smart Opens Pop-Art Gallery in Brazil
30 Jul 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After launching the fortwo model on the Brazilian market in April this year, smart now decided to offer artists from Sao Paolo a pop-up platform that combines a gallery, shopping, showroom and event...
Mercedes and Renault Working on New smart forfour?
27 Jul 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors hinting that Mercedes-Benz is working to create a roomier smart fortwo, probably inspired by the forfour model they launch some years ago, are not new. But it appears that the German manufact...
smart Times 2009
24 Jul 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The event which announces to be the largest gathering of smart fans in the world, will kick off on August 21 in Zell am See/Kaprun, Austria. The event is expected to gather several thousand smart ow...
smart Festival Grows in Importance in the U.K.
24 Jul 2009, 12:33 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / In an effort to raise awareness of the smart brand in the U.K., the popular “Destination Brooklands” event will change its name to “smart festival”. Held at the Mercedes-Benz...
2010 smart fortwo cdi Has 21 Percent More Power
23 Jul 2009, 14:31 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / smart is preparing the launch of its 2010 fortwo cdi model with a clean, new and more efficient diesel engine. The three-cylinder 0.8-liter diesel engine will deliver 21 percent more power and 18 pe...
smart Joins the Force
15 Jul 2009, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Advertising your vehicles with the help of local law enforcement agencies seems to have become a trend for automotive manufacturers. If the cars they build aren't police, carmakers still seem t...
‘Plug&Go’ - Free Charging for Electric Vehicles Pilot Scheme
15 Jul 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A pilot scheme offering free charging for electric vehicles was recently launched by Comet, one of the largest retailers of electric goods in UK. The company first implemented the charging station o...
smart Gets £2.5m for Electric Car Trial
24 Jun 2009, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Governments around the world seem to have entered a spending frenzy, as some type of race for who gives more money to automakers has engulfed both the US and the UK. After we already told you the US...
Electric smart Confirmed for 2010
19 Jun 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It was only a matter of time until smart would release an electric model. The manufacturer will officially push the electric smart into mass-production in 2010, after a number of successful tests in...
New smart and colette Collection - ‘Design Meets Sustainability’
18 Jun 2009, 09:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Linked by the theme of ‘design meets sustainability’, all the products from the new colette and smart collection are made from recyclable, and even recycled in some cases, materials. The...
Daimler Loses Court Action Against smart Chinese Imitator
28 May 2009, 07:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Unfortunately, the Chinese did it again and this time they are even backed by European courts. A Greek judge ruled against German manufacturer Daimler who claimed that so-called Noble, developed by ...
smart to Upgrade Transmission on 2008 Models
22 May 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already found out from a number of smart owners that the transmission systems integrated into these tiny vehicles aren't exactly the best ones, especially from the point of view of urban dri...
Daimler Takes 10 Percent Stake in Tesla Motors
19 May 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler has made an important step towards the electric future as it announced today it has acquired a 10 percent in Tesla Motors, the company behind the Roadster and Model S all...
IIHS Crash Test Videos: Small Vs. Midsized
15 Apr 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The IIHS small cars crash tests released yesterday, as we already told you, proved once again that when it comes to crashes involving small and medium cars, size does matter. The tests showed, as wa...
IIHS Front-to-Front Crash Test, Small Vs Midsized
14 Apr 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you earlier today, IIHS set out to prove once and for all that in case of a collision between two different sized cars, the bigger one usually wins the fight. IIHS put to the test several...
Confirmed: smart Working on Roomier Model
19 Mar 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What was only a rumor appears to be actually true as Daimler is indeed planning a roomier smart model that may be presented to the general public as soon as 2010. Although it was initially rumored t...
Audi Will Not Sell Small Cars in the US...
18 Mar 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...for now. Even if it longs to enter the "big league" of luxury small cars on the American market, currently occupied by both Mercedes and BMW rivals, Audi officials admit their company i...
smart fortwo +2 Four-Seater in the Works
10 Mar 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What was only a rumor slowly tends to become reality as the smart brand aims to give a four-seater a try during these difficult market conditions. However, we're not talking about the forfour m...
Mercedes Benz Sales Down 25 Percent in February
6 Mar 2009, 14:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mercedes Benz car sales registered a 25 percent drop in February, over the same period of 2008, according to the company's sales report. This segment of the company sold a total of 72,200 vehic...
Brabus Smart Fortwo Electric Drives Into Geneva
5 Mar 2009, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Brabus, the German tuner we all know for its high power, high performance tuning of Mercedes Benz vehicles turned its attention to the fragile smart Fortwo and decided to make something of it. And n...