Smart

Not to be confused with Intelligence.

smart Automobile Co., Ltd.

Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	February 1994; 30 years ago (February 1994) (marque) 2019; 6 years ago (2019) (joint venture)
Headquarters	Ningbo , China
Key people	Tong Xiangbei (CEO)
Products	Electric vehicles
Owners	Mercedes-Benz Group (50%) Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (50%)
Subsidiaries	smart Europe GmbH smart Automobile Sales Co., Ltd.
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	智马达汽车有限公司
Traditional Chinese	智馬達汽車有限公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhìmǎdá Qìchē Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Website	uk.smart.com
Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4]

Smart Fortwo

smart is a brand of microcars and superminis based in Böblingen, Germany. It is a division of Daimler AG. The brand was started in 1994. The brand became a joint venture between Geely and Mercedes-Benz in 2019, launching the Smart #1 in 2022 and announcing the Smart #3 in 2023.

History

Origins

Former Smart offices in Böblingen

The design concept for the marque's automobiles began at Mercedes-Benz in the early 1970s to late 1980s. After brief backing by Volkswagen, the first model was released by Daimler-Benz in October 1998. Several variants on the original design have been introduced, with the original being the "City Coupé" that would be renamed the "ForTwo".^[5]

Current models

Production	Model	Picture
2014–present	Smart Fortwo (C453) Smart Fortwo Cabrio (A453)
2017–present	Smart EQ Fortwo Smart EQ Fortwo Cabrio
2022–present	Smart #1
'2023-present"	Smart #3

Historic models

Production	Model	Picture
1998–2000	Smart City-Coupé (C450) & City-Cabrio* (*from 2000) (A450)
2002	Smart Crossblade
2001–2007	Smart City-Coupé (C450) & City-Cabrio (renamed Fortwo in 2004) (A450)
2001–2004	Smart K (Japan only)
2003–2005	Smart Roadster Coupé (R452) Smart Roadster Cabrio (C452)
2004–2006	Smart Forfour (W454)
2007–2015	Smart Fortwo (C451) Smart Fortwo Cabrio (A451)
2008–2016 (2008–2011 in limited trials[6])	Smart Fortwo Electric Drive (formerly known as EV) (C453) Smart Fortwo Cabrio Electric Drive (A453)
2014–2019	Smart Forfour (W453)
2017–2022	Smart EQ Forfour

Concept models

• Tridion 4 (2001)
• Crosstown (2005)
• Formore (2005)
• Forspeed (2011)
• Forvision (2011)
• Forstars (2012)^[7]
• Concept #1 (2021)^[8]

References

1. "Management". smart Automobile. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. "Organisations". smart Automobile. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
3. "smart and PROTON sign MoA on regional partnership" (Press release). smart Automobile. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
4. "法律声明" [Legal notice] (in Chinese). smart Automobile. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
5. "Smart ForTwo Brochure 1998 NL - Veikl". Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
6. Nunez, Alex (2006-07-13). "News article". Autoblog.com. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
7. "Smart Forstars: Vehículo eléctrico cien por cien cinéfilo". September 25, 2012.
8. Cite error: The named reference motor1.com was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

Other websites

• Official website