Looking for a small car that can be parked almost anywhere yet doesn't feel cheap inside or out? You might want one of the two smart cars that have become available. In Germany, the marketing machine has already started rolling, having released three simple yet funny ads at the same time.
They revolve around the idea that a smart car with the Brabus kit is hot, scorching hot. Our favorite features a little girl that notices her ice cream is melting faster than she can say vanilla raspberry with sprinkles. Between the red hair and the fact that she doesn't give a damn about ice cream after seeing the car, we've deduced that she will be the next Sabine Schmitz.
Next up, we have an ad where the smart fortwo is a mobile popcorn machine. All you have to do is look at it in a bad way and microwave rays will pop your corn whether you like it or not.
We all hate window cleaners, always washing your stuff even though it's not dirty. The Brabus kit acts as an instant vaporizer of any liquid that finds its way onto the wind field.
We've discussed the positives, now let's look at the bad stuff. The big one is that this seems to be the smart Brabus edition presented in Geneva, of which only 250 will be built.
The car you want is the real Brabus model with a tuned version of the 0.9-liter turbo making 109 hp. It was presented at the Beijing Auto Show and will be sold in Germany starting in July. Besides 19 more hp, it will also feature a revised twin-clutch gearbox that swaps cogs up to 40% faster.
The 0 to 100 km/h time of one is just under 10 seconds. That doesn't melt our ice cream. How about yours?
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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