That was, a guide who spoke Italian and English. The second smart thing I did was borrow a car economical enough for Rome's $2.50 a litre petrol wallop, and small enough to squeeze through the traffic ...

BEING in a smart fortwo-owning family, I can vouch for just how innovative, cheap to run and downright handy the little car is. As a second car, or a city runabout, it’s perfect. But its limitations ...

Hello . A little advice is required before I jump in . Thinking of changing my car for no reason other than i fancy a change . The two cars on my shopping list are a Citroen c2 vts 1.6 hdi 2007 , with ...

Smart, Mercedes-Benz's hip, minicar brand launched in 1994, has branched out from its initial, pod-like, two-seater (famous for its ability to park nose in to a curb), and added a targa-topped ...

The Smart Fortwo is a known quantity. It’s the expensive novelty you often see strewn haphazardly on snippets of unclaimed urban streetscape, especially in Europe. It survives because of Daimler ...

Big brother to the new Smart ForTwo, and first cousin to the new Renault Twingo. The ForFour shares its hard points with Renault’s smartly packaged new city car, and is built at the French firm’s ...

NEW innovations that don’t fit in with the accepted ‘norms’ usually generate two distinct sets of followers – those who love the new idea and those who don’t. It’s the same with the smart. With its ...