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SMART : Best Kept Value
In a short span of 4 years, Smart has gain a reputation on its own as a new lifestyle of eco-friendliness and also as a new approach in providing affordable efficient cars. Recently, the Smart fortwo has gain another award. This time the smart received the Canadian Black Book award for “Best Retained Value”. So [...]
Continue reading...smart electric drive to go on sale in early 2010
22. June 2009
I am not quite sure why Daimler felt it was necessary to announce that the smart electric drive will be going to production, if they have already had done this in January. Nevertheless, the smart electric drive is officially a go - again. Daimler has confirmed that it is “ready for small series production”. If [...]
Continue reading...Introducing the colette and smart collection
17. June 2009
In cooperation with the pioneering concept store colette, from mid-June 2009 smart will be presenting the colette and smart collection which has been created especially for the urban car brand. The collection consists of items ranging from shoes, a T-shirt, a scarf, jewellery and a bag – all created by five international designer labels and [...]
Continue reading...smart fortwo incentives - lower interest rates. Now that’s just stupid!
16. June 2009
The smart fortwo sales have been sluggish in 2009, with sales of only about 7,451 units, which represents a decrease of 16%. Compare that to last year, when they sold 24,622 units, and you’ll see how much of an impact the bad economy has on fortwo sales. To help the smart fortwo attract more customers, and [...]
Continue reading...2008 smart cars to get free trany software upgrade to fix problems
22. May 2009
While the smart car has exceeded all sales expectations and created a nice following, it has also had some quality issues, especially the transmission. Owners complain about rough and slipping shifts between gears. MBUSA and smart USA is listening to the smart owners and is now sending letters to 24,622 owners of the 2008 smart [...]
Continue reading...Daimer AG buys 10% stake in Tesla Motors
19. May 2009
Daimler AG has acquired an equity stake of nearly 10% of Tesla Motors Inc. This investment deepens the relationship between the two companies. They have already been working closely to integrate Tesla’s lithium-ion battery packs and charging electronics into the first 1,000 units of Daimler’s electric smart car. In order to benefit from each other’s [...]
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27. June 2009
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