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Driven: 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion 62kW

Hello, petrolheads! Today I’m reviewing a relatively rare car: the turbocharged, facelifted version of the second-generation Smart Fortwo. Before buying one, I went to great lengths to find any sort of review of this version, in order to figure out if this version was a worthy compromise between the base MHD version and the range-topper Brabus. And I do mean great lengths, because I found no review, from whichever source, of the facelifted version – there are some from the model launch in 2007, but the facelift of 2010 brought some improvements to the engine, which could be relevant. Let’s start from the beginning. The second-generation Fortwo, launched in early 2007, was a major revolution in the Smart’s range: apart from having to mature the first’s generation flawed package, it would then be the only product left on the entire Smart lineup – the dealers were shifting the last stock of Roadsters (production stopped in November 2005) and Forfours (July 2006). Th