Smart Car MPG
No question about it, the smart car was deigned from the ground up with mileage in mind! The sight of it is reminiscent of the geo metro of the last decade, but make no mistake they are not even in the same class. The smart car packs it all-
Picking the Smart car as your next car will say volumes about you. Who has time to stop at the pump every week? Not you! And you won’t have to with the great gas mileage of the smart car. 33 in the city, most cars don’t even get that on the highway. With an astonishing 41 mpg on the highway. Bear in mind these are EPA estimates, they are low averages and can easily be beaten.
Tags: “Smart” car commercial – NOT the Cloverfield monster
All of the internet buzz surrounding the movie “Cloverfield” reminded me of this commercial for the “Smart” car from Europe – it features a parody of the 1998 Devlin/Emmerich Godzilla aka Zilla aka GINO (Godzilla In Name Only).
Smart with hayabusa engine
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Smart Car Crash Test/Safety
The Smart is equipped with seat-mounted combination side airbags as well as electronic stability control. To maximize the front crumple zone, the smart fortwo’s engine is rear-mounted.
In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car marketed in the US market, earned the top overall rating of “Good” in both the front and side crash tests. The Fortwo received the “Good” score in 8 of 11 measured injury categories.[6] Its seat/head restraints earned the second highest rating of “Acceptable” for protection against whiplash in rear impacts. The IIHS did an offset crash test with a Smart Fortwo and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which is 40% of one car’s driver’s side head on with 40% of another car’s driver’s side, and the Smart received a “Poor” rating due to the occupants heads slamming into the steering wheel. Also, there was too much intrusion into the footwell of the Smart Fortwo. Dummy movement was not well controlled. The Smart Fortwo circled 540 degrees and landed approximately 45 feet (14 m) away from the initial crash.
NHTSA crash test results for the 2008 Smart Fortwo:[7]
- Frontal Driver:
- Frontal Passenger:
- Side Driver: *The driver door unlatched and opened during the side impact crash which increases the likelihood of occupant ejection.
- Rollover:
Euro NCAP crash results:[8]
- Adult Occupant:
- Pedestrian:
Smart Car Transmission/Transaxle
The smart features an automated manual transmission without a clutch pedal, 6-speed for the first generation, 5-speed for the second. Input from floor-mounted shifter or optional steering wheel-mounted paddles controls a servo-operated clutch and sequential automated gearbox. The vehicle may be driven in automatic mode, though the shift points are not as smooth as in a traditional automatic transmission. In paddle shifter mode, the operator controls the shift points but cannot feather or adjust the speed of the clutch. Thus some skill, and a slight lifting of the accelerator pedal, is required to achieve a smooth shift.
In 2009 Smart issues Smart 2.0, which is an upgrade to the ECU free of charge. This allows gear change in ‘Automatic’ to be smoother and faster. This was done to 2008 Smarts, along with a new battery in certain vehicles, only, as the 2009 onwards all Smarts sold afterwards have the upgrade from the factory already.
Smart Car Engine
There are a few different Engines offered throughout the two generations of Smart Cars so far:
In the first Generation The engines available were turbocharged three cylinder motors. At first the base gasoline engine had .6L (599 cc), but displacement increased to .68L (698 cc) with an early restyling. HP ratings for the two gasoline engines were 50hp and 61hp respecitvely. There was a turbodiesel engine with a .80L (799 cc) displacement and 40 hp. The engines/transaxle are placed in the rear of the vehicle and is probably the best feature of the smart cars powerplant.
For the Second Generation: A new 1.0l (999 cc) version 3B21 (2007 onwards) produced by Mitsubishi Motors was introduced, with one big difference between the Europe and the US version. The NA Europe model has a 11.4:1 compression ratio and premium fuel (95+ RON) is recommended. It is rated at 71 hp . The US Modelhas a 10:1 compression ratio and premium fuel (91 Octane) is recommended. German tuner company Brabus, in a joint venture with Smart, has developed a version with 98 hp and 140 N·m torque, available in Europe only at this time.
