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117 hp For The smart fortwo Brabus 102

At way under 1000 kg (2200 pounds), the Brabus variant of the lilliputian smart fortwo doesn't need a lot of engine, so the nutters from Bottrop (read: Brabus engineers) only squeezed 102 hp from its turbocharged three-cylinder.
smart fortwo Brabus by Digi Services 4 photos
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Most people would probably be more than satisfied with that amount of power from a car that uses half the parking space of large SUV.

“Most” as in “not all”, obviously, as there are still plenty of people for whom there is no such thing as “enough power”. The French from Digi Services has a slight cure for those smart fortwo Brabus owners that desire juts a little bit more, and it comes in the form of some ECU tuning.

The tiny fortwo in the following dyno video has had its ECU tinkered with by the aforementioned company and it now offers 117 hp and 179 Nm (132 lb ft) of torque.

While those numbers might provoke laughter for some, please keep in mind that the stock Brabus model isn't exactly a slouch when accelerating from a stop light either.
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About the author: Alex Oagana
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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