Competes with: A Schwinn 10-speed bike, as well as the Chevrolet Spark, Scion iQ and Fiat 500 Looks like: A wide-eyed, caffeine-injected Smart ForTwo Drivetrain: (Preliminary European specifications) ...

For the first time in the so-far 16 year history of the smart fortwo there hasn't been a single manual transmission available, but that is apparently about to change with the third generation of the ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

The upgrade is software-driven. One company spokesman described the problem with the old transmission as “a little hesitation between gears.” Mays described it differently: “The transmission lurches ...

Starting Ocotber the Smart Fortwo will receive a new technology: the micro hybrid drive (mhd) technology with a user-friendly automatic start-stop system that will reduce NEDC consumption of the two ...

The German marketing machine that is Daimler has just announced its all-new Smart Fortwo is now available for order with an automatic gearbox. Big deal? Well yes, since it's not an automated manual ...

Alex Kaufmann May 21, 2009 Comment Now! Questions about safety, affordability, ultimate value and even performance are all well-worn topics for fans of the Daimler-built Smart ForTwo minicar, but to ...

Daimler’s smart car is a tiny runabout that was designed to offer generous fuel efficiency, youthful quirk and easier maneuverability than a shopping cart. In theory, it should have been a great ...

When car companies introduce new products, they go to stupefying lengths and spend inordinate amounts of money to present them in the best light possible. When they invite automotive journalists to ...

When DaimlerChrysler announced its turnaround plan for Smart on April 1, it said the next gasoline three-cylinder engine would be used by other companies. That engine will be a unit jointly developed ...

There will now be two engine choices. Both will be three-cylinders, with the base engine producing 71 horsepower. A completely new turbo-charged engine wrangles in 90 horses. Gone is the jerky, ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now investigating the potential for engine fires in certain Smart ForTwo city cars. Approximately 43,000 cars built during 2008 and 2009 are ...