BRABUS Brabus Smart ForTwo confirmed for U.S.

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The Smart ForTwo has proven to be a runaway success for Mercedes Benz in the United States, with the official distributor Penske Automotive Group forced to boost sales forecasts for the diminutive hatch earlier this year. The company now plans to capitalize on the soaring demand by expanding the lineup with a new Brabus-enhanced model.

Brabus is a specialist when it comes to drawing more power from Mercedes Benz vehicles, laying claim to the title of manufacturing the world’s fastest saloon on several occasions with its V12-powered Bullit line of cars. However, when the Brabus Smart ForTwo goes on sale in the U.S. next February it will only come equipped with a custom bodykit and alloy wheels. In other markets the Brabus Smart ForTwo comes with a 98hp (73kW) output and a 0-100km/h time of 9.9 seconds – 3 seconds faster than the standard model.


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Without any engine/transmission changes this is just window dressing really. The Smart needs drivetrain upgrades/changes.


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Ulrich Walker also announced the smart Koby edition in the vid.

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Mercedes-Benz China Signs Kobe Bryant as Smart Ambassador



Kobe Bryant signed a three-year deal with Mercedes-Benz to promote the Smart micro car to consumers in China where he is more popular than Yao Ming. As part of the deal, Kobe will appear in a new Smart TV commercial themed "big, in the city" and directed by Dave Meyers specifically for the Chinese audiences; a visit to the country before the year-end is also planned.





Kobe has frequented China in recent years to not only play and sell things but promote charitable and educational causes. Last year, he was awarded by the Asia Society for being "a cultural ambassador," and "The Kobe Bryant China Foundation" opened in Beijing to help kids from low-income families in both China and the US (its first donation, of 5 million Yuan, went to children affected by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake).

While sinking elsewhere, especially in the US, Smart sales jumped 119% from 2009 to approached 4,000 units in China last year.



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