The smart roadster is angry and stern. Nothing to do with the good-natured kolobok ForTwo. Swollen wheel arches, TVR Tuscan-style headlights, Honda S2000-style taillights, and Lotus Esprit V8-style twin exhaust center - all organically packaged in a shorter-than-Daewoo Matiz body. It's hard to believe that this design is already a damn dozen years old.

All attention is naturally drawn to oneself by vinylography. Yes, this is a film, albeit of a very high quality. The plot of the drawing, inspired by the nickname of the owner, is worthy of Marvel comics - the kind ghost Casper grew up and, using his ability to walk through walls, made a career as a bank robber.

From the standpoint of theoretical tediousness, the Smart Roadster is not a roadster,. The roof drop process is pretty simple. First, by pressing a button on the center console, you slide the fabric top, then you have to get out of the car and remove the side panels, which are hidden in the trunk. The rear pillar, also known as the safety bar, remains in place in any case.

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If most roadsters are simply decorated with plastic from Brabus, then the owner of this Smart tries to avoid standard solutions in everything, going his own way. So, the Brabus lip of the front bumper is lengthened and received side fangs, visually repeating the line of the wing. The boot lid features an integrated duck-tail spoiler. The slim 10cm ponytail that looks like a factory piece is custom designed. Wheels are another story. This is a winter version, obtained by expanding the standard 15-inch wheels. The front wheels received 3.5-inch inserts, and 3 inches fell on the rear. Regular rubber, worn on such a hand-made, gave, and painting in gun-metal color completed the picture. In the summer, the roadster is changed to R17 wheels from Lorinser.

Inside

Getting into a car just over a meter high is always a good warm-up for lazy muscles. In a stock roadster, this is compounded by a narrow doorway. So the lambo doors that meet me for Smart are not pampering, but an important element of ergonomics.

Having thrust myself into the salon, I find myself in the tuning kingdom-state. The dashboard, seats and a number of other elements are upholstered in blue leather. The extravagant choice of color is very easy to explain. Smart glasses have a greenish tint, so the white interior that the owner dreamed about would look dull through their prism ... well, you get the idea.

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The side pillars are lined with Alcantara. On the right of them are additional Defi gauges, showing oil temperature and pressure, and just above one of the Audison tweeters is visible. The roadster's musical training is very serious, the quality of its sound was highly appreciated by the jury of the "Petersburg Autosound" competition.

The width of the roadster's interior is only slightly inferior to modern golf-class models, so there is no need to complain about the tightness. Chairs with integrated headrests have a very good profile, but can only be adjusted back and forth. In the absence of handlebar adjustments, this could have been an obstacle in choosing the optimal fit, but it did not. The saturation of options is not at all about the Smart Roadster, be it at least three times Brabus and Limited Edition in the bargain. So only air conditioning, power windows and an electric roof. But the weight is a little more than a ton - everything is according to the precepts.

In move

With such an impressive appearance, it would be a shame to drive with stock 82 hp. under the hood. The roadster engine has undergone an impressive set of improvements in a Moscow studio that specializes in tuning and preparing Smart cars for various kinds of races. Head boring, replacing the intake / exhaust and increasing the boost pressure to 1.5 bar (1 bar in stock) gave 130 hp at the output. The Brabus version with its 101 hp beating hysterically, green with envy. In theory, this should be enough to reach the first hundred in 6 seconds.

I impatiently press the Start / Stop button, flip the six-speed "robot" lever to Drive and squeeze out the gas. Miracle did not happen, parallel starts with my stock Audi A5 showed that the acceleration of the roadster to 100 km / h was at the level of 9 seconds. This is just a second better than the original version. Who's guilty? It is known who, the damned "robot". No matter how much you charge the engine, this inhibited creature will surely ruin everything. Each shift is a jolt, a dips in traction and a waste of time. But to say that the money for tuning is wasted is also impossible. After all, the smart driver is alive!

The pickup at the bottom became noticeably better than that of the drain, in the upper rev range everything is also much more cheerful. In general, what is needed for brisk movement in the traffic flow. A nice bonus was the ability to skid the Smart at the earliest opportunity - such habits were never common with a stock roadster. Interestingly, the Roadster is not a tough furious Roadster. I occasionally steal from my wife her second generation Smart ForTwo at night, and I can envy that the suspension tuning went to the good of the roadster.

Hard rumbling even from a small hole, after which you immediately want to go to the service for diagnostics, was replaced by elastic slaps. But the roadster is also understated by 50 mm, but manages not to strike anywhere. Amazing nearby ... And all this - in the atmosphere of silence of the car two classes higher. Full vibration and noise isolation was not in vain, unlike the stock version, there is no need to yell at the passenger when the speed exceeds 60 km / h. But opening the windows is still worth it, because the sounds of the rare JanSpeed \u200b\u200bexhaust system and the turbine bypass valve are worth enjoying them.

Selection and purchase history

In 2013, Dmitry began to choose the first car for his girlfriend. It quickly became clear that nothing decent and four-wheel drive could be found for the initial budget of 700,000 rubles. Everything went to the fact that the rates would have to be increased to 1,100,000 rubles, and the first car would most likely be the BMW X1. All the maps were misled by a friend who suggested looking at the recently imported Smart Roadster from Italy. The model was so hooked that the very next day, forgetting about the original purpose of the purchase, Dmitry began to look for a car for his soul. The girlfriend was asked to learn the basics of driving in his own BMW.

