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Everyone remembers smart despite the brand exiting the North American market in 2019. Its quirky city cars added a dash of colour and fun to our downtowns for many years. Now split between Europe and China (Geely owns 50 percent), the company is entering a new chapter with a series …

The smart brand was dropped in North America following the 2019 model year, but it continues to exist in Europe and China. Back in January, we told you that it would reinvent itself as an SUV company, and now we have visual evidence. This week at the IAA show in …

A weird thing is about to happen with smart , which was saved from extinction through a partnership between Daimler and Geely in mid-2019 before it left the North American market at the end of that year. Believe it or not, smart will reinvent itself an SUV brand. Obviously, this …

In a shocking turn of event, Daimler has confirmed that the smart brand will exit the North American market following the 2019 model year. This comes only a month after the German automaker signed a 50-50 joint partnership with China’s Geely to keep the world’s most famous city car alive, …

Things have changed in a real hurry for smart. Not even 48 hours after we learned from a German newspaper that the brand’s fate would be decided by the end of this year , parent company Daimler announced the formation of a 50-50 globally focused joint venture with Chinese auto …

The future looks bleak for smart . The world’s most famous minicar could be axed in an attempt to make savings at parent company Daimler, whose overall profit fell by 30 percent in 2018. According to a new report by German newspaper Handelsblatt , the brand’s fate will be decided …

The diesel engine has just taken another hit, and might not recover. In an effort to prove that diesel engine emissions don’t pose a health risk to the population, German companies BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, along with supplier Bosch, funded an organisation called the European Research Group on Environment and …

For the fourth year in a row, in terms of media reach, the World Car Awards have been ranked as the number one automotive awards program in world. Its jury of 75 automotive journalists spread across the planet, including two from Canada, have chosen the finalists in six different categories.

From the 2017 model year on, it will be slightly harder to distinguish the hardtop smart fortwo from the fortwo cabriolet which is just arriving on the market. The pure and passion trim levels of the fortwo coupé will get a black fabric roof covering, while the prime version will …

Honda and Hitachi claim they have developed a breathalyzer device that can prevent a vehicle's engine from starting if it determines a driver has been drinking. Still in the prototype phase, the device can be integrated into smart keys, measuring alcohol levels within three seconds and acting as an ignition …