DESPITE making more mainstream cars in the shape of the forfour, smart is still seen as something of a left-field choice. The tiny plastic-bodied cars are omnipresent in busy town and city centres, ...

Engines range from 1.0 to 1.5 Readers report Real MPG to be between 28–68 mpg At first, the steering of the 1.1 felt a bit sticky and dead compared to the featherlight Colt. But I soon get used to it ...

The Smart ForFour shares the visual appeal of a MINI, but does not have the same driving excitement. The manual box is fine, but the automatic is still a problem if you like a smooth gearchange.

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Funky-looking, versatile hatch with plenty of safety kit. Manual versions drive well. Four stars for the diesels, by far the best in the line-up.

Update: Smart reached out to us and clarified that it has no plans for a direct successor to the original ForFour, and we’ve revised this story to reflect that. Smart recently confirmed that a ...

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