Mercedes-Benz’s platform partner for its next smart car set for a 2013 debut will be Renault. “It’s a key component in plans to grow the Smart brand. We’re looking to diverge into other potentially lucrative market segments, and not only in Europe but on a worldwide basis, including North America,” said a Mercedes-Benz official to ANE.
Renault will be supplying smart a platform for a new four-seater smart (effectively a replacement for the smart forfour) and the word is that it will be a modified version of the Clio II platform that underpins the Renault Twingo, though I would have thought the Renault-Nissan B platform (Clio III, Latio, Logan, etc) would be more suitable in size for a smart forfour replacement.
The smart forfour was a hatchback based on the Mitsubishi Colt and was produced at Mitsubishi’s Dutch NedCar plant. Who knows, we could also see an electric version using technology from the Nissan Leaf.
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yahoo akhirnya no 1
its a fun car to drive.
good looking car
u guys dont even fucking read the story.
anyway bmw better
it's really [insert suitable adjective] to be no.1.
got prize aaaa HARDRISK?
I have tried the smart car before. Nothing to shout about it. And this car looked like Myvi to me. Not surprise if Perodua also insert electric engine to Myvi since basically you only need to change the gasoline engine. In fact, alot of electric car hardcore fans in US already replaced their gasoline engine with electric powerplant. Yet GM pretend that this technology is so difficult and advanced, what a joke! I think Mercedes Benz also realised that in near future, most buyers will convert to small and compact cars, or electric cars. No choice really, we all know that easy oil is getting harder to find. You have to drill in middle of the sea to get it in another 15 years, and imagine the price of this commodity in coming years.
4 spoke.
Savvy-Renault Clio
Smart 4 Four-Clio 11
Isetta-Clio 111?
to JULIAN LEE…
ure dumbass…plz read the story too…this is about smart…not about 'bmw always better'….plz stick to the topic..
hopefully that future smart will be smarter than JULIAN LEE……
Renault is good.. But I can't afford to buy it..
The car look like MyVI..
What subject is that Julian talking about in here.Suddenly BMW
biar je julian lee tu…
tiap forum mesti cuba cari attention…
hahaha
what? Mercedes-Benz with Renault and Mitsubishi based? what a mix!
How come this tiny car can be sell more than 100K. Kalau la proton bubuh lambang thundercat lepas tu jual dekat Malaysia mesti kena hentam gila.Exora yang besaq gedabak jual 70K lebih pun dah kata mahai.
hahaha
This car has been around for few years in Malaysia. Pretty standard looking car with inflated price. Initially was hype up to so called 'breakthrough' or something. But once you drive it for sometime, aiyah, samesamelah with Myvi. So dont look at the hype alone, we Malaysian have been driving small cars for decades, no surprise there. Maybe for the americans with their giant size bodies may find this very entertaining just the their harley davidson bikes(i find it odd that small bodied Malaysians trying to ride their oversize Harley, rather buy bikes from Japan which better suit my body frame). As for the price, up to the stupid buyers if they want to pay for the inflamed priced cars.
julian lee is as ugly as the new 5 series gt
Hahaha pity to Julian
from which aspect that the forfour does look like Myvi??? …..
wow, it has been pretty boring in the motor world these few days…
This car is much better than myvi anytime. Strong acceleration with good handling for 1.5l and with top speed up to 190 km/h. Can vios or city hit above 180km/h?