Car Smart for Two (SMART fortwo)

The For Two is the original car SMART model, launched in 1998 as City Coupe. The name Fortwo was introduced for this car when Smart began producing additional models.

Concept

The Smart "Micro compact car" was designed primarily for urban use in European cities,

where parking is scarce and fuel economy is of great importance. The car Smart Fortwos length of only 250 cm allows as many as three of the vehicles to be parked in the space normally taken by one standard-length car.

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Providing adequate passenger safety was a challenge tothe designers.

To solve this and to provide a rigid frame, a solid steel "Tridion" frame, left visible at the exterior as a major design element, completely surrounds and protects the passenger compartment, and defines the basic shape of the car as well. Interchangeable plastic body panels complete the exterior. With a weight of 730 kg, it is one of the lightest cars in the European market. In order to make maximum use of the minimal crumple zone at the front, the car Smart For Two has its engine positioned at the rear of the vehicle.

The engine range is composed of only turbocharged three cilynder motors. Originally, the base petrol engine had 599 cc, but displacement was increased to 698 cc along with the restyling. It is available in 37 kW (50 PS) or 45 kW (61 PS) variants. The turbodiesel engine has 799 cc displacement with 30 kW (41 PS). Engines are mounted in the rear of the vehicle.

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Although only a manual transmission is offered, there is no clutch pedalinstead, input from floor-mounted shifter or optional steering-mounted paddles is fed to a servo-operated clutch to shift the sequentialautomatic gearbox.

The car Smart averages 4.7 L/100 km for the gasoline model and 3.4 L/100 km for the diesel.

Parking

As free parking spots are hard to find in many European cities,

official parking is expensive, and illegally parked cars are fined,immobilized or towed, the original ideabehind the very short "smart car" is that the vehicle may be parked back-in parallel parking zones. Its length of 250cm (98.4 in) equalsthe width of a truck or a regular parking slot, allowing two or three Smarts to park in the same space as one normal car if parked side-on to the usual parkingdirection.However, this type ofparkingis verydangerous because drivers are unabletosee the parked vehicles brake lights to knowthat thecar is operational. As such, this type ofparking has been banned in Munich, Germany, amongst other places.

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