His search led him to a company that has specialized in the sale and service of used Smart for many years. Good reviews on the Internet, a three-month warranty on the cars sold, service support - everything sounded convincing. Seeing a dream car in the price list - a black Smart Roadster produced in 2004 with a mileage of 78,000 km - Dmitry happily gave 320,000 rubles for it.

Repairs

The car was sold with German license plates, so it was not possible to go to another service for diagnostics. But Dmitry had to get acquainted with other St. Petersburg Smart masters very soon. The first breakdown happened in a couple of days, and then more. Roadster periodically stalled on the move, the air conditioner and heated seats did not work, the roof stuck. The list can be continued, but already quite a few ... Diagnostics at two other stations (there are only three services in St. Petersburg, specializing in Smart) gave disappointing results. MOT on the car was not done at least 20,000 km (with the seller declared 2,000 km after MOT), and the state of a number of units clearly indicated a twisted mileage. When analyzing the cabin, it turned out that it was pretty stained. The roadster has many places where water gets into the cabin, therefore it requires regular drying. On this instance, this has never been done, it seems.

But what about the "three month warranty"? As usually happens in such cases, it ended immediately after the money was handed over to the seller. Only problems with air conditioning and heating were fixed for free. Only after a visit to the tow truck was the malfunction of the crankshaft position sensor finally recognized as a warranty case, due to which Smart stalled on the go. In total, more than 200,000 rubles, two months of time and an uncountable number of nerve cells were spent on bringing Smart to life. From the main one: engine overhaul (70,000 rubles), replacement of the turbine (35,000 rubles), a new clutch (25,000 rubles) and an actuator (15,000 rubles). Typically, these works are carried out at least with a mileage of 140,000 km. Dmitry did not have any thoughts to give up everything - Smart seriously sunk into his soul.

Tuning

As soon as it became clear that the roadster was on the road to recovery, tuning completely captured all of Dmitry's thoughts. Exterior:

• Lambo Style Doors MDC - 1 100 euros
• Vinilography - sketch (30,000 rubles), pasting (35,000 rubles)

Engine:

• Block head boring, intake / exhaust replacement, chip tuning, increasing turbine pressure - 100,000 rubles
• Brabus injectors
• Bosch Fuel Pressure Regulator 4 Bar
• Forge Silicone Tubes
• Forge Bypass Valve
• JanSpeed \u200b\u200bexhaust system with sports catalyst

Chassis:

• Billstein B14 PSS Kit (Billstein B8 shocks, H&R springs)
• Brake discs Otto Zimmermann Coat Z

Interior:

• Interior upholstery in blue leather - 23,000 rubles
• Engine start / stop button - 150 euros
• STRI Temp Oil & Press Oil Instruments
• Music - 140,000 rubles:
• Individual podiums for speakers
• Full noise and vibration isolation Smart Mat Flex & STP Aero
• Replacing all audio wiring
• 1-din head unit Parrot Asteroid Classic
• Subwoofer Pioneer TS-WX77A
• Mid-range Focal K2 Power HP 6KRX2
• Tweeters Audison Voce AV 1.1
• Battery Bosch S5 002

The total amount of improvements is simply staggering. More than 1,000,000 rubles have been invested in Smart. And most importantly, it’s not over yet. Exploitation

• At the moment, the mileage of the roadster is 106,000 km

Costs:

• regular maintenance with oil and filter replacement every 7,000 kilometers: Motul 300W oil - 5,000 rubles; oil filter - 1,000 rubles;
• fuel consumption in the urban cycle - 12 l / 100 km;
• fuel consumption on the highway - 7 l / 100 km;
• combined fuel consumption - 9 l / 100 km;
• gasoline - AI-98.

Plans

Dmitry, on the one hand, wants to stop and transfer the roadster to the category of exclusively summer cars and enjoy the drive. But the tuning demon is constantly whispering one or the other idea. In the summer, after the inoperative air conditioner is adjusted and the exhaust mounting is fixed, the roadster will be waiting for a number of new improvements. If a few years ago Lorinser disks were exotic for Smart, now they are already mainstream. Already purchased are the new 5th generation Golf GTi three-piece discs and brakes.

Trying to bring a small car closer to human feel, optimal driving safety and comfort, and still be cool, will take as much money as developing a large multi-liter sedan. So what did the designers need to make the smart roadster small and fiery?

Exterior

Smart black jack

Only 40 thousand copies of Mercedes smart roadsters were produced. From, smart brabus and smart forfour, the car has a lower stance, a folding fabric roof and a sporty character. Externally, the Smart Coupe appears to be very wide. The inflated, wide fenders lend aggressiveness to the vehicle.

Air vents in the rear fenders supply the engine (which is located at the rear) with air flow. Dimensions - Smart Roadster black jack

• length 3.5 m
• width 1m 60 cm
• height 1 m 20 cm

The fabric roof can be folded down with a push button, the side roof rails are manually folded. At the front there is a trunk, which, in terms of its volume, is more like a glove compartment, where a lady's bag will hardly fit. It also contains a hole for filling washer fluid and a repair kit, there is no spare wheel. Behind the trunk, a liftback is located above the engine, a larger bag will fit into it. Above is a small spoiler poured into the roof and real air ducts built into the bumper.

Smart Roadster Brabus differs from the stock model by the presence of a spoiler, 17-diameter wheels in front and rear of different widths and a huge number of BRABUS badges. Large titanium discs underline the sporty character of the SMART roadster coupe.

Interior

First impression of the Smart roadster

The interior view is a very small