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Smart Roadster Concept Heading to 2011 Geneva Motor Show
Remember the patent designs of a topless, two-seat Smart model that we first showed you back in December, 2010? Well, according to Carscoop sources, the drawings are of a concept speedster model that will make its world premiere at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show on March 1.
We also learned the concept is powered by a rear-mounted electric motor driving the rear wheels, and that while Smart's parent company Mercedes-Benz has no plans to create a production version of the speedster-like model, key styling cues such as the headlamp and grille designs will pass on to the next generation Smart cars like the new Fortwo and the upcoming 5-door variant.
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Smart Confirms Production Of Pure-electric 'escooter', Goes On Sale In 2014
Smart may be experiencing troubles in the four-wheel world, but that isn’t stopping the brand that was created by the late founder of Swatch, Nicholas Hayek, before it passed into the hands of Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler, from venturing...
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Smart Fortwo Gets A Fresh Look For 2012, Will Debut At The Geneva Motor Show
The Smart Fortwo city car is entering the 2012 model year with some subtle styling revisions, most of which were previewed on the third-generation ForTwo Electric displayed at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show. On the outside, the 2012 Fortwo gets...
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Smart's Forvision Conceptualizes The Next-generation Of The Fortwo
Daimler's Smart unit will be represented at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September by a new concept study named Forvision that does two things for the brand: it previews the new design direction for the Fortwo and it hints at the technology being...
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Mercedes-benz Patents Designs Of Smart Roadster Model
Back in 2001 at the Geneva Motor Show, Smart introduced a quirky roadster concept with no doors, no roof and no windscreen called the Crossblade. The Fortwo Cabrio-based concept eventually went into a limited series production the following year with...
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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...
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