He obviously has no idea what the name means. The car is for 2 people "fortwo" not "for t-wo". What an idiot. SACK HIM! He can't even research a car before doing a review.
I also kinda wish they had different engine options here in the US.... but either way i still love my Smart ForTwo Brabus Coupe. Eventually maybe a turbo for it might fall into my budget (highly unlikely, though, at least til i pay the car off in a few years)..... but it's still the most fun car i've ever driven.... possibly more fun than my parent's '01 Pontiac Trans-Am. Keep in mind... i'm 25 years old, and about 6'3" tall... and i think the Smart has more passenger room tha most SUV's.
@jakel950 But are there so many people using battery powered cars? I don't think so. But the smart already doesn't use much fuel at all, much less than most lower class cars (class from size)
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This is a car for women ONLY. Women are not so smart when driving, right? So, they need something to raise their smartness. That's what smart stands for.
@FlareCreative so it is stupid to have a small city car, being able to go also on freeways? Not having so big problems by finding a parking space that is big enough? For one person going to work, or business? A car that uses much less fuel? Is that soo stupid??
It's not stupid to have a small car but it is to a have a Brabus smart car. For going to work means a commute car and it doesn't have to be brabus. I drove a prius and cooper to work for the purpose you mentioned and totally don't understand a modded smart. Ok, there is electronic that won't make it tip over in NORMAL CONDITION like you mentioned, then it shouldn't be a brabus. What stupid move this was for Brabus.
@FlareCreative "What stupid move this was for Brabus" - well I think it's also 'to show what is possible', that even very small cars can be tuned; And the Brabus has the same electronics against tipping over, but the ones are built for the higher speed and so on. I also think that it's a kind of stupid to buy a Brabus Smart, but there are always people, that want 'a more exclusiv version'
yes he has an accent, but he can say the word "two" because he said it numerous times. He just simply is pronouncing the word "fortwo" incorrectly......unless he knows something we dont. He could be right and we could be wrong. Who knows.....but im going with fortwo ( 4 2) as the correct pronunciation
That was how I originally pronounced it, fott-whoa, until I realized about the ForFour. I figure the Fortwo is the same as spanish ParaCuatro, and we should pronounce it the way he isn't.
Why is it silly? The plant can't produce the cars fast enough for the American demand as it is. :) Adding another model would be foolish now, instead it would be better to wait until demand begins to fall off in a few years, then introduce the Brabus as a way to get people interested again.
I will buy the electric version. I really think that we should stop relying on gas. And the harmful substances that kill people everyday especially people with asthma.
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STFU... It's stupid liberal's like u that passed all of these smog laws in california... But as soon as I pass smog i go home and install a cat-less straight pipe sometimes just to piss off Prius owners. LOL
batteries dont cause acid rain buddy. acid rain is pollutants in the air from combustion of different chemical compounds (such as gasoline, diesel, coal and the likes) that meet with water particles and become mixed into the water vapor, and then when the water falls as rain there is a decreased pH in the water. car battery's acid doesn't enter the atmosphere, ever. it enters the environment when put into land fills and what not but not the atmosphere. learn your facts
so your saying that the lead that is put into the atmosphere when manufacturing lead acid batteries causes acid rain then? I agree. But electric cars don't use lead acid batteries genius.
I'm saying that the process of making electric cars' batteries pollutes the air (and, as a consequence, everything else). I didn't refer lead in any part of my previous comment...
lead acid batteries are the ones that have any significant pollution during their production. therefore logically (unless you are referencing power used at plants that make them and the pollution tied to that which would be a ridiculous argument) you must be talking about pollution from lead acid battery production. Electric cars don't use lead acid batteries. feel free to link me to a reputable source quoting how other forms of battery make significant amounts of airborne pollutants.
I wouldn't worry about these cars making it big in the US mate, they burn more fuel than a Toyota Yaris and are smaller, slower and more expensive than Toyotas. Never going to happen.
The '08 ForTwo gets up to 55mpg -- Yaris, 40 at best
The Yaris is rated by Consumer Reports as one of the most unreliable and unsafe cars of '07, and a terrible buy, whereas the ForTwo is one of the safest.
