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Will sleek Smart #3 remain UK road rarity?
Lancashire Evening Post
|August 29, 2025
Could low-profile vehicle be ready to hit the mass market, asks Tom Sharpe
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On my approach to our appropriately premium-looking Smart #3 Premium test car it is hard to imagine why we do not see more on UK roads.
Over two years after Smart's relaunch with the more upright #1 model - going all-electric in the process - you are still more likely to spot an aging, two-seat Smart fortwo scurrying along city streets.
Now built by China's Geely, as a part of a partnership with Mercedes, Smart's offerings are a world away from those earlier models.
Prices starting at £33,960, or £40,660 for the mid-range Premium version tested here, align the #3 with Cupra's Born and Volvo's EX30.
The range tops out with a 428bhp, all-wheel-drive Brabus version, which will accelerate to 62mph in under four seconds.
This story is from the August 29, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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