SMART  CARS

Smart Fortwo:

  The Smart Fortwo is a rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-passenger, two-door city car manufactured and marketed by the Smartdivision of Daimler AG, introduced in 1998, now transitioning into its third generation. Marketed in 42 countries — in Asia, North and South America, Africa, Australia and Europe — production of the Fortwo had surpassed 1.6 million units by mid-2013.^[2][3]

The Fortwo is noted for its 2.69 meter overall length, high H-point seating, offset passenger and driver seats (in the first and second generation, the passenger seat is 15 centimetres further rearward than the driver’s),^[3] automated manual transmission, De Dion tube rear suspension, low CO2 emissions (119 grams per kilometer, North America, 1.0 Liter),^[4] two-part rear hatch, interchangeable plastic body panels and prominent steel hemispherical safety-cell, which is marketed as the Tridion cell and is often provided in a contrasting color to the vehicle's body panels.