It’s time to meet the latest special edition from Daimler’s Smart brand. Known as the Smart ForTwo Sharpred, the special edition model is a real eye-catcher with a red and black paint scheme and is available as a coupe or convertible. The outside also features a front apron and rear trim panel that are grained [...]
Look very close and you’ll see a new look for the Smart ForTwo for the 2012 model year. Daimler said that it has sold more than than 1.3 million Smart ForTwos have since the first model launched in 1998. For the 2012 mode year, the Smart ForTwo gets a more dynamic look with a larger [...]
Smart has been having a little bit of a tough time as of recent and in an effort to boost sales, Smart USA launched a $99-a-month lease campaign last week, versus the original lease rates of $159 to $169 per month. All buyers need to do is shift over a $999 down payment and they [...]
Smart’s niche vehicles have been a hit or miss and to confuse things even more, Smart unveiled their For-Us, which is a pickup concept…yes, you read correctly. “We at Smart love pick-ups – if they are small on the outside, large on the inside, very safe and extremely comfortable,” said Smart’s CEO, Dr. Annette Winkler. [...]
We’re pretty sure by now you’ve heard of the phrase ‘range-anxiety’ – its a term to define the anxiety caused when your electric car ‘distance to empty’ figure reads something below 5 miles. Swiss firm Rinspeed is now trying to address the range anxiety issue with an innovative Dock+Go concept that it will show at [...]
At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next moth, Smart will be showing up with what future urban pickup could look like with the new Smart For-Us Concept. Of course, Smart isn’t thinking of catering this to the common construction worker but instead is catering to the ‘young and young-at-heart with active lives.’ “We at smart [...]
The week after next comes the 2011 LA Auto Show, but first, let’s looks at some of the entries for the eighth annual Design Challenge. Show organizers have asked six design firms to go nuts on what they think should be Hollywood’s most shouty, amazing and somehow elegant movie car. The marques competing are Honda, [...]
There are a lot of women in this world that can drive – sometimes better than men, take Danica Patrick for example. However, there are also a lot of women in this world that can’t park for their lives. While many of you have probably seen women with huge SUVs performing a horrible parking job, [...]
Mercedes-Benz has perhaps one of the most prominent histories in the automobile industry. However, in the late 1990s and all the way through the 2000 until now, Mercedes has fallen well below their expectations as a brand. The top brass has since been hard at work to reinvigorate their image and damaged reputation with some [...]
A special edition Smart Fortwo Cabrio has been crafted by Brabus in conjunction with street fashion brand WeSC to be released at next week’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Smart is using the special edition to target younger buyers. Selecting WeSC is part of that motive, as the company was formed by skateboarders and snowboarders that [...]
