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If you think that your little Smart is too boring then Mercedes-Benz tuner Carlsson has a solution.
Carlsson will make your Smart sportier and gives it individual look compared to all the other Smarts out there.
Tuning starts with a set of light alloy wheels. Carlsson designed the 1/11 Evo BE as its signature wheel for the Smart Fortwo.
Today, the one millionth Smart ForTwo rolled off the production line at the plant in Hambach, France - a micro hybrid drive (mhd) in the passion equipment line. On the occasion of the production anniversary and the tenth birthday of the smart brand Daimler presented the new smart electric drive.
In Hambach Dr. Dieter Zetsche, President and CEO of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars said “The smart electric drive makes zero emission driving in an urban environment a reality.”
Continue to read: One millionth Smart ForTwo rolls off the production line
Shaquille O’Neal is not just big, he is huge! One would think he has problems getting into most of the cars. How about Smart ForTwo? He is 7.1″ tall, weighs 375 pounds and believe it or not he has been spotted in the little Smart.
Yes he fits. Not sure where are his knees and can the roof be put back on as his head is way above the roof line. Surely he would not fit in a hard top Smart.
From October 2008 the standard equipment of the 45 kW/61 bhp and 52 kW/71 bhp petrol-engined smart fortwo models will include micro hybrid drive (mhd) technology with a user-friendly automatic start-stop system.
This reduces the NEDC consumption of the two naturally aspirated engines by an average of 8 percent. In city traffic fuel savings of almost 20 percent are even possible. Furthermore, from the autumn of 2008 the smart fortwo cdi will be equipped with a closed diesel particulate filter that almost completely eradicates particulate emissions.
Continue to read: Smart Updates Its Model Range To Include Micro Hybrid Drive
Want to make your Smart ForTwo stand out little more? Now Königseder can help you with their wide-body kit for Smart. Königseder will only change the look meaning your Smart will stay economically friendly.
The body has been broadened by 3cm per side for a more aggressive appearance and for a better handling Eibach sport springs have been installed.
Continue to read: Wide-body kit for Smart ForTwo by Königseder
The Smart car is getting a lot of attention for its small size and style, and now it’s earning impressive crash test ratings. In recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car for sale in the US market, earned the top rating of good for front and side crash protection. Its seat/head restraints earned the second highest rating of acceptable for protection against whiplash in rear impacts.
Smart Fortwo is classified a microcar, meaning it’s smaller even than minicars. Weighing about 1,800 pounds, the Smart is more than 3 feet shorter and almost 700 pounds lighter than a Mini Cooper. It weighs about a third as much as one of the heaviest vehicles the Institute has tested, the BMW X5, a midsize SUV.
Continue to read: Smart ForTwo gets impressive results in IIHS crash test
Last summer Smart unveiled three new concept versions of its second-generation ForTwo minicar, all based around an ultra-efficient electric drivetrain. The trio included a regular petrol hybrid, a diesel hybrid and a zero-emissions electric vehicle.
The all-electric ForTwo, features a 30kW motor powered by a sodium-nickel-chloride battery and a range of 115km(about 70 miles) on a single charge.
Stretched over twice its normal length of 2695mm to 5100mm (17 feet) long, the Smart ForTwo has been reborn as a promotional vehicle targeted to soft drink makers who can brand the Smaaart with their style and rent on a daily basis.
Despite the obvious increase in size, the so called Smaaart was built using a lightweight allow chassis therefore allowing it to retain the original 600cc engine without sacrificing motorways speeds up to 80 mph.
Continue to read: VIDEO: Smart for two is now big enough for ten?
RENNTECH’s 722 tuning package for the Mercedes SLR McLaren supercar has been generating a lot of attention recently, as has RENNTECH’s appointment as the American agent for the Mercedes-Benz McLaren 722GT club racer and SLR.Club Trophy USA series.
Building on these runaway successes, RENNTECH has released details of an exciting new project called the 7.22. Based on the new Smart ForTwo, the 7.22 is powered by two (2) 1000cc, 3 cyl. Smart engines, each mated to its own 5-speed, automated transmission.
Continue to read: RENNTECH 7.22 Takes Smart Performance to New Levels
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