Smart #1 and #3
Discussion
As the Volvo EX30 thread is crossing over to the new Smart #1 quite a bit, I’m starting this so the Smarts can have their own place. They’re based on the same platform as the EX30, the #1 is a similar size, but longer wheelbase so has a bit more cabin room, the #3 is longer.
I’ll copy the Fully Charged video over from the EX30 thread, and Autogefuhl has a video on the Smart #3 out now.
Have at it.
I’ll copy the Fully Charged video over from the EX30 thread, and Autogefuhl has a video on the Smart #3 out now.
Have at it.
There's a lower price Smart #1 model with a 49kwh (instead of 62kwh) battery for £31,950, it's £4k cheaper than the 62kwh Smart, the 62kwh battery was the only battery size available until now. The 49kwh battery is the same as the base £33,795 Volvo EX30. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/smart-1-...
My #1 Brabus arrived on Friday. First EV, never even driven one before, never seen one out on the road. Damn it's quick! But I've not arranged a home charger yet and hadn't ordered the Charge Place Scotland charge card so been a bit nervous about doing too many miles in it.
It's a lovely place to sit, all of the driver aids seem pretty good, commuting should be a lot more pleasant than before.
Couple of teething issues, one of the speakers is blown which ruins the 13 speaker Beats audio experience, all of the equaliser settings were turned up to max so suspect some idiot was finding out how loud it could go. The bonnet catch needs adjusted and almost left me stranded with it open and the amount of bings it fires at you as driver alerts can be annoying, but that seems to be the way we're going! Oh and range seems to be well under 200 at the moment but that's with quite a few plays in Brabus mode.
Overall I'm delighted with it.
It's a lovely place to sit, all of the driver aids seem pretty good, commuting should be a lot more pleasant than before.
Couple of teething issues, one of the speakers is blown which ruins the 13 speaker Beats audio experience, all of the equaliser settings were turned up to max so suspect some idiot was finding out how loud it could go. The bonnet catch needs adjusted and almost left me stranded with it open and the amount of bings it fires at you as driver alerts can be annoying, but that seems to be the way we're going! Oh and range seems to be well under 200 at the moment but that's with quite a few plays in Brabus mode.
Overall I'm delighted with it.
ajprice said:
There's a lower price Smart #1 model with a 49kwh (instead of 62kwh) battery for £31,950, it's £4k cheaper than the 62kwh Smart, the 62kwh battery was the only battery size available until now. The 49kwh battery is the same as the base £33,795 Volvo EX30. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/smart-1-...
The base Volvo isn't out yet, so that £33,795 by my maths, is a 57kwh battery. Configurator shows 16.7kwh/100km, and a range of 213.8 miles. If you convert miles to km, thats 342km range and at 16.7kwh/100km, makes the battery size 57kwh. As I understand it, a £32k version is coming soon, so that may well be the 49kwh battery version.Anyway, had a look on the smart configurator. Clicked the duo colour version of the base model and not a bad spec at all for the money. Heated seats, electric seats, memory seats, glass roof with electric blind, dual tone colour scheme, LED headlights and rear lights, blind spot detection plus many other safety features. Its an incredibly well specced car for the money.
Are there any ICE cars in that price bracket that have such an extensive list of features that come as standard? Its an impressive list, thats for sure.
There's a bigger Smart #5 coming, 4.7m long so around the size of a Mach-E or Model Y. https://uk.motor1.com/news/731127/smart-5-new-desi...
The sketches are showing a squarer body than those though. The Brabus version might be around 600bhp. It's probably a Geely platform share with the Volvo EX60 out next year.
The sketches are showing a squarer body than those though. The Brabus version might be around 600bhp. It's probably a Geely platform share with the Volvo EX60 out next year.
Edited by ajprice on Saturday 24th August 09:37
ajprice said:
There's a bigger Smart #5 coming...
Official release yesterday:https://uk.motor1.com/news/731610/smart-5-premium-...
Looks pretty good to me at first glance, but my personal issue with Smart
(and other electric only marques such as Tesla/BYD for that matter) is the
woeful lack of a decent dealer network; I live just north of Lancaster and
would have to travel all the way to Stockport as I had to do (several times!)
when I owned a Tesla.
What do car manufacturers have against Lancashire?!
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