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Hubinette to drift Smart Fortwo chasing Tom Cruise in Night and Day

Rear-wheel drive, two seats, short wheelbase, sequential manual gearbox, available in either closed-roof or convertible body styles... sounds suspiciously like a sports car, no? Yet no one in their right mind would conclude that the Smart Fortwo is the least bit sporty. Regardless, a well-trained driver can make just about anything on four wheels respond the way he pleases. That includes drifter extraordinaire Sam Hubinette, who informed fans in a recent blog post that he's traveling to Spain to film a "pretty intense" car/motorcycle ... Read more →

VIDEO: Smart car drifting not only possible, but fun to watch Chris Shunk

There are some images that don't fit into Newton's laws of physics. In nature, flying pigs and twinkle-toed Grizzly Bears come to mind. On the track, we can't think of many things more odd-looking ...

Frankfurt 2009: Smart + Tesla + Brabus = High Voltage Jeremy Korzeniewski

In addition to the Tailor Made concepts that Brabus trotted out for the Frankfurt Motor Show, the German tuning firm also showed off a new version of its electric Smart Fortwo called the Unlimited ...

REPORT: Daimler and Renault collaborating on four-door Smart Jeremy Korzeniewski

Reports of a collaboration between Daimler and Renault on a new four-door model to join the Fortwo in Smart dealerships just won't die, leading us to believe there may be a ring of truth behind ...

IIHS tests roof strength on microcars, Smart Fortwo comes out on top Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just tested the latest batch of the smallest cars on the market to determine the strength of their roofs in the event of a rollover accident. Coming ...

Triple Play: Mercedes reportedly files patent papers for three-seat Smart 3 months ago on Autoblog

Trying to give buyers more chances to get into a Smart, the company produced a four-seat hatch called the ForFour in 2004. It sold so poorly that the car was axed after just two years. In spite of that, Autocar says that parent Mercedes-Benz has filed patent papers for an embiggened Smart. This ...

Smart Tipping: Amsterdam villains reportedly pushing Fortwos into canals for fun 3 months ago on Autoblog

Note to Smart Fortwo owners in the Netherlands: Don't park your itty-bitty city cars near easily-accessible bodies of water. If you thought the car's errant transmission and its rough-and-tumble shifts were your biggest concern, you've likely never heard of the latest craze sweeping Amsterdam: ...

Smart's $99/month 'Cash for Clunkers' deal has a big, dirty secret 4 months ago on Autoblog

Cash for Clunkers won't be official for a few weeks, but some automakers are already looking to cash in on the once in a lifetime opportunity to take up to $4,500 off the price of a new car or truck. Smart is offering its quirky little Fortwo runabout for just $99 per month with the trade-in of a ...

Review: 2009 Smart ForTwo Cabriolet undone by tricky transmission 4 months ago on Autoblog

The Smart ForTwo isn't for shy people. Even though Smart USA has sold about 30,000 of these tiny two-seaters in the U.S., the little rollerskate attracts a lot of attention. On the road or in America's parking lots, the ForTwo is a conversation piece, and people don't hesitate to come up and ...

Fortwo 4 Less: Smart offers first incentives in U.S. 4 months ago on Autoblog

Penske Automotive Group, distributors of the Smart Fortwo here in the United States, recorded an impressive 24,622 total sales of the diminutive city car in 2008 and dealers widely reported that they could have sold even more had they been available. With that in mind, the nascent company set ...

Smart offering 2008 ForTwo owners a transmission upgrade? 5 months ago on Autoblog

If you poll owners (and reviewers) of the Smart ForTwo you'll find one consistent gripe: the transmission. The automated manual gearbox herks, jerks and is about as dynamically pleasing as petting your dog with a broom. Apparently, Smart is listening, and in addition to tweaking the software ...

Wise Choice: The not-so-Smart ForMore SUV that never was 6 months ago on Autoblog

Nearly every automaker on the planet has suffered from bouts of over-reaching and Smart is hardly an exception. Daimler's micro-car division succumbed to the desire to fill every conceivable niche a few years back, unsuccessfully adding roadsters and four-door models to its iconic two-door city ...

