MOTIVATED BY an electric motor nestled between the rear wheels, the soon-to-be released Smart Fortwo Electric Drive will offer 30kW and 120Nm of torque and achieve a range of around 115km from one charge.

The Smart Fortwo ED will initially be leased to customers in Berlin and other European cities later this year, before being [...]

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If hybrids are still too “dirty” for you and hydrogen fuel cells just seem like a waste of time, you’re probably one of those individuals that see electric cars as being the real saviour of our carbon-choked planet.

Mitsubishi will likely bring its i MiEV battery-electric city car here early next decade, but it appears that [...]

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In a recent interview with US mag Automotive News (subscription only), Smart boss Anders-Sundt Jensen confirmed that the Daimler-owned producer of the microcars is working on an extended wheelbase that might lead to a return of the Forfour model.

Formats under consideration include a 2+1 and 2+2 layout, and while it might seem that a 2+2 [...]

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Ever wondered what happened to the drive-in theatre? Well, in a nutshell, people stopped driving into them. If you are a child of the 70s or earlier, you will likely have fond memories of drive-in theatres, as they were a regular night out for many folk ‘back in the day’.

Interestingly, Melbournians will soon be able [...]

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It’s official, according to the Australian Federal Government’s Green Vehicle Guide, the smart fortwo cabrio mhd (micro hybrid drive) is Australia’s greenest car. The fortwo mhd managed to best all contenders including some very popular hybrids and a host of small cars from Australia’s ‘light’ vehicle category.

The smart scored a substantial 17 out of 20 [...]

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smart Australia has announced that its fuel-sipping quasi-hybrid variant of the fortwo city car is on its way to Australia, where it’s sure to endear itself to bowser-fatigued inner-city motorists.

The fortwo mhd (micro hybrid drive) isn’t quite a hybrid in the conventional sense. There’s no beefy electric motors hooked up to the driveline, nor [...]

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We all knew 2007 was a good year for the car industry. In Australia, the one million sales in a calendar year mark was passed for the first time in history, with many manufacturers posting record sales results in this country. Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz car division has issued a press release claiming that sales of its [...]

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Can you pick the phonies? It’s not easy and it is the reason why Mercedes are preparing a lawsuit against Chinese car manufacturer Shuanghuan for their Smartcar ‘ForTwo’ look-alike, the Noble.

Making its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Noble is set to become Europe’s cheapest death-trap (prices starting at just 7000 Euros [...]

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The Bug may be back…

Is the real VW Beetle going to make a comeback? According to Automobilemag sources ‘deep’ inside Volkswagen have confirmed that the company is currently working on a rear-engined water-cooled small car and it’s said to “mimic the original Beetle in both layout and purpose”.

The new design is said to have the [...]

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