10th anniversary of smart fortwo

On September 3, 2008, the smart brand celebrated its tenth anniversary and production of the one-millionth smart fortwo. Today, the smart fortwo is popular with customers in 37 countries on five continents. Following its successful launch in the United States in 2008, smart has now set its sights on other markets: The fortwo will be launched in Denmark, China, and São Paulo, Brazil in the first half of 2009.

With carbon dioxide emissions of only 88 g/km, the smart fortwo cdi remains the world’s CO₂ champion and most fuel-efficient production car equipped with an internal combustion engine. smart fortwo models with 45 KW/61 hp and 52 KW/71 hp gasoline engines now feature an automatic start-stop system as standard equipment, which reduces fuel consumption by up to 20% in urban driving. In September 2008, we presented the second-generation smart smart fortwo electric drive. A limited number of the new vehicle, which is equipped with an innovative lithium-ion battery, will be produced starting at the end of 2009. Larger-scale production of the model is due to commence in 2012.

smart fortwo continues its success story. In 2008, sales of the smart brand increased significantly to 139,000 units (2007: 103,100). This positive development was due also to the great success enjoyed by the smart fortwo in USA, where 27,600 units of the model were sold in its first year on the market. The US is now the third biggest market for smart, after Italy (34,600 units) and Germany (31,500).