The Brabus package includes special Brabus badging and alloy wheels, dashboard instruments, brushed aluminum sports pedals with rubber surfaces, velour floor mats, body colour front and side skirting, sport exhaust system and a sport suspension. Dealer installed Brabus accessories include a three-spoke steering wheel, light package for side skirts, roof spoiler, ambient lighting and badged gearshift handle.. (Glen Woodcock/AUTONET)
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Although the Smart Fortwo is tiny, you don’t get the feeling of being in such a small car when you’re inside the tridion steel safety cell that is its foundation. (Glen Woodcock/AUTONET)
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although there are amenities such as heated seats, air conditioning, power windows/locks/mirrors, there are some giveaways as to the car’s diminutive size. For instance, there’s no room for a spare tire. Instead, Smart packs a breakdown kit with a can of pressurized sealer/inflator that can temporarily fix most flats. (Glen Woodcock/AUTONET)
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This Smart rides on great looking Brabus alloy wheels and fat radial tires – 15 inches up front, 17 inches on the rear wheels – but its lowered Brabus sport suspension likes rough pavement even less than do other Smarts – and that’s saying something. For a vehicle that’s supposed to be the ideal urban vehicle because of its size, it sure doesn’t like trolley tracks, potholes and speed bumps. (Glen Woodcock/AUTONET)
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The new 70-hp Mercedes-Benz gasoline engine is more than capable of keeping up with traffic, even when it’s flowing at a license-risking 130 km/h. The Fortwo's transmission shift points are set for maximum fuel economy and are rather lumpy, so the five-speed automatic works best in manual mode. You can use the floor-mounted shifter, but I prefer the wheel-mounted paddles to row up and down through the gears. Controlling shifts yourself may cut into fuel economy, but it makes for much...
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