Mercedes-benz USA announced today that it has appointed a dedicated team that will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Smart vehicles in the United States. Mercedes-Benz decided to take over responsibility for sales of the Smart ForTwo coupes and cabriolets from Penske on July 1, 2011. Heading up the Smart team as general [...]
When you here of the Smart brand, you never really think of high-performance. But when you here Brabus, a Mercedes-Benz focused tuner, working with Smart, you’re probably going to listen very carefully. In 2003, Brabus put a twin-turbo V6 into the Smart Roadster. Following that, the two companies debuted their Smart-Brabus ForFour Race Concept powered [...]
“Harder, better, faster, stronger…” – the irony that I’m listening to Daft Punk as I write this…anyway. The Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Discoball made an appearance at the 2011 New York Auto Show yesterday. The one-off model designed by Apparatjik for the new film Pixel City, will be displayed for public viewing for the duration [...]
I’m sure a good amount of you will remember the disco years, because I sure as hell don’t…simply because I wasn’t even born yet. But don’t worry, disco has yet to find itself left in the pages of history permanently because, well, DISCO IS BACK BABY! *cue the John Travolta scene from Saturday Night Fever* [...]
Smart has officially entered the EV game, and in dramatic fashion, Smart USA executive and racing legend Roger Penske personally made the first delivery. The car was delivered to Army Major Mindy Kimball, a big believer in the potential of EVs. The body of the vehicle is the same as those already in production, but [...]
Hertz Corporation and Smart USA announced today that they will bring the Smart ForTwo electric drive vehicles to Connect by Hertz car sharing program and Hertz Rent A Car locations in New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco. “Hertz’s partnership with smart USA is another strategic element of our long term plan to provide consumers [...]
Just yesterday, we reported on news coming out of Germany that Smart is likely to sell fewer than 100,000 units in 2010, down from 114,000 in 2009. Most of that loss is coming form United States where sales are down close to 70 percent to just under 4,000 in the first 7 months of 2010. [...]
If you’ve noticed fewer Smart ForTwos on the roads, it’s because demand for the two-seater minicar has been falling in the United States. According to German Magazine Der Spiegel, demand for the Smart ForTwo is so low, that the brand is likely to sell fewer than 100,000 units of the subcompact globally in 2010, down [...]
There will be many products that will come out as a result of the recent tie-up between Daimler and Renault-Nissan and one of them is reported to be the return of the Smart Roadster. Sources say that a new Roadster is just one of the several future models being discussed for the Smart brand as [...]
Daimler AG has unveiled the next-generation Smart ForTwo, which gets a minor facelift, an upgraded interior, more fuel-efficient engines and a new optional matte paint finish. “We continue to work hard to make our smart models even better and more desirable in every respect,” said Marc Langenbrinck, Managing Director smart brand says. “The new generation [...]