The Yaris may seat four, but none of them fit well. The ForTwo fits two. So does a Vette. Not comparing the two, since the ForTwo isn't a sports car, but we don't complain about a two seater when it IS a sports car, do we?
Also, one can fit TWO ForTwos in a single parking space, or one-car garage, whereas only one Yaris can fit in that space.
Personally, though, I hope they come out with a ForTwo EV soon.
Is that right? My mistake. I thought the Yaris was essentially a re-badged version of the Toyota Echo which has good reliability reputation and aside from the unpleasant road noise was a pleasure to drive despite my 6'8" frame. I guess I was wrong there :S The last Echo I drove was an 03.
Yeah, Echos were great cars despite the noise. That is one of the few mistakes Toyota made. I will admit the Yaris is pretty cool, though.
One thing that may rectify the Yaris problem is the new Toyota IQ that is coming out. It's pretty neat looking, and it's only about 1' longer than the ForTwo. However, it doesn't seem like Toyota will be bringing the IQ here. Bummer.
Toyota has made many mistakes. They dropped the Supra, the Celica, and the MR2. They imported Chevy Cavaliers into Japan and called them Toyota Cavaliers. They can't make a comfortable seat to save their lives. Toyota sucks.
What's the point in driving a smart then? Smart with a hayabusa engine ruins two vehicles to make one lousy one. "Smart Hayabusa, all the expense, inconvenience and ugliness of a new Smart but with the polution belching addition of a Hayabusa engine. Let the ladies know you've got nothing rolling around upstairs.
For two and you have to trim ur shopping list..
SnoopGGoD 3 weeks ago
OMG! Stop with the useless shots!
snakethebeast 4 months ago
"smart fortoa"? wtf?
TheHaos1 4 months ago
Jeremy Clarkson is better.
lhoward96 7 months ago 2
He obviously has no idea what the name means. The car is for 2 people "fortwo" not "for t-wo". What an idiot. SACK HIM! He can't even research a car before doing a review.
AUSSIEsmartboi 8 months ago
wow a smart brabus. thats as practical as a brabus fish and chips.
toyota420xp 11 months ago
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smart = gay
javaleira 1 year ago
@javaleira Busticket = Gay
xpsghawkx 10 months ago
BRASIL
rogerinhomiquelin 1 year ago
Nice
kassel2711 1 year ago
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"And there's the classic Brabus, which is ... just so classic." This guy's great.
blah0408 1 year ago
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blah0408 1 year ago
What? 17,000 or 70,000 Euros? At 17 it's awesome, 70 is just brutal..
OrigaMagic 1 year ago
@OrigaMagic the brabus is 17k
MorganFawnvern 1 year ago
@OrigaMagic it's $17,000
AUSSIEsmartboi 8 months ago
@AUSSIEsmartboi Lol, wasn't expecting an answer 10 months later xD
OrigaMagic 8 months ago
love it
russiaKGB 1 year ago
boring...
tranzyd 1 year ago
Really Boring video, Bad edits, Bad tining learnt nothing here and it is 4:00 too long . Mr Four Toes
tranzyd 1 year ago
Pocket rocket or the road.
Ryoske6 1 year ago
1:35 is wrong...not 89hp, they have 98hp!
havanese0801 1 year ago
I also kinda wish they had different engine options here in the US.... but either way i still love my Smart ForTwo Brabus Coupe. Eventually maybe a turbo for it might fall into my budget (highly unlikely, though, at least til i pay the car off in a few years)..... but it's still the most fun car i've ever driven.... possibly more fun than my parent's '01 Pontiac Trans-Am. Keep in mind... i'm 25 years old, and about 6'3" tall... and i think the Smart has more passenger room tha most SUV's.
theElemDragon 2 years ago
@theElemDragon Get a Diablo. It's much better and can be used in any way u want except family travel.
Ryoske6 1 year ago
@theElemDragon if u want family travel with a smart car get smart forfour. althought it's pretty fast with a 400hp
Ryoske6 1 year ago
you can't go fast around a corner in that, it would just tip over
thatulsta 2 years ago
@thatulsta there are electronics that it won't tip over under normal conditions.
