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Update: Video of the test crash added after the break
- Scoop: First 2014 Smart Fortwo Test Mule Caught Out In The Open, Concept May Debut In Paris
This admittedly funny looking prototype with the Renault Twingo-sourced headlamps (pre-facelift), taillights (facelift) and door handles is in fact a test mule for the next generation of the Smart ForTwo. If you're wondering why the Daimler Group's...
- Smart Fortwo To Be Sold In Brazil From 2009
Having already made its way to the North American continent, the Smart brand is now heading south and in particular to Brazil. The announcement was made today at the Sao Paulo Auto Show where the Fortwo celebrated its domestic debut. Smart will tap in...
- 2007 Smart Fortwo To Be Unveiled This Year But Not At Paris
Smart came out with a rather odd press release informing us that although it's new 2007 Smart Fortwo will be unveiled this year, it's world premier will not take place at this week's Paris Motor Show, but, "at a location outside of the trade...
- Iihs Video Of Smart Fortwo Crash
YouTube hosts a clip of an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test of the Mercedes-backed smart fortwo. smart has been selling cars across the world for years, but the USA is only recently finding fortwos on the interstates. The IIHS hasn't...
- Insane Fuel Economy - By Smart
Perhaps the timing is ripening for a GCBC Lowdown on the smart fortwo. Perhaps this post would be aptly named a rundown - a simple mathematical view of the new smart fortwo. Canada sees a somewhat different fortwo than that which is available to the...
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New Smart ForTwo Crashes Mercedes-Benz S-Class and…Lives [UPDATE]
Update: Video of the test crash added after the break
The all-new Smart ForTwo has already had its first crash-test, as Daimler was eager to show that the new city car meets high safety standards. This was demonstrated by an in-house offset crash against a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, one of the safest vehicles available today and twice as heavy as the ForTwo.
Read more »- Scoop: First 2014 Smart Fortwo Test Mule Caught Out In The Open, Concept May Debut In Paris
This admittedly funny looking prototype with the Renault Twingo-sourced headlamps (pre-facelift), taillights (facelift) and door handles is in fact a test mule for the next generation of the Smart ForTwo. If you're wondering why the Daimler Group's...
- Smart Fortwo To Be Sold In Brazil From 2009
Having already made its way to the North American continent, the Smart brand is now heading south and in particular to Brazil. The announcement was made today at the Sao Paulo Auto Show where the Fortwo celebrated its domestic debut. Smart will tap in...
- 2007 Smart Fortwo To Be Unveiled This Year But Not At Paris
Smart came out with a rather odd press release informing us that although it's new 2007 Smart Fortwo will be unveiled this year, it's world premier will not take place at this week's Paris Motor Show, but, "at a location outside of the trade...
- Iihs Video Of Smart Fortwo Crash
YouTube hosts a clip of an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash test of the Mercedes-backed smart fortwo. smart has been selling cars across the world for years, but the USA is only recently finding fortwos on the interstates. The IIHS hasn't...
- Insane Fuel Economy - By Smart
Perhaps the timing is ripening for a GCBC Lowdown on the smart fortwo. Perhaps this post would be aptly named a rundown - a simple mathematical view of the new smart fortwo. Canada sees a somewhat different fortwo than that which is available to the...