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0Video: Daimler consulting with Ford about 3-cylinder engines, join BMW in small engine game 1369612800
Soon enough, Ford will offer its 1.0-litre EcoBoost three-cylinder engine under the hood of the Fiesta here in Canada, building on the success of the small powerplant overseas. In fact, this success has caused other automakers to take notice, and according to Automotive News Europe, Daimler is now talking to Ford about this engine for use in its own ...
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Official: Smart shows production version of winged ForJeremy [w/video] 1366758000
The SmartForJeremy is a reality, a limited run of the haute couture Smart Fortwo being announced at the Shanghai Motor Show. It has been toned down for production since we first saw it at last year's LA Auto Show but its signature flourish, the wings, remain. Instead replacing the brake lights, though, a smaller set of red-accented wings sit above them. ...
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Spy Shots: Smart ForFour prototype spotted alongside next-gen ForTwo 1360710000
Smart is continuing to test its upcoming ForFour (seen above) model and the replacement for the ForTwo (pictured at the right), this time doing some cold-weather work in Sweden. As we've reported previously, the ForFour is an all-new vehicle, and it will have more in common with the smaller ForTwo than the short-lived last model that was co-developed ...
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Video: Meet the Smart Fortwo that should be competing in the 2013 Dakar Rally [w/video] 1356742860
When it comes to specialty applications of the Smart Fortwo, "off-road motorsports" may seem about as likely as "amphibious assault vehicle." Yet a team has come up with just that (the former, not the latter), creating a rally-ready runabout dubbed the Smart Dakar. The team used a Fortwo to create a "Smart Buggy 4x4." The creator's website claims that ...
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Report: Next-gen Smart lineup growing to three models 1356633060
Still in the testing phases of the next-generation Smart Fortwo and the new Forfour model, Smart could also be planning a new crossover to reach into a more mainstream vehicle segment. According to Auto Express, soon after the redesigned Fortwo arrives in 2014, the Smart lineup will grow to include the other two models by 2015. As expected, the ...
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Report: Mercedes-Benz dealer offering free Smart car with SLS AMG purchase 1354725000
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT is an exquisite sports car that probably needs no help flying off dealer lots, even with a starting price of almost $200,000, but Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City has come up with an interesting incentive to sweeten the deal. For buyers who purchase a new SLS AMG from dealer stock before the end of the year, the dealership is ...
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Los Angeles: Fashion designer Jeremy Scott gives Smart Fortwo Electric some wing bling [w/video] 1354229880
If you were to gaze upon the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive and ponder what you might add to sort of, you know, set it off a bit, you probably wouldn't consider adding a pair of wings. That's because you are not Jeremy Scott. He, on the other hand, would do exactly that. And has. That's right, that winged wonder you see pictured above is not some sort of ...
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First Drive: 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive 1349884620
Little Daimler Child Finally Nails It With Electrons Since the official launch of the Smart Fortwo in October 1998, the little company within Daimler has never made a profit. Far from it. Not for lack of trying, certainly. Many of us know well the story of myriad attempts to force the world to adopt the Smart way of living in the automotive sense, only ...
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Smart Electric Drive ad offers blockbuster treatment for tiny car 1349393340
Drama, suspense, romance, horror – just about everything you might want from a great big-budget flick has been packed into this minute-long masterpiece from Smart (or its ad agency, anyway). Smart has been pushing its 2013 ForTwo fairly aggressively over recent weeks, debuting new series of commercials aimed at changing minds about the diminutive ...
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Smart ForTwo Electric Drive will be cheapest EV at $ $26,990* 1349293440
We're getting our first drive in the 2013 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive today, and Smart just announced pricing for the latest version of its all-electric minicar. The starting price for the ForTwo ED Coupe will be $26,990 (*plus delivery fees), making it the lowest price electric vehicle in Canada from a mainstream automaker – and that doesn't even ...
