Smartcarpedia.org » smart car news http://www.smartcarpedia.org Smart Car News, Reviews, Video & Pictures Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:40:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Happened to Smart’s ForMore? http://www.smartcarpedia.org/what-happened-to-smarts-formore http://www.smartcarpedia.org/what-happened-to-smarts-formore#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 18:09:49 +0000 admin http://www.smartcarpedia.org/?p=102 Well this is the first we are hearing about it, but then again we’ve only been online for about one year. Did you know Smart was in the process of introducing a four-door, four-seat vehicle – the ForMore? This “SmartUV” was dug up by Jalopnik spy photographers while they broke into a Mercedes lock-up and tried snagging an SLK for themselves.

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The Smart Concept reminds us of the Kia Rio5 but with a more European edge. The hatchback features four doors, four headlights, balled tires, a toothy grill and two ramscoops. It’s low-rise platform looks pretty swift, and can probably take an impact as well as the Smart Fortwo.

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Inside, the ForMore has a roomier front compartment and a small rear – but smaller is better than none. There’s a nifty CD holder and a simple interior/dash design. ForMore was meant to be dropped at 2005′s Frankfurt Auto Show, but its debut was canceled when Mercedes halted the entire SmartUV program. Who knows, maybe the economy of auto companies worldwide will swing back upward, and we can see a Smart ForMore on the roads in times to come.

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]]> http://www.smartcarpedia.org/what-happened-to-smarts-formore/feed 0 Smart Car ForTwo+2 http://www.smartcarpedia.org/smart-car-fortwo-plus-2 http://www.smartcarpedia.org/smart-car-fortwo-plus-2#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:36:31 +0000 admin http://www.smartcarpedia.org/?p=80 The tiny and successful Smart ForTwo may be getting a little bigger. Daimler is in the works designing a four-door Smart Car which can carry four people comfortably. It is tentatively being dubbed Smart ForTwo+2.

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Up until now, the major limitation of the minuscule city car has been its inability to carry an extra body or two. All that could change by 2012, according to Auto Express. The magazine released a rendering of a proposed Smart ForTwo+2. The car would have rear “suicide” doors, making access into the tiny rear a little easier. This will make the car a bit more competitive with base-level city cars like the Chevy Spark and Mazda2, and more premium vehicles, like Audi’s A1 Coupe.

Smart’s addition would likely stay as a rear-wheel-drive, keeping the engine below the floor of the trunk. The added length for the backseat comes from an elongated wheelbase. We are hoping the car will be available in several engine options, including hybrid drive and full electric mode.

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