What's Wrong With This Picture: Future Smart Edition

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

If you’re one of those people who can’t stand the glacial styling evolution of the Porsche 911, look away now. Smart’s new Forvision Concept is said to preview some of the look of the next-gen Smart and, well, it’s no radical change. In fact, if you were to strip away all of the “concept-y” features from this thing, you’d be left with something like a current Smart with a fancy bodykit. Oh sure, it’s got “organic solar cells” on the roof and heat-conductive and insulating “e-textile” seat coverings, but this plug-in concept really just proves that Smart is a fixed idea. Though updates will be welcome in the European market where Smart already does well, but unless Smart shows a concept with a lower price, higher efficiency and more satisfying transmission, it’s hard to see the American market losing any sleep over such a “future Smart.”





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  • BuzzDog BuzzDog on Sep 02, 2011

    Looks like something that Mork used to travel to Earth from the planet Ork.

  • Dgran Dgran on Sep 02, 2011

    I first saw these cars in Italy in 2005 and they made sense over there in the cities. I see them working in a few markets in the US, but if this concept design is any indicator I would say the company is out of its mind. If I'm buying half a car I ought to spend less than full price for a new car or get exceptional fuel economy. The Smart does neither, but it is easy to park.

  • MaintenanceCosts It's not a Benz or a Jag / it's a 5-0 with a rag /And I don't wanna brag / but I could never be stag
  • 3-On-The-Tree Son has a 2016 Mustang GT 5.0 and I have a 2009 C6 Corvette LS3 6spd. And on paper they are pretty close.
  • 3-On-The-Tree Same as the Land Cruiser, emissions. I have a 1985 FJ60 Land Cruiser and it’s a beast off-roading.
  • CanadaCraig I would like for this anniversary special to be a bare-bones Plain-Jane model offered in Dynasty Green and Vintage Burgundy.
  • ToolGuy Ford is good at drifting all right... 😉
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