#3 New Smart #3

[leylandi]

smart unveils the all-new #3: The iconic brand’s first-ever sports utility coupé

smart's first-ever sports utility coupé, the smart #3*, celebrates its official world premiere in Shanghai. Sharing the same design philosophy as the smart #1, the Mercedes-Benz global design team have charged the all-new smart #3 with a premium and sporty look - both inside and out. The...

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The reinvented Smart company has officially taken the wraps off its second car at this year’s Shanghai Auto Show. Called #3, its an all-electric crossover designed by Mercedes and built around a platform from Smart’s new co-parent, Geely, and is aimed at big-volume EVs like the Tesla Model Y.

We got our first look at the coupe-SUV last November thanks to pictures released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which also supplied us with far more technical information that Smart has chosen to dish out in Shanghai.

That info included a full set of dimensions revealing that the #3 measures 4,400 mm (137.2 inches) long, 1,800 mm (70.8-inches) wide, and stands 1,600 mm (62.9-inches) tall. It also has a wheelbase of 2,785 mm (109.6-inches) which is 35 mm (1.4 inches) longer than the #1 whose Geely Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) platform and running gear it shares.

Smart hasn’t revealed the motor lineup for the #3, but if the options exactly match those in the #1 the most basic version of the new car will come with a single 268 hp (272 PS) electric motor driving the rear wheels. At the other end of the price and performance spectrum, the range-topping Brabus model should add a 154 hp (156 PS) front-mounted motor, making for a combined 422 hp (428 PS).

A single interior image shows the #3’s cabin to be almost identical to its little brother’s, and featuring a high centre console that sweeps up to the base of a floating 12.8-inch tablet touchscreen, while a second digital display behind the three-spoke steering wheel handles instrument duties. The only major difference between the two cars’ dashboards appears to be the design of the center air vents: three rounds ones for the #3 and two narrow rectangular units for the #1.

Smart says the #3 will make its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September this year and will go on sale in the region in early 2024.

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Result of joint project between Mercedes and Geely should offer same single- and dual-motor powertrain options as the smaller Smart #1

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[fortuner]

Hopefully they price it well it looks good to me and even the interior is a positive move.

 

[dalab]

It has general Tesla details on the front, but this one seems nice to me

 

[dalab]

They definitely took great care with these #1 and #3, the design looks worked, it looks competitive

 

[PHYBENZ]

The interior design looks really nice. I would totally buy one of these if they still sold in the US. What a mistake it was to leave with these products in the pipeline.

 

[Merc1]

Yes. That’s a revolutionary design for a Smart. Inside and out it’s light years ahead of anything they’ve ever done. They definitely should have stuck it out here in the US. Smart could have easily been their all EV brand. They could always relaunch the Smart here. Others brands have left and come back. Wouldn’t be too hard, most dealerships would just have to put the Smart sign back up.

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[dalab]

 

[Rolf]

This is a very impressive car a huge improvement on previous Smart models. He mentioned the interior has some details that lift the quality feeling alot and design similar to Mercedes sports cars.

The performane for a small car is stupendous.

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[AndreB]

What Mercedes did for this new Smart car, design? Its a good thing to revive the brand on a Geely EV platform. Shame on Mercedes to not build a good platform for affordable EV's.

 

[leylandi]

The affordable BEV platform is not the field of work of brands such as Mercedes. Volkswagen's domain.

 

[dalab]

"This is smart #5, the electric minivansuv with 600 km of autonomy that arrives in Europe in 2025 as big as the MINI Countryman"