Video Summary
Here is the video summary:- The Smart #1 marries European car brand qualities like design, fit and finish with Chinese car brand attributes.
- The Smart brand is now a 50/50 partnership between Mercedes and Geely.
- It is the biggest Smart car ever.
- It's a sister car to the new Volvo EX30.
- It's 4.27 meters in length which qualifies as relatively small.
- It's priced in the mid £30,000s.
- It sits on Geely architecture called the SEA platform.
- Mercedes has done all the designs and touches on the items the customer will be in contact with the most.
- The exterior design has striking and unique features such as the floating roof, designed to look like an ear-flap hat, aero wheels, and the EQ light signature across the front and rear.
- The trunk is smaller than one might think.
- The car is rear-wheel drive.
- The front trunk is very small.
- The interior stands out the most.
- The cabin design and quality provides a luxurious experience.
- The attention detection feature can be annoying.
- The battery is a 62-kilowatt-hour usable unit.
- The WLTP range is 273 miles or 434 kilometers, which likely means 230 miles in the real world.
- The car can tow 1.6 tons.
- The entry-level model has 268 brake horsepower.
- It can do 0 to 60 in about seven seconds.
- Early tests actually have it at sub-six seconds.
- There is a brabus version with an extra motor in the front that gives it 422 horsepower; the reviewer recommends avoiding that version.
