The Smart Fortwo is a known quantity. It’s the expensive novelty you often see strewn haphazardly on snippets of unclaimed urban streetscape, especially in Europe. It survives because of Daimler ...

In some ways it’s the small city and urban runabout cars that should benefit the most from the ongoing electrical revolution. Those cars designed to cover short distances in towns, often in dense ...

Perhaps it’s Smart’s relatively low profile, or maybe it’s the car’s quirkiness, but it hasn’t sold as well as most rivals, although that’s not a reason to avoid it as a used buy. • Smart ForFour ...

Smart is working intensively on alternative drives and one of these is now going into series production. The smart forfour lpg (liquified petroleum gas) combines the petrol engines (47, 55, 70 or 80 ...

Founded in 1994 by Daimler AG in collaboration with Swatch, smart launched the fortwo microcar in 1998 to much critical acclaim. A sporty roadster option followed in 2002, then the forfour launched in ...

The Forfour is the best car Smart has built. Its four-seat layout makes it more practical than the rest of the company's range, which only have two seats. In addition, it's the best Smart to drive, ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

Smart, Mercedes-Benz's hip, minicar brand launched in 1994, has branched out from its initial, pod-like, two-seater (famous for its ability to park nose in to a curb), and added a targa-topped ...

Fortwo variations, including ones powered by diesel and electric motors. Out of all of them, the Forfour was the only one that had any serious relevance for average family car buyers. The first ...

Going up against the Hyundai i10 and Skoda Citigo – our favourite urban runabout – the new, 2015 Smart ForFour faces a tough challenge. In the hotly contested five-door city car sector price is a big ...

Smart cars are still a rare sight on Australian roads. And it's no surprise. In a land of plentiful space, vast distances and comparatively cheap fuel, demand for tiny and fuel-efficient two-seaters, ...

Big brother to the new Smart ForTwo, and first cousin to the new Renault Twingo. The ForFour shares its hard points with Renault’s smartly packaged new city car, and is built at the French firm’s ...