SmartForFiveOh: Small Florida town employs Smart police cruiser 6 months ago on Autoblog

When your Police Chief is six-feet tall and weighs 280 pounds, you might consider it cruel and unusual punishment to issue him a Smart fortwo as his police cruiser. But that is exactly what the folks in Belle Isle, Florida have done. Heck, if it's good enough for Batman, it's good enough for ...

Smart USA responds to IIHS crash test results 6 months ago on Autoblog

Needless to say, the folks over at Smart USA were not pleased to see the results of the latest batch of crash testing from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The IIHS did a series of frontal offset crash tests between small and mid-size cars, one of which included a smart ForTwo versus ...

Daimler's Car2Go program coming to Austin, Texas this fall 7 months ago on Autoblog

Last October we advised you not to hold your breath for Daimler's Car2Go program to come to America. You can breathe again. If you live in Austin, Texas you'll be able to rent a mild hybrid Smart ForTwo by the minute this fall. Austin was chosen because of its university population and its concern ...

Bigger smarts - forfour, forthree, etc. - could be coming 7 months ago on Autoblog

Almost a year ago, 13 people squeezed into a smart fortwo. Yes, they were gymnasts. It might someday be easier to fit more than two people in a fortwo if plans to make a longer version of the most diminutive production car sold in the U.S. come to fruition. Smart head Anders-Sundt Jensen has ...

eBay Find of the Day: The Batsmart 7 months ago on Autoblog

One of the most unusual vehicles to grace last year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas is now up for auction on eBay Motors. Called the BatSmart, this little vehicle was unlike most of the high-octane pieces of rolling artwork at the event in that it used just three pistons and 70 horsepower to move ...

REPORT: Smart ForTwos orphaned as depositers drop out 7 months ago on Autoblog

Add the smart fortwo to the growing list of products impacted by the economic downturn here in the United States. Last year, the diminutive urban runabout was one of the U.S. market's few bright spots, with its small dealer network moving nearly 25,000 units and busting through sales ...

Rendered Speculation: Smart ForTwo +2 gets less tiny 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Smart franchise hasn't exactly been a blockbuster financial success for Daimler. Although the diminutive city runabouts certainly have their adherents, the entire brand is widely believed to have never turned a profit. Having but a single model to sell, the Fortwo, probably isn't helping ...

Geneva Preview: Smart gets Limited Edition Three treatment 8 months ago on Autoblog

Companies often exploit our fondness for Spring in their marketing efforts. There are detergents that smell like flower beds, flora-inspired fashions and candles that give off the soft scent of freshly cut grass. We're a people who like the restorative, born-again qualities of the season that ...

Smart USA sells almost 25,000 fortwos in first year 9 months ago on Autoblog

The Smart fortwo couldn't have come to the United States at a better time. Skyrocketing fuel prices and a dearth of fuel efficient vehicles gave Daimler's Tiny Tim a big push to the tune of 25,000 units for the year, far surpassing Smart's goal of 15,000 units. Smart's success is also another ...

BMW loses Clonewars Italian court battle 10 months ago on Autoblog

Take a close look at the image. A court in Italy has just ruled that the crossover pictured above, the five-seat CEO built by Shuanghuan Automobile of Shijiazhuang, China, is not a clone of the BMW X5. Um... yeah. The legal battles began when Shuanghuan introduced their "Noble" last year, a ...

VIDEO: Hayabusa-powered smart , or... a rolling death-wish on skinny tires 11 months ago on Autoblog

Stunting on a Suzuki Hayabusa is crazy in its own right, but stunting in a smart fortwo? Now that takes some real effort. While the bike's got the power to wheelie all day long and its dual front discs are more than powerful enough to raise the rear tire just as far as your guts allow, that's ...

LA 2008: U.S. smart fortwo BRABUS is officially official 11 months ago on Autoblog

The BRABUS edition of smart's diminutive little fortwo is, as we like to say, officially official as of yesterday when the brand pulled the wraps off the new-for-USA model. Unlike the Europeans who have had access to BRABUS smarts for the last few years, we won't be getting the force-fed ...

