Smart Formore

A wee 4x4 jobby signals the entry to the US market

By PH Staff / Tuesday, 20 January 2004 / Loading comments

Smart are to expand beyond their current range in 2006 with the launch of a 'Smart Utility Vehicle'. This will follow the launch of their four seater which will come later this year.

The smart utility vehicle (suv) will bear the name - still devoid of capital letters - "smart formore". More significant is that this fourth smart car will also mark the company’s entrance into the US market. The four-wheel drive smart formore will also be launched in the company’s other core markets at the same time.

From the beginning of 2006 the smart formore will be built in the DaimlerChrysler plant in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. The plant has a capacity of 60,000 cars per annum. In a full sales year, smart plans to sell half of these in the USA and half in their other core markets.