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smart Delivers 100,000th Unit All-new fortwo
The smart fortwo continues its string of successes. Since the end of March 2007, the new model of the innovative two-seater has been purchased by a total of 100,000 customers, representing a sales increase of more than 80 percent. Yesterday afternoon, Ulrich Kowalewski, director of the Mercedes-Benz Center Munich handed over the 100,000th second-generation smart [...]
Continue reading...sideways. a smart art project
15. February 2008
Smart will be introducing a book “sideways. a smart art project,” to further emphasize their philosophy of questioning generally accepted ideas. The book will be released on March 19th, 2008 in New York and will feature work by 100 international artits in an attempt to evaluate the way we think about the environment and mobility. This [...]
Continue reading...smart wins ecoENERGY
13. February 2008
With the eco-consciousness of today's society, energy consumption and efficient designs became the path forward. With hybrids being one alternative in solving the problem of oil consumption, Mercedes' take on re-interpreting the true essence of driving provides a new perspective on the way we use our automobiles and how we consume gasoline. The smart being the fore-runner in this "stripping down" to the essentials provides a fresh new ideal on how we use automobiles for mainly day to day travel. This minimalist approach to a two seater is a logical move to accommodate the usual single occupancy travel for one to get to and from work. With that said, size, weight and fuel consumption can be kept to a minimal and thus giving it top regards to eco-friendliness. It is with this regard smart has won the ecoENERGY award for being the most fuel efficient vehicle in the two-seater category from Natural Resources Canada - a agency facilitated by the Government of Canada. Press release after the jump.
Continue reading...The environment friendly smart fortwo mhd gets exellent rating
7. February 2008
The smart fortwo mhd (micro hybrid drive) 71 bhp petrol version scores an excellent ratings in terms of fuel consumption, exhaust and noise emissions from the German “Öko-Trend” environmental research institute. The start-stop function of the smart fortwo mhd came in for particular praise from the Öko-Trend institute. This feature uses each idling phase – [...]
Continue reading...Special award for the smart fortwo cdi
25. January 2008
The well-known Italian automobile publication ’Quattroruote’ has awarded the smart fortwo cdi a special accolade on account of the car’s exemplary consumption and environmental friendliness. On the occasion of the annual reader’s poll ‘Le auto che preferisco’ (‘favourite car’) the specialists at the Italian publication ‘Quattroruote’ singled out the smart fortwo cdi for a special award [...]
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1. April 2008
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