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Luxurious edition of Smart ForTwo launched
 The German automaker Smart seems to be very busy lately. Now, they have announced the launch of their latest project. Their latest project is a special edition model, in the good tradition of Smart. Thus, their latest project is called Smart ForTwo Edition Highstyle that, as the name suggests, is basically a luxury edition of the Smart ForTwo. The main features of the luxurious Smart ForTwo consist of special color schemes and finer materials. To be more precise, the special edition Smart ForTwo Edition Highstyle has features like ``Edition Highstyle`` logos in aluminum look, chocolate brown metallic finish and 15 inch twelve spoke ...
Tags: fortwo, highstyle, edition, luxurious, smart
Production of the electric Smart ForTwo starts in November
 The German automaker Smart has announced today that the first Smart ForTwo Electric Drive from the second generation will be finished at the production line located in the city of Hambach, France sometime in the middle of the month of November. The electric Smart ForTwo will get its power from a lithium-ion battery made by Tesla Motors. As most of you know, Daimler, the owner of Smart , has bought 10% of Tesla Motors. At the beginning the second generation Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will be available to buyers from Berlin and a couple other European and North American cities. The Smart ...
Tags: electric, drive, fortwo, production, smart, november
Daimler down in July with 11 percent in sales
 Like all the other carmakers, Daimler saw in July a 11 percent sales drop, amounting to 93,900 cars. Mercedes-Benz delivered alone most of the models, 83,500 exactly. Klaus Maier, Mercedes-Benz Cars sales and marketing vice president said in a release. 'The new E-Class has gotten off to a resounding start, and we have delivered more than 40,000 units to customers since the market launch in spring. The sedan once again defended its market leadership worldwide in July. The new coupe is also very popular with customers. The full availability of the E-Class sedan and coupe and the introduction of the station wagon and new-generation S-Class ...
Tags: daimler, sales, down, smart, mercedes, benz, japan, china, decrease
The 2010 Smart ForTwo willl be more powerful while having the same fuel consumption
 Smart has presented the 2010 ForTwo model. The new ForTwo has a revised diesel engine along with the petrol engines that have received a few small optimizations. The revised three cylinder diesel engine now develops 54 horsepower, which is 21% more in comparison to the previous engine. Also, the diesel engine has a maximum torque of 130 Nm, which is a higher level by 18% in comparison to the previous form of the engine. The revised diesel engine makes the Smart ForTwo more agile, the automobile that is part of the mini segment of cars manages to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h ...
Tags: smart, fortwo, 2010, diesel, powerful, efficient
Ford Ka probably coming to America
 The popular contender of Ford in the city auto department, Ka is quite popular in the European territory for its confident fuel economy, excellent handling and compact size. A benefit of this brand new Ford-Chrysler alliance is that the worldwide successful mini-auto of Ford will come to America. If the Ka unit ever does, then it will be competing alongside vehicles like Smart ForTwo, which the smallest auto sold today in the U.S.Due to the present Chrysler-FIAT concession, plus the fact Ford Ka is sharing the exact same platform like the Italian carmaker’s well known FIAT 500, this Ka model has a stronger case even ...
Tags: ford, ka, u.s., america
EV-maker Think building City car in America
 Think - Norwegian electric auto manufacturer just announced in Ann Arbor, Michigan, its plans for opening a plant in the US to supply the North American people with 60,000 small city autos per year. The carmaker afirms it is talking to 8 states about that assembly factory, that would employ initially about 3 hundred workers having a 16,000 TH!NK City cars (starting capacity).'The U.S. is quickly overtaking Europe as an attractive market for EVs and is an ideal location to engineer and build EVs,' Richard Canny - Think CEO afirmed in a statement for the media. 'We see ourselves playing a small but potentially ...
Tags: ev, think, city, america, u.s., usa
Smart ForTwo car2go
 Daimler debuted the mobility car2go concept providing answer (future-oriented) increasing in urban areas the traffic volume. The first real tests are in Germany, Ulm, on 24 October. A smart fortwo autos answer will be available in the city, or all citizens like a car pool, accessible when you want. With one-off registration process, all these smarts can now be spontaneously hired in passing, pre-booked, used as desired. This concept helps ensuring that a reliable car is available any time, minutes away.“Car2go is an intelligent and creative solution that provides a simple, flexible and value-for-money approach to mobility with environmentally-friendly vehicles” says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, CEO ...
Tags: car2go, smart, fortwo
Smart ForTwo - top ratings
 Smart auto is getting now a lot of attention for the small size and style, plus that it’s earning some impressive crash test ratings. In recent tests from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the 2008 Smart Fortwo unit, the smallest one for sale in the American market, earned top rating of good for the front and side crash protection. And its seat/head restraints earned now the second highest rating - acceptable for protection against the whiplash on rear impacts."The big question from consumers is, ’How safe is it?’", says Adrian Lund - Institute president. "All things being equal in safety, bigger and heavier is always ...
Tags: smart, fortwo, top, ratings
First Aptera Typ-1h will be delivered in 2008
 Aptera announced that is ready to move its car into production. The manufacturer started to hire workers to support the building process. The firm`s goal for the present year is to be delivering the first Typ-1h unit and looking at the way things work so the goal may be achieved easily. The auto must pass the crash tests also but if we think about the fact that the vehicle is designed by Jason Hill – the one who designed autos like Porsche Carrera GT and Smart; we assume passing these safety tests will be a sure thing for Aptera Typ-1h.The area of the electric engine ...
Tags: aptera, typ-1h, 2008, hybrid
Smart will debut Sideways - Smart art project
 Automobile firm Smart will introduce its innovative anthology, `sideways. a smart art project` in New York on March 19, 2008. The book shows the philosophy of the brand in questioning the generally accepted ideas. This collection presents work by 100 international artists and some creative minds, and searches to be evaluating the way we think about the mobility and environment here and now.The artists show work from these fields: photography, illustration, painting, graphic design, sculpture, architecture, styling, make-up over and hairstyling 248 pages, providing the aesthetic cross-department of modern-day pop culture plus making creative statements showing how we can promote greener ways of transportation. The ...
Tags: smart, sideways, art, project
- january 2007
Smart fortwo coupe
2-doors, cabriolet
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 204 km/h- august 2004
Smart fortwo cabrio
5-doors, mpv
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 150 km/h- january 1987
Smart city-coupe
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 178 km/h- january 1987
Smart city-coupe cabrio
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 178 km/h- january 1987
Smart crossblade
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 153 km/h- january 1987
Smart forfour
4-doors, sedan
- Fuel: diesel
Topspeed: 153 km/h- january 1983
Smart roadster
5-doors, stationwagon
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 187 km/h- january 1986
Smart roadster-coupe
5-doors, stationwagon
- Fuel: petrol
Topspeed: 200 km/h
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