Paris
- Comfort, agility, safety and ecology are particular strengths
of the smart fortwo. They are best demonstrated in European
cities such as Paris, Berlin or Rome - the environment that this
car was developed for and where it has achieved cult status in a
very short space of time.
The
smart fortwo requires only half the road space of most
other vehicles. The agile two-seater not only gets you
around town more quickly; if everyone were to drive a
smart fortwo, the line of cars waiting at the traffic
lights would be only half as long, and the car parks
would have space for twice as many cars. Or to put it
another way: you don't have to look for a parking space
in the smart fortwo - you find one.
A
car park at the fair stand
But
let's come back to comfort, agility, safety and ecology:
under the motto "The city loves you" the smart
fortwo will be demonstrating these - its archetypal
strengths - at the Paris Motor Show.
A car park is a main
feature of the exhibition area. Here, 15 smart fortwos
are parked close together. They
demonstrate the economical use of valuable parking space
by this two seater measuring less than three metres in
length.
Incidentally,
all the smart fortwos sport the same appearance in lite
white with a silver tridion safety cell. With one
exception: the smart fortwo edition red has an all-over
"intensive red" finish. This sporty two-seater
is to be offered as the final special model as the
current series is phased out, and is also on show at the
fair in Paris.
The
new smart fortwo: Even more smart fortwo
The
new smart fortwo, which will be launched in the spring of 2007, is not
on show in Paris. The world premiere will take place this year, at a
location outside of the trade fair circuit. However, a first indication
of its appearance has already been given: a sand sculpture of the new
model could be seen during the German beach volleyball championships at
the beginning of September at Timmendorfer Strand.
Over
and above this we can reveal this much: the new smart fortwo will be a
true smart fortwo as well. It will adopt the key characteristics of the
current model. You could say that the fortwo can do everything that the
current fortwo can do - but a little better.
