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Smart Four-Seater Prototype Scale Model Scooped at R&D Facility
It's no secret that Mercedes-Benz plans to give its Smart brand one more chance to extend its vehicle range after the not so-successful Mitsubishi Colt-based Forfour and the Roadster series. Last April, the German automaker signed a deal with the Renault-Nissan Group, with the two parties announcing the development of a new rear-wheel drive platform to be used on the successor of the current Smart Fortwo, a new four-seater Smart and the next-generation Renault Twingo. Read more »
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New Smart Fortwo And Forfour Receive Their Price Tag In Pounds Sterling
The all-new Smart Fortwo and Forfour models are now available for order in the UK, where they start at £11,125 and £11,620 respectively. As you may know, the new Smart shares its underpinnings with the Renault Twingo, though it differs a lot in...
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Scoop: Funny Looking Twingo Prototype Is A Chassis Mule For Next Smart Forfour
It has been seven years since Daimler pulled the plug on the four-seater, four-door Smart ForFour, which shared its underpinnings and was built in the same factory with the European-market Mitsubishi Colt in Holland. Now, the Germans want to expand the...
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Spy Shots: Smart Engineers Put Forfour Test Mule On The Road
We will not blame you for thinking that this prototype looks more like an amusing effort to create a long-wheelbase version of the Renault Twingo since that's what the body suggests, but what you see here is said to be a test mule for Smart's...
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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...
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First Official Photo Of 2012 Renault Twingo Facelift
Renault has given the smallest model in its range, the Twingo minicar, a mid-life facelift to keep it alive and fresh until its replacement, which will be based on a brand-new rear-wheel drive platform shared with Smart's future four-seater model,...
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