What is it?
If you look at the ingredients on paper, the Smart Fortwo Brabus cabrio can be made to sound quite tempting. After all, it’s a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive two-seater that’s available for less than £20,000. According to Smart, it’s ‘the urban sports car’.
It may have just 898 cubic centimetres to push it along, but power has been increased to a fairly healthy 108bhp. With a kerb weight of just 1040kg, that’s enough to give it a 0-62mph time of 9.5sec, although an electronic limiter calls time at 102mph.
To help cope with the additional 20bhp you get over a non-Brabus Fortwo, there’s sports suspension and steering, retuned electronic stability control (ESP), plus bigger wheels with wider tyres. As for gearbox, there’s no manual option, just a dual-clutch automatic.
Of course, there’s also some added visual clout so people know how much money you’ve spent. This includes those larger rims, twin exhaust pipes, sportier front and rear bumpers and, of course, Brabus badging.
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Who on earth would buy one??
Also, the new model can't get away with sideways parking into small spaces - I've seen quite a few with parking tickets on the windscreen, so its USP is no longer valid! It is now an utterly pointless car and the latest front looks appalling, perhaps it should be named Thicky?
I'm a huge smart fan, had
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It's just too expensive and doesn't even look very special, previous BRABUS versions had more exterior changes - looking at this thing side on it just looks like a side skirt has been ripped off.