EnjoyFirefighting 2 years ago
@thatulsta Actually it can drift =P
Ryoske6 1 year ago
A supercar for poofs
clubpenguin777 2 years ago
I recommend NOT getting a Smart Car at all, to keep your dignity.
SecularTechnology 2 years ago
@SecularTechnology Smart beats ferrari and lambourghini.
Ryoske6 1 year ago
How so?
SecularTechnology 1 year ago
Drag racing. although i'm not so sure with the lambo.
Ryoske6 1 year ago
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stop making this car and let chevy make the battery powered cars like the chevy volt
jakel950 2 years ago
@jakel950 But are there so many people using battery powered cars? I don't think so. But the smart already doesn't use much fuel at all, much less than most lower class cars (class from size)
EnjoyFirefighting 2 years ago
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This is a car for women ONLY. Women are not so smart when driving, right? So, they need something to raise their smartness. That's what smart stands for.
But sometimes this isn't even enough...
Aappan 2 years ago
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What a waste of efforts from the engineers and designers. Stop making stupid cars!!!!
FlareCreative 2 years ago
@FlareCreative so it is stupid to have a small city car, being able to go also on freeways? Not having so big problems by finding a parking space that is big enough? For one person going to work, or business? A car that uses much less fuel? Is that soo stupid??
EnjoyFirefighting 2 years ago
It's not stupid to have a small car but it is to a have a Brabus smart car. For going to work means a commute car and it doesn't have to be brabus. I drove a prius and cooper to work for the purpose you mentioned and totally don't understand a modded smart. Ok, there is electronic that won't make it tip over in NORMAL CONDITION like you mentioned, then it shouldn't be a brabus. What stupid move this was for Brabus.
FlareCreative 2 years ago
@FlareCreative "What stupid move this was for Brabus" - well I think it's also 'to show what is possible', that even very small cars can be tuned; And the Brabus has the same electronics against tipping over, but the ones are built for the higher speed and so on. I also think that it's a kind of stupid to buy a Brabus Smart, but there are always people, that want 'a more exclusiv version'
EnjoyFirefighting 2 years ago
@FlareCreative It's very stupid to have a very big hummer if your not gonna use it's space anyway.
Ryoske6 1 year ago
For-two. For-four. This review is awful. Absolutely brutal.
doubletap85 2 years ago 19
Every time I hear about a "performance" model Smart I get a mental image of midget body builders.
JDARJISJ 2 years ago 3
its not ever performance :(
and i read on their website that it was 70hp..
i dunno. weeeiird
enigmamonkey92 2 years ago
In Europe the Brabus is bumped to like 100hp or so... and turbo.
darktalon2gnt 2 years ago
are you kidding?
but not in N.A.?
enigmamonkey92 2 years ago
Nope, not kidding, we got the short end of the stick here... smarts also available in diesel in Europe..
darktalon2gnt 2 years ago 3
maybe they'd be a little more popular if they improved our model over here..
i'd consider THAT brabus smart.
enigmamonkey92 2 years ago
that's one bad ass toaster...go fort-woah!
iCheckVtec 2 years ago 2
lets see this on top gear car football
nx5 2 years ago 2
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UGGGGGGGLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYY......
mdjordjevic08 2 years ago
Who the hell is this dickhead? I'm British and i can pronounce FORTOOOOOOO!
mattythemig 2 years ago 22
Yeah me too! He's all like, "Fort, whoa!"
Kreigshundun2 2 years ago 4
Where was it?
car sign white in the frint, yellow in the back??
Mamakayi 2 years ago
France
baldes 2 years ago
i swear the rims dont deserve that car
alsuwaidi87 2 years ago
lol fort-wo
devster117 2 years ago
buy a nano instead!
tigersoup 2 years ago
He has an accent! God you people are idiots.
neverending4181 2 years ago
I see. So British people are incapable of pronouncing the words "for" and "two" in succession? Nice try.
bensmokemeat 2 years ago 2
yes he has an accent, but he can say the word "two" because he said it numerous times. He just simply is pronouncing the word "fortwo" incorrectly......unless he knows something we dont. He could be right and we could be wrong. Who knows.....but im going with fortwo ( 4 2) as the correct pronunciation
kt32347 2 years ago
That was how I originally pronounced it, fott-whoa, until I realized about the ForFour. I figure the Fortwo is the same as spanish ParaCuatro, and we should pronounce it the way he isn't.
