According to Treehugger’s blog: Smart brand makes some of the most recognizable cars on the road and despite their financial woes, it seems that they intend to keep on making more. One of their new concept models is the Smart Crosstown; it looks a bit like the love child of a Jeep and a Smart Fortwo, though it certainly has more Smart genes than Jeep ones. The most interesting aspect of the Smart Crosstown is the gasoline-electric hybrid drive train. “The crosstown smart car prototype combines an electric motor (with an output of up to 23 kW) with the 45 kW (61 hp) gasoline engine from the smart fortwo. The result is a 15% reduction in fuel consumption to 4.3 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers (55 mpg US). The smart crosstown furthermore offers approximately 10% better acceleration”.

With specs like those it’s hard to believe we’re not seeing more Crosstowns on the road today. Most likely the Fortwo is a much cheaper automobile for the company to build. Without the hybrid drive train cost would come down several thousands of dollars. Plus, once Fortwo started making an impact on roads and dealerships in North America all focus was shifted to that make. Still, with a need for tiny vehicles with an edge we hope to one day see the Crosstown Hybrid at SMART dealers world wide.