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Smart on James Cameron's Dark Angel (2000):
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Driving
Smartly About Town, BBC Bristol, Oct. 2001
Trying to outsmart city parking, BBC Bristol, Oct. 2001
Electric
Smartcars are coming to the USA
Smart at MoMA
Smart
Quicktime VR
Smart Cabrio in New York
Smart
"Forfour"
Chrysler officially announces the Smart "forfour"
•First "forfour" photos
•"Forfour" detail gallery
•"Forfour" development intelligence
4-seat Smartcar:
Flash ad, gallery & 360°VRs in German
Another electric
Smart
Prototype Smart
diesel-hybrid system
Roadster
Surprise: 2-seaters coming to Canada in '04
•now termed 'fortwo'
Smart plans forfour-based 'formore' SUV for 2006
•resembles early forfour sketches
Forfour Roman test drive
200 km between charges June '03
Smart with integrated iPod (Deutsch) Sept '03
HUGE 360°VR with integrated iPod
Formore will be sold in USA, but not fortwo or forfour -Cars.com
US importers apply for NHTSA approval
Official car of 2004 Boston Marathon
2006 battle will be with Mini
Big smart still tiny
Dealership as "vending machine"
U.S. investor setting up smartcar dealership network
NHTSA approves Fortwo, waiting on EPA; U.S. dealer group in trouble
U.S. won't get Smart until 2006
Andy Rooney drives the Fortwo 8-8-2004
Get Smart (Wales) 8-20-2004
Importer ZAP on MSNBC 8-31-2004
Formore SUV photos: kinda ugly 9-1-2004
Are Americans smart enough for Smart? 9-7-2004
Smart fortwo comes to Canada 9-15-2004
Forfour 1.1 passion 9-24-2004
Hot Wheels 10-7-2004
Fortwo gets EPA clearance 11-22-2004
DaimlerChrysler delays
Smart SUV development 12-23-2004
Detroit News staff, wire and Bloomberg News reports
DaimlerChrysler AG has put development of its Smart ForMore compact
sport utility vehicle on hold for three months, pending a review of the
brand's lineup, the Smart brand's public relations chief told Automotive
News. Smart, part of DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes-Benz Car Group, will not
show the ForMore show car at the North American International Auto Show
in Detroit next month, but it will mount a Smart display to introduce
the brand. The Smart business is under review.
Fortwo may arrive in US sooner than later 12-27-2004
Smartcar on Seattle's Channel 5 TV 12-27-2004
Smart losses drag down Mercedes 2-10-2005
Albatross 2-16-2005
Fortwo in Pink Panther remake 3-10-2005
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Smart reprieve?
Detroit News, 3-13-2005
Mercedes is studying how to cut [Smart $600 million per year]
losses and will announce its plans next month. Many investors want
DaimlerChrysler to scrap the Smart business, as it pulled out of the
Mitsubishi deal last year. But Cordes rules out the possibility.
"Closing down Smart makes no sense."
The company is considering bringing the pint-sized ForTwo two-seater to the United
States. But it is rethinking the ForFour car, developed with Mitsubishi, and may
scrap a new ForMore compact sport utility vehicle. Such measures could lead to
charges that would lower earnings in 2005.
USA Debut Pushed Back
2 models, 700 jobs to be cut
:: Compiled from Ad Week, Stuff.co.nz and Plastics & Rubber Weekly
April 04, 2005
DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes-Benz group said it has indefinitely postponed the U.S. debut of its Smart nameplate.
DaimlerChrysler has pledged to break even on the Smart car in 2007 under a E1.2 billion restructuring programme this year which will result in 700 job losses. Fixed costs are to be cut by around 30% within the next two years and earnings increased by some E600 million in 2007. Sales efforts for the plastic-bodied vehicle are to be stepped up with 25% more outlets in the existing Mercedes-Benz network.
Mercedes had been expected to spend at least $20 million to introduce the brand, sources said...
DaimlerChrysler will continue production of Smart Fortwo and Forfour, but will stop producing the Roadster and has cancelled plans for the ForMore, the small SUV designed specifically for the U.S. market. The measure is aimed at cutting Smart's fixed costs and helping the unit to break even by 2007, the company said.
The company aims to design a new model that would be a successor to the
Fortwo and meet U.S. emissions and safety standards, said Donna Boland,
manager of corporate communications at Mercedez-Benz USA. If the company
determines the U.S. market will embrace the car, the first models would
likely hit showrooms by 2007.
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Zap fortwo: 37mpg??? 5-3-2005
2006 smart crosstown concept 10-11-2005
Motor Trend coverage
It's a hybrid 10-3-2005
"Smartattack" (180 horsepower) 11-5-2005
Safety features and 70 mph crash test (YouTube) Dec. 2005
Daimler sells Roadster rights 2-21-2006
Mar. 15, 2006--Smart in Seattle: this reporter personally espied a new
silver fortwo, sporting State of Washington paper tags, parked in front of
Prism Graphics on Westlake Avenue. License plate frame: "Got Biodiesel?"
Smart dealer open on Seattle's Eastside 4-8-2006
Forfour axed; back under Mercedes wing; focus will be on new fortwo. 3-27-2006
U.S. launch set 6-27-2006
Smart in The Da Vinci Code:
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Smartcar photo pool
Most likely to succeed 1-15-2007
Smart Cars comes to California (Eureka) 3-5-2007
Smart and sassy (Vancouver, WA) 3-14-2007
Smart Car comes to the US (NPR) 3-19-2007
Smart in Seattle's West Edge district:
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Smarts at the 2007 Renewable
Energy & Sustainable Living Fair near Seattle (7-21-2007):
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Smart in Ratatouille:
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Smart "micro hybrid": engine doesn't run unnecessarily, shuts off & restarts automatically.
Smart Polizia: Capri
Gas-engine Smart: only 32 MPG
Smart makes sense as gas prices soar
"Gas Can Blues"
Mayor of Washington DC drives a Smart -
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•Flashing
lights, siren!
Smart electric bobbies: London
Ten Years of the Smart Fortwo
Smart cops: New Jersey
Smart Car USA President Dave Schembri: Unresponsive to suggestions for improvements. Basically,
if you think Smart can be better you're not the customer Schembri wants.
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