EA11RDrift 2 years ago
for-two. 4, 2. Not "fort-whoa."
xtremetraceur23 2 years ago
Fort-wo, what an idiot.
It's a Fortwo, as in it is "FOR TWO" people.
selfsilent 2 years ago 2
You're the idiot
neverending4181 2 years ago
Actually he's right. You're an idiot. Want proof? Look at the larger car by Smart, the forfour. "For four" people.
t2a0eng 2 years ago
what the hell is a Fort-Woh
its a fortwo you prat.
aquatherapy1 2 years ago
lol cute angry-faced cars
misstoffu 3 years ago
Somebody needs to slap this boy with a sesame street dvd sponsored by the number twohh....
Love my smart car. :-)
1st1anarkissed 3 years ago
Why is it silly? The plant can't produce the cars fast enough for the American demand as it is. :) Adding another model would be foolish now, instead it would be better to wait until demand begins to fall off in a few years, then introduce the Brabus as a way to get people interested again.
duckjock 3 years ago
my mum copped one of these in black, acceleration is crazy.
5 made a year in england. ;)
03clarkg 3 years ago
I will buy the electric version. I really think that we should stop relying on gas. And the harmful substances that kill people everyday especially people with asthma.
NO267E841 3 years ago 5
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STFU... It's stupid liberal's like u that passed all of these smog laws in california... But as soon as I pass smog i go home and install a cat-less straight pipe sometimes just to piss off Prius owners. LOL
911GT3PWR 3 years ago
And when all cars are electric. Where do you think the electricity comes from? It's not just in the wall. Power plants. Nuclear plants.
By the way, I don't have a car
knetteroo 3 years ago 3
stfu you liberal noob.
mayhemlee 3 years ago
Youre a fucking idiot, the batterys used for electric cars pollute and cause acid rain. Much dirtier than oil, learn your facts
xxxthedevilsreject 3 years ago
batteries dont cause acid rain buddy. acid rain is pollutants in the air from combustion of different chemical compounds (such as gasoline, diesel, coal and the likes) that meet with water particles and become mixed into the water vapor, and then when the water falls as rain there is a decreased pH in the water. car battery's acid doesn't enter the atmosphere, ever. it enters the environment when put into land fills and what not but not the atmosphere. learn your facts
fatstrathss 3 years ago
The process of making the batteries is what causes environmental issues, not the batteries itself. By the way, nice 4th grade info on acid rain...
odracirseraoseia1999 3 years ago
so your saying that the lead that is put into the atmosphere when manufacturing lead acid batteries causes acid rain then? I agree. But electric cars don't use lead acid batteries genius.
fatstrathss 3 years ago 2
I'm saying that the process of making electric cars' batteries pollutes the air (and, as a consequence, everything else). I didn't refer lead in any part of my previous comment...
odracirseraoseia1999 3 years ago
lead acid batteries are the ones that have any significant pollution during their production. therefore logically (unless you are referencing power used at plants that make them and the pollution tied to that which would be a ridiculous argument) you must be talking about pollution from lead acid battery production. Electric cars don't use lead acid batteries. feel free to link me to a reputable source quoting how other forms of battery make significant amounts of airborne pollutants.
fatstrathss 3 years ago
lol i can't believe that there are stil idiots out there that think electric cars pollute less than gass cars.what a dumb ass.
rggog1 3 years ago
I hate how this guy pronounces it "fort-woo-oh."
foxmajik 3 years ago 4
I'd go with the Brabus Ultimate 112
carsismeZ06 4 years ago 3
Top speed 155? It'd be terrifying!
mattouli 4 years ago
km/h not mph
orymcmenamin 4 years ago 3
155 km/hr you knucklehead!!
