Smart for-two ownership costs reduced

The Smart fortwo is further reducing the cost of car ownership for buyers by running a promotion that between now and the end of October will see new Smart customers receive $4000 worth of extra value at no additional cost.

The package includes three year / 50,000 kilometre (whichever comes first) complimentary standard scheduled servicing, electric [...]

World’s largest smart car gathering

A massive convoy, music concerts, creative competitions, technical discussions, fun and joy of life – yes folks such is the largest gathering of smart cars and enthusiasts in the world, and it all takes place at an old airport site in Austria from 21 – 23 August.

Over three days “Smart Times” attendees can look forward [...]

Toyota claims Prius will be Australia’s greenest car

Toyota has stretched the latest fuel efficiency tests of its new Prius a little to claim, “It’s official. The new-generation Prius will be Australia’s greenest car when it is launched in July this year.”.

The claim is based on figures released by Toyota Europe were local testing has shown that the third-generation Prius will emit just [...]

2009 smart Fortwo officially greenest

Well according to the Australian Government the smart Fortwo micro-hybrid-rive is officially our greenest car.

The Fortwo mhd has been judged by the federal government’s Green Vehicle Guide as having the lowest greenhouse and air pollution emissions in Australia.
The micro two-seater earned a total score of 17 out of a possible 20 points for both [...]

2008 Smart ForTwo Crash Test

Smart has lived up to its name producing a car which although is noticeably small in size, is not small in safety features. The U.S. safety authority, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently gave high marks for safety to the tiny Smart ForTwo.

The light car scored the organisation’s top score in frontal and side-impact [...]

2008 Smart fortwo first steer

2008 Smart fortwo first steer

A touch of “blasphemy” ensures Smart’s second coming
Say what you like about Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. But the book and later movie did have one good effect. By introducing the world’s largest car market, the US, to the Smart car it did its bit to keep Smart, DaimlerChrysler’s [...]

2008 Smart ForTwo preview

Mercedes-Benz, proud owner of Smart, has announced the specifications and pricing of the all-new 2008 Smart ForTwo, which lands in Mercedes dealerships later this month.

Replacing the current ForTwo, the model which put Smart on the map, is not an easy job. But not only does the new one look better (and has more features), but [...]