User manual SMART FORTWO ELECTRIC DRIVE BROCHURE 2010

[. . . ] open your mind. smart fortwo electric drive >> the next generation of smart >> smart fortwo electric drive: for intelligent urban mobility It features everything that makes a smart a smart--but without local emissions (which impact the immediate environment). The latest generation smart fortwo electric drive is equipped with a 30kW/41hp electric motor which generates no harmful emissions, is highly efficient and delivers impressive performance. [. . . ] The other concept, the Micro City Car, emerges with great potential as an exciting two-seater with significant cargo space. 1991 1993 1996 >> Safe and stylish >> Go west Mercedes-Benz chief designer Bruno Sacco issues a development assignment for a completely new ultra-compact city car to a team of graduate students from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. >> Fun & function The first true smart show cars, the Eco Speedster and Eco Sprinter, are innovative, functional and perfectly capture the joy of driving. They embody the class-neutral nature of the smart. A prototype displayed in Atlanta shows the car's distinctive silhouette and characteristic details. Later that year, a more advanced prototype displayed at the Paris Auto Show features the smart's trademark body panels--all 100 percent recyclable--as well as the strong, rigid tridion safety cell, a high-strength steel outer shell that protects the smart's occupants like the roll cage of a NASCAR race car. 1992 >> Creative design First 1:4 scale design models of the Micro City Cars demonstrate the Art Center design team's creative potential. 1994 1998 >> Start of a new automotive era >> Swatch Mercedes art As co-founder of Micro Compact Car GmbH in Biel, Switzerland, Swatch inventor Nicolas Hayek contributes to the combination of a century of expertise in automobile making and the creative power of Swatch. With careful attention paid to comprehensive environmental requirements, the smart is manufactured in a high-tech plant in Hambach, France. In October, sales of the comfortable, agile, safe, and economical smart city coupe begin in nine European countries. 1999 2002 2004 >> Model efficiency A world record for production cars: one year after the start of production, smart presents the smart cdi, with a three-cylinder turbo-diesel engine and a consumption of only 3. 4/100 km. More than 140, 000 firstgeneration models of the reigning carbonemissions champion (today: 3. 3 1/100 km, 86g/km CO2) are sold. >> Sharp as a knife British pop singer Robbie Williams secures a model of the limited edition smart crossblade. smart GmbH and BRABUS form a joint venture to manufacture top-of-the-line models of the two-seater. >> More fun To demonstrate the tremendous potential of the smart fortwo, the board of directors gives the green light to a versatile concept car with a gasoline hybrid powertrain. The smart crosstown premieres a year later at the Frankfurt International Auto Show. 2000 2003 2006 >> Favorable balance >> Hot news >> Here comes the sun The smart convertible is introduced. It's the world's smallest production convertible and is mobile "joie de vivre" in its purest form. Like the smart coupe, it provides maximum protection thanks to the tridion safety cell. Safer and more comfortable: Incorporating numerous new features, including the esp® electronic stability program as standard equipment, the latest version of the two-seat city car, now named the smart fortwo, is safer, more dynamic and more comfortable than the versions before it. Sales of the first-generation smart throughout Europe exceed 770, 000. 2007 2008 >> Go west ­ and even greener In January 2008 the new smart fortwo goes on sale in the U. S. [. . . ] Due to high demand, production is increased to 1, 500 units with 250 vehicles designated for the U. S. smart USA 1765 S. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 1. 800. smart. USA smart - A Daimler Brand For more information, visit www. smartusa. com ev2010 [. . . ]