During the 24 years of its existence, Smart has changed a lot. A famous German brand, before the owner of mini-city carsnewly became fully electric. A normal transition in the current context. But the Mind in our mind is above all a city chip, a two-seater with a friendly face, colorful and customizable. Smart City-Coupe was released in 1998, after several years of difficult development. Nicolas Hayek, CEO of Swatch at the time, struggled to find a manufacturer willing to industrialize his small city car project. Mercedes Benz started dancing in 1994, and the car finally saw the light of day. S for SampleM for mercedesand ART to emphasize the unique and whimsical side of the car.

The brand is in full (r)evolution

In 2002, it became a Fortwoit decreased by a the second generation of 2007then at one the third in 2014. Other models were introduced to the market after its launch, e.g Roadster (2003-2005) and Forfour (2004-2006, 2014-2021). The Smart went 100% electric in 2019, and is no longer in the range today. more than a two-seater Fortwo. the same year, Chinese Geely bought half of the company’s capital from Mercedes-Benz. At the same time, it is moving its production from Hambach (Mosel) to China. Following this new strategy, this year the brand launched a new model and his first crossover under the name #1and of course also collected in China.

The first Smart SUV is coming

Its pre-orders are now open in France! It a small crossover with a good style gives pride of place internal volumesto connection and till premium attributes. Its design is pleasant, although a little far from what Smart has accustomed us to. It is built in at the entry level a Engine 272 horsepower to which you can climb 428 horsepower on the Brabus version. The autonomy of this first version reaches 440 kilometers over time charging in less than 30 minutes at a fast 150 kW terminal. Expect less than 3 hours on the 22 kW household Wallbox sockets. In France, they sell this first SUV Smart SUV with this name €39,990 in the Pro+ version one engine. Count on €47,490 for the twin-engine Brabus version. You can pre-order it directly on the Smart France website.