Brian Cooley, Editor at large at CNET, has a video “preview” of the smart fortwo on cnet.com. Brian is 6′3″ tall and says that headroom and legroom are fine with the seat all the way back. He mentions the ride is very firm and does a fair amount of up-and-down over road imperfections due [...]
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9
Dec
The London based Times newspaper website reports that Dieter Zetsche, chairman of Daimler and its Mercedes-Benz and smart car division, presented the latest smart fortwo to politicians and administrators in Washington, DC. He revealed some interesting facts.
smart has had a six-month sales tour around the US and has focused its campaign on the internet, [...]
8
Dec
Several news sources are reporting that smart USA has deposits for more than 30,000 fortwo cars. They are speculating that, as a result of this demand, people currently submitting deposits online or looking for a car at a smart dealer in 2008 may be out of luck. Its not clear from any press [...]
5
Dec
Dave Schembri, President of smart USA “introduced” the fortwo at a press conference in Washington, DC on December 5th. I’m not sure how this is an “introduction” but, hey, its marketing speak. Mr. Schembri described the benefits of the smart fortwo, including its great mileage, tridion safety cell, replaceable body panels and “wow [...]
22
Nov
According to the Financial Times, Daimler plans to begin testing plug-in electric versions of its smart fortwo in London next month, and to produce them for retail customers by 2010.
The brand will begin delivering electric cars to about 100 customers in the UK capital in mid-December and plans similar pilots in two other European cities, [...]
1
Nov
smart USA knows they have a winner in the fortwo! The confident company recently invited many automotive press folks to Silicon Valley, California for a test drive. The reviews garnered by this PR event have been universally good to great. We live about 5 miles from Stanford University where the road-test was [...]
24
Oct
Smart’s second-generation (2008) Fortwo has just completed its Euro NCAP crash tests. It achieved a four-star rating (out of five) for adult occupant crash protection, one star better than the first Smart city car. Two (out of four) stars were awarded for pedestrian protection.
Click on the picture to see a YouTube video of the crash [...]
15
Oct
According to a Mercedes press release, a new fortwo model, powered by a micro hybrid drive, will be offered in Europe starting in late October.
This model features a start/stop function that uses the engines idling phases. The new model will be available as a coupé and a cabrio in all three lines - pure, pulse [...]
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