DESPITE making more mainstream cars in the shape of the forfour, smart is still seen as something of a left-field choice. The tiny plastic-bodied cars are omnipresent in busy town and city centres, ...

The Smart ForFour shares the visual appeal of a MINI, but does not have the same driving excitement. The manual box is fine, but the automatic is still a problem if you like a smooth gearchange.

Engines range from 1.0 to 1.5 Readers report Real MPG to be between 28–68 mpg At first, the steering of the 1.1 felt a bit sticky and dead compared to the featherlight Colt. But I soon get used to it ...

Update: Smart reached out to us and clarified that it has no plans for a direct successor to the original ForFour, and we’ve revised this story to reflect that. Smart recently confirmed that a ...

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September 12, 2005 smart has a surprise in store for visitors to this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) which opens later today: the world premiere of the smart hybrid crosstown show car. With ...

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