Hermes moves on from Veyron, tackles smart fortwo 11 months ago on Autoblog

Hermes has decided to continue its recent trend of modifying iconic cars and celebrating their birthdays. First it was the Bugatti Veyron Fbg by Hermes, followed by a special commemorative edition of the Citroen 2CV for its 60th anniversary. Now, Hermes has taken on the smart fortwo, issuing a ...

SEMA 2008: SMART goes John Deere green 12 months ago on Autoblog

Tom Mutchler at Consumer Reports says his first drive in a SMART reminded him of his John Deere x300 lawn tractor. Slow and noisy, but they both fit in his garage. Apparently, Black Deere LLC had the same impression of the little car and showed up at SEMA with one in John Deere's green and yellow ...

SEMA 2008: The Batsmart by Barris 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Batman_Trades_in_Tumbler_for_smart_fortwo_aka_the_Toddler'; George Barris has officially gone batty. While he is one of the men generally acknowledged for creating the original Batmobile, he hasn't shown anything with those trademark wings since Joel ...

smart fortwo BRABUS coming to America 1 year ago on Autoblog

Those looking for a little bit more punch from their microcars are in luck as smart will begin offering the BRABUS-tuned version of its fortwo in the U.S. beginning in February 2009. News of its impending arrival was apparently emailed to potential smart owners who have already placed ...

Tesla working with Daimler for electric smarts? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Chalk this one firmly in the rumormill category, but Johnathan Bodily over at Street Import Online is reporting that he's seen what appears to be an electric smart fortwo at Tesla's facility in San Carlos plugged into a Tesla-branded charging station. What's more, this particular smart differed ...

Daimler's car2go: Rent a Smart anywhere, anytime 1 year ago on Autoblog

Cars represent freedom, right? Sure, but shouldn't that same freedom be available to those who can't justify purchasing their own car? Daimler thinks so, and has created a new pilot program called car2go that allows subscribers to rent a smart fortwo for just 19-cents a minute or less, ...

Vegas HUMMER dealer switching to SMART 1 year ago on Autoblog

If this doesn't strike you as a sign of the times, you may need to get your eyes checked. The only HUMMER dealership in Las Vegas, the city that invented excess and bling, is shutting its doors. Towbin HUMMER is actually one of the largest HUMMER dealerships in America. So what will they be ...

NYC garages grant smart fortwo cheaper parking rates 1 year ago on Autoblog

In Europe, it's common to see several smart cars sharing a single parallel parking space, with their diminutive front bumpers against the curb and the rear facing traffic. Try that in New York city, and you'll likely get towed. Instead, smart fortwo owners can take advantage of Meyers Parking's ...

Smart recalls ForTwo for bad paint, which could lead to loss of windshield or roof 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the smart fortwo Of all the possible reasons that a vehicle could be recalled, a poor paint job doesn't at first seem all that newsworthy. After all, cars could theoretically be recalled for exploding gas tanks, runaway engines or any number of horror-inducing ...

Woodward 2008: Watch your step, you might squash someone! 1 year ago on Autoblog

One of the cooler aspects of the Woodward Dream Cruise is that its completely open and unmoderated. It's the ultimate "run what you brung" event. Hundreds of thousands of people sit along the edge of the road and watch everything from bikes to trucks go by and the juxtaposition can be fascinating. ...

smart fortwo Limited 2 on sale this September 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the smart fortwo Limited 2. A very limited car is now available in a new limited edition. The smart fortwo Limited 2 is the sequel to the 2006 original. The only significant mechanical change from a regular passion Coupe or Cabrio is the addition of six-spoke ...

Hold on a sec... BRABUS smart fortwo wins European Cannonball Run? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge The Cannonball Run that takes place every year in Europe dpesn't have much in common with the Hollywood comedy it takes its name from. In fact, the goal of the modern-day race is not to finish in the least amount of time possible, but to finish with a specific average speed; ...

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