smart fortwo reaching the end of its life, smart is giving a bright send off when the “edition red” debuts at the Paris Motor Show. The “edition red” is covered in “intensive red” paint, with the interior receiving its share of red. Elaborately stitched Leather and Alcantara seats and aluminum pedals […]

Following last week’s news that the U.K.-based Project Kimber group would locate its production facility in Wales, Kimber plans to use the AC brand name for the rebadged and redesigned SMART Roadster when it is unveiled at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show.
According to an unnamed source, Kimber plans to start production on the roadster next […]

Project Kimber, a consortium headed by businessman David James, that purchased the manufacturing rights to the SMART Roadster, announced this week that it will locate its production facility in Wales. After relocating the production line from the SMART factory to the new site, Project Kimber plans to start production of the re-branded and re-engineered Roadster […]

Mercedes-Benz dealers urged DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche not to launch the SMART brand in the U.S., according to Doug Callahan, chairman of the Mercedes dealer council. Callahan said dealers are worried the SMART ForTwo city car will harm Mercedes’ luxury image.
After months of speculation, DaimlerChrysler announced last month that it plans to launch its SMART […]

DaimlerChrysler has selected the U.K to run a market trial for the introduction of a fully electric version of the SMART ForTwo, which will make its debut at the British Motor show next week, and will be made available on a lease arrangement to selected UK corporate customers with deliveries starting in November.
The SMART ev […]

With the SMART ForTwo officially coming to the U.S., the safety of the diminutive city car has been drawn into question again. It is small and looks fragile, but it is supposed to have good passenger protection because of it’s Safety Cell.
An independent team staged a simple offset collision between a ForTwo and a Mercedes […]

SMART has been hard at work on its all-new ForTwo city car, with several disguised prototypes caught out testing. But now we have a computer-generated image based on the spy shots of those prototypes.
The ForTwo is SMART’s only model since axing the ForFour and Roadster, and the new car is expected in the U.K. next year […]

Mitsubishi announced on Friday that it will end production of the SMART ForFour model at its plant in the Netherlands. The automakers have been in talks on ending production of the compact car since March, after the German carmaker decided to stop making the model as part of SMART’s restructuring efforts.
Production will end Friday, Mitsubishi […]

After years of indecision, it’s official. DaimlerChrysler will bring the SMART brand to the U.S. in 2008 with the successor to its ForTwo minicar.
DaimlerChrysler announced that the next-generation ForTwo will be available in U.S. markets and will be distributed in the U.S. and Puerto Rico through a dealer network assembled by UnitedAuto Group, Inc., DaimlerChrysler […]