This past Saturday, Exotics And Luxury attended Cars for the Cure, an annual car show held in Lake Mary, Florida. Car owners with a plethora of tastes get together to show their cars, have a good time, and help support a good cause. All money raised benefits the American Lung Association.
With lots of fancy footwork and in some cases, heavy government goodwill, GM, Ford and Chrysler are reinvigorated and ready to take on their global competitors and deliver cars that consumers have been asking for. But the auto industry landscape is very different now than just a few months ago.
Ah, the moment so many greenies have been waiting for: The EV version of the Smart two-seater is starting series production. Soon, you’ll be able to buy a city car fitted with a highly efficient lithium-ion battery and a 30 kW electric motor is fitted at the rear axle. As with all electric motors, it’s got lots of torque and all of it is available form essentially zero RPM. In the case of the electric Smart, that means 120 Newton meters of torque that are immediately available.
In addition to announcing the new fortwo will be celebrating it's world premier in Bologna later this month, smart also released details today of a limited edition model that will coincide with the minicar's launch in April of 2007.
I've driven a couple of these and they really are a hoot, once you get the hang of the transmission. They usually have 4 headlights, this one must have some sort of aftermarket kit, which I prefer.
The Smartcart is the little city run-about and is currently very popular in Europe. The Americans are warming up to the Smart ForTwo Coupe and Smart ForTwo Cabriolet and during these recent economic times, more and more people are looking for smaller, lighter and more fuel efficient modes of transportation.
The A0 Mini-Car concept is based off of the 2007 Audi Metroproject Quattro Concept, and would compete with the likes of the Smart ForTwo and Toyota iQ.
From mid November 2009 the new smart fortwo electric drive will roll off the production line at the smart factory in Hambach, France. Unlike its predecessor, the electrically driven smart fortwo of the second generation is fitted with an innovative and highly efficient lithium-ion battery. It is housed in a space-saving position between the axles, which means that space is not compromised in any way in the intelligent two-seater vehicle.
Austrian tuner Konigseder had developed a wide body kit for the new Smart ForTwo named the Smart 451 that adds some extra width to car, along with less than awesome flower graphics on the exterior.
It's official ladies and gentlemen - just four days after the first photos of the next smart fortwo began their trek across the internet, DaimlerChrysler today has officially taken the wraps off their new model, finally revealing to the world what to expect from the stylish, incredibly fuel-efficient micro-car.
Jonari Corporation is proud to be the authorized importer for the new S-Mann tuning line for modifying the Smartcar. The sportsline aero upgrade for the Fortwo adds just the right touch of class and aggressive appeal to the eco friendly enthusiast.
Keith Cody, took some very interesting picture at Port Hueneme in California. It shows at least a hundred Smart Fortwo;s parked and possibly awaiting a shipment.
Here is another Smart ForTwo modified by Lorinser which happens to be the smallest car they have ever tuned. The tiny Smart ForTwo has received a lot of performance modifications and a new attractive design.
For those of you waiting patiently for the impending arrival of the next smart fortwo at the Detroit Auto Show this January, DaimlerChrysler today has published the first photos of the lovable minicar on U.S. soil, perusing the streets of balmy California and giving us a small glimpse of what to expect when the new model makes its market debut in the first quarter of 2008.
While browsing our good friend Vincent's website Autoblog.nl this morning we stumbled upon photos that appear to display the new 2007 smart fortwo without any body-cladding, masking, or other forms of stealthery.
Once upon a time, there was little car by the name of smart. smart was small - smaller than all the other cars, and as an unfortunate result, sometimes smart was teased.\r\n"You're too little, smart," the other cars would say. "Nobody wants a car like you."\r\nContinue reading the story by clicking the link below\r\nhttp://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jul06/24_The_Smarts_Trip_To_Alabama.html
It's been talked about for some time now, but here are the latest spy shots of the X3-slaying Mercedes GLK-Class. Built on the upcoming C-Class platform, the GLK features styling reminiscent of its big GL brother, and will likely be powered by a 3.5-Liter V6 paired with Mercedes' new seven-speed automatic transmission. 4MATIC is also expected to come standard on the new model.
The new smart fortwo can do everything that the current model can do - but even better. This means that the new smart fortwo is even more comfortable, even more agile, even safer and even more ecological than its predecessor.
Even though the german tuning company Brabus is well known for modifying super cars they decided to make a new tuning project based on the lovely mini car: Smart Fortwo.
Due to the ongoing downturn on almost all markets and the upcoming model changeover for the high-volume E-Class series, Mercedes-Benz Cars sold a total of 72,200 vehicles (February 2008: 96,800) worldwide in February (minus 25 percent ). The division has sold 134,500 (January-February 2008: 187,200) Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart, and Maybach brand vehicles to date this year (minus 28 percent).
after countless side-projects from high-performance Brabus-tuned cars to diesel-electric hybrids, it was only a matter of time before something truly radical, and truly silly would happen.
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