First announced for Malaysia in August last year, the smart #1 is set for its market launch in the fourth quarter of this year, which means it won’t be long before the all-electric offering finally hits the showrooms.
Ahead of that, the publicity campaign for the #1 has begun in earnest, with the EV making its public debut last month at the paultan.org Electric Vehicle Expo (EVx). The SUV was also previewed to the media in its #1 Premium variant form in July, and detailed accordingly in both exterior/tech and interior posts.
To recap, the smart #1 is powered by a single rear motor, with 272 PS (200 kW) and 343 Nm of torque going to the rear wheels. That’s good for a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 6.7 seconds and a capped top speed of 180 km/h.
The motor is juiced by a 66 kWh lithium-nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) battery, which is good enough to give the car up to 440 km of travel range (WLTP). With DC fast charging at up to 150 kW, the battery can go from a 10-80% state of charge (SoC) in 30 minutes, and AC charging isn’t a slouch either – the #1 Premium will feature a 22 kW onboard AC charger, which gets the battery from 10-80% SoC in around three hours.
The interior kit list includes leather upholstery, ventilated and powered front seats with memory, dual-zone auto air-conditioning with rear vents, a N95 air-conditioning filter and a 13-speaker, 640 watt Beats sound system. Also to be found is a 12.8-inch standalone touchscreen in landscape, a slim 9.2-inch instrument cluster supplemented by a 10-inch colour head-up display (HUD), which shows all the essentials, including navigation.
Having seen the images of the car, inside and out, it’s time to check it out via video, so join us as Hafriz Shah takes a closer look at the #1 Premium and explores what’s novel and clever about this one.
GALLERY: 2023 smart #1 Premium in Malaysia – exterior
GALLERY: 2023 smart #1 Premium in Malaysia – interior
GALLERY: 2023 smart #1 official images
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This could be Protons first ev.
Clearly without Proton’s help, the right-hand drive version still can be developed. :-)
Nice but if priced at anything above 200k, it’s hard to sell here.
State the price la chow hai! Stupid Parian!
No telur to put the price
£36,000 = MYR213,000
Exactly. I’m always so disgusted by how our local car launches are hype hype hype but with no real price, and they allow people to book even without knowing the final price, like wut? This needs to be regulated stricter, otherwise it’s no better than false (partial) advertising.
Hype.. hype.. hype.. hype.. then launch at unrealistic pricing to underwhelming response.
I think price shud be around rm120k-rm150k (max) can sell, if not better buy TESLA
In fact, a new entry-level Pure+ variant has been added to drop the price to 181,600 yuan (RM119,600). The Pro+, meanwhile, is more expensive than its pre-sale estimate of 190,000 yuan (RM125,200) suggested, costing 196,600 yuan (RM129,500). The Premium+ tops the range at 226,600 yuan (RM149,300).
is this true?
if true mesti laku macam pisang panaz
Looking at the UK price this one around rm200k liao unless they do some magic
180k and above bye bye
swerve to avoid collision into 23 tayar trailer lane sapuu
we knew all the spec and detail last year so paultan.org don’t have to keep repeating it. the whole world already have all kinda reviews on YouTube last year. Msian only waiting for price before they decide to book Tesla, BYD or Smart #1 now china already selling Smart #3 for month. we? still waiting for the price.
we knew all the spec and detail last year so paultan.org don’t have to keep repeating it. the whole world already have all kinda reviews on YouTube last year. Msian only waiting for price before they decide to book Tesla, BYD or Smart #1 now china already selling Smart #3 for month. we? still waiting for the price.
Please show the EV incentives in effect with smart #1, apparently no car can have <100K price due to National car protection. so if this is under its protection, than it should be <100k, hoping for 80-90k? realistic enough?