Thumbs Up For The Smart For Four
When looking at the Smart ForFour,The front-wheel drive continues smarts two-tone body-style theme, and with 10 external colours and three highlight choices, there’s over 30 combinations to choose from.
All models come standard with electric front windows, remote central locking, air-conditioning, CD player and alloy wheels. The 1.5-litre version adds multi-function steering wheel, trip computer and of course, the bigger engine.There’s ample room for two adults in the front, and there’s enough leg and headroom to fit two adults in the rear.
The steering wheel tilt adjustment can take a little of the sting out, however, making for a reasonable compromise overall. The cabin has a useful amount of oddments storage, including door pockets, a glove box and a cup holder under the stereo stack.The boot, such as it is, fits an overnight bag, or maybe four bags of shopping if you’re a light eater. The second row of seats can slide forward up to 150mm to free up room in the otherwise cramped boot at the cost of rear-seat legroom.
It can also be folded flat for bigger loads.It comes with and electronic stability program which controls the wheels to regulate slip & reduce the risk of losing control. Four wheel disc brakes are standard, as is ABS (anti-lock brake system) with EBD (electronic brake-force distribution)The forfour sits on an incredibly long wheelbase that almost leaves the back axle behind the car!
This wide footprint endows the forfour with the on-road dynamism and responsiveness of a much bigger cars, all models have the choice of a five-speed manual transmissions or an optional six-speed automatic with a sequential manual mode The former produces 70kW of power and just 125Nm of torque, which is sufficient to propel the 970kg forfour from rest to 100km/h in a claimed 10.8 seconds.Fuel consumption for this engine is a claimed 6.1 litres/.100km. Both models have a 47 litre fuel tank and smart recommends premium unleaded. This is a lovely little car to drive nippy in the right places and I really enjoyed my 2 hours of urban driving, and another two hours of suburban driving. Lets hope there are more like this for me to try so over all I would give this smart little car a big thumbs up.
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