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Buying Guide: Smart Roadster and Roadster-Coupé

Hello Petrolheads! In today’s post, I decided to put down a comprehensive guide featuring all the points to look at while searching for a Smart Roadster, plus answering a few of the most regular questions I’m asked. Having first acquired a Roadster 9 years ago and nowadays owning two further units, and having read an awful lot about it, allowed me to have a very detailed idea about the strong and weak points of this Automotive pearl. So, considering buying a Smart Roadster? Congratulations! You’re on the way to a very fun life experience. But, to be so, you must do your homework first. - Which production year? Generally speaking, I always advise people to avoid cars produced during the first production year . I’m a Mechanical Engineer specialized in vehicle development and production, so have a perfect insight about the topic. Without entering in details, let’s just say that rigid marketing milestones regularly imply a car coming...

Driven: 2003 Smart Fortwo Passion W450

Cheers, petrolheads! Today’s review regards the starting point of the Smart range: the very first generation Fortwo (aka City-Coupé), with a petrol engine and Passion equipment level. The, then, City-Coupé, came to market in the end of 1998, the range comprising three equipment levels - City&Pure (basic), City and Pulse (sportier) and City&Passion (more luxurious) - and two versions of the same engine, a self-denominated turbo-suprex (45 and 54 PS). First on selected European markets, expanding to most of Europe by the year 2000. By then, a Cabrio version was added to the range, as well as a diesel CDI version. As everything revolutionary, market response was very cold. Prejudice was the dominant factor, not helped by the fact that it only took two. If it’s true that most people drive alone most of the time – Smart’s own studies had shown an average of 1.2 person per car in west Europe – it’s also correct to assume that most people need, sometimes,...

Driven: Smart Roadster Brabus Xclusive

Hello once again, petrolheads! It’s finally the time to review my latest acquisition: the Brabus tuned version of my beloved Smart Roadster. My passion for the Smart Roadster is well known and documented, but ever since I bought my first Roadster (the 60kW intermediate variant), I wondered: how much fun is the top of the range Brabus? I mean, with those looks it’s impossible to be something other than phenomenal, right? Sub-1,2m in height, 17” wheels with massive tires, leather-clad interior with aluminium touches and 19 horsepower more … It simply looks irresistible. The latest versions, called Xclusive, add a couple of touches to the standard Brabus, whose specification also changed with the appearance of this top equipment level (then it also appeared a cheaper, equipment-stripped Brabus Finale). However, despite prices starting at a hefty 27k € (in Germany), the options list was still long. For instance, not every single Brabus Xclusive Roadster I have seen has – wait ...

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