SEER438 4 years ago
The Smart FourTwo classic is just so classic???!! WTF You suck balls. Do you even like cars, you sound like your reading the brochure!
banksyoho 4 years ago
cheaply done video.... not exactly top gear! lol
ryanbanksryan 4 years ago
my thoughts exactly
mikeysa 4 years ago
Terrible narration.
danno700 4 years ago
fortwo > yaris
landstrasse36 4 years ago
slow clutch, great everything else. Yaris...haha. great visuals. retarded presenter and script is student quality...
bobshockville 4 years ago
hey, i have a yaris.lol
Mercealago 4 years ago
what the hell is a FORT-WO?!?!?!?!?!?
pshoat 4 years ago
Smart FOR-TWO, dumbass.
Soreo8 4 years ago 4
well say it right then!!! i knew what he was saying.......
dumbass??? ha!ha!ha!
NOB!
pshoat 4 years ago
Hee hee! I think he said "fort ooh whoaw"? He's merely trying too hard i reckon....!
mattouli 4 years ago
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This garbage will soon be littering US roadways. Thank god I dont live in frisco where I'd have to see a lot of them.
Arschenschmertz 4 years ago
I wouldn't worry about these cars making it big in the US mate, they burn more fuel than a Toyota Yaris and are smaller, slower and more expensive than Toyotas. Never going to happen.
obscureluzername 4 years ago
The '08 ForTwo is only $200 more than the Yaris.
The '08 ForTwo rides WAY better than the Yaris.
The '08 ForTwo gets up to 55mpg -- Yaris, 40 at best
The Yaris is rated by Consumer Reports as one of the most unreliable and unsafe cars of '07, and a terrible buy, whereas the ForTwo is one of the safest.
beatusmongous 4 years ago 3
The Yaris may seat four, but none of them fit well. The ForTwo fits two. So does a Vette. Not comparing the two, since the ForTwo isn't a sports car, but we don't complain about a two seater when it IS a sports car, do we?
Also, one can fit TWO ForTwos in a single parking space, or one-car garage, whereas only one Yaris can fit in that space.
Personally, though, I hope they come out with a ForTwo EV soon.
beatusmongous 4 years ago 2
Agreed! ForTwo EV tentatively slated to be available in 2010 in the U.S.
6of6 3 years ago 4
Is that right? My mistake. I thought the Yaris was essentially a re-badged version of the Toyota Echo which has good reliability reputation and aside from the unpleasant road noise was a pleasure to drive despite my 6'8" frame. I guess I was wrong there :S The last Echo I drove was an 03.
obscureluzername 4 years ago
Yeah, Echos were great cars despite the noise. That is one of the few mistakes Toyota made. I will admit the Yaris is pretty cool, though.
One thing that may rectify the Yaris problem is the new Toyota IQ that is coming out. It's pretty neat looking, and it's only about 1' longer than the ForTwo. However, it doesn't seem like Toyota will be bringing the IQ here. Bummer.
beatusmongous 4 years ago
Toyota has made many mistakes. They dropped the Supra, the Celica, and the MR2. They imported Chevy Cavaliers into Japan and called them Toyota Cavaliers. They can't make a comfortable seat to save their lives. Toyota sucks.
KiaKing 4 years ago 2
And, oh yeah- Yaris's are ugly as hell, don't forget that.
Whoever's in charge of design in Toyota sucks alot.
Soreo8 4 years ago
• the smart's turning radius is 10 feet smaller than the yaris
• the smart isn't ugly like the yaris
• consumer reports is evil like the yaris
• smarts are just plain smart
landstrasse36 4 years ago
go smarts!
landstrasse36 4 years ago 2
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i must say, this car kind of sucks, only sits 2 people, gas milege big deal.. and the accelerations sucks.
JUKIO01 4 years ago
JUST AS YOU KNOW smart is a city car and its not ment to drive so fast so the acceleration doesent hawe to bee so god. JACKASS!!
DragracingX 4 years ago 2
you know else is a city car, my car that i have in my garage. i dont have to fork out another 10,000 to drive it either.
JUKIO01 4 years ago 3
you have to see the smart with hayabusa motor...
javigutz 4 years ago
What's the point in driving a smart then? Smart with a hayabusa engine ruins two vehicles to make one lousy one. "Smart Hayabusa, all the expense, inconvenience and ugliness of a new Smart but with the polution belching addition of a Hayabusa engine. Let the ladies know you've got nothing rolling around upstairs.
obscureluzername 4 years ago
veloses mais veloses2
lucakiko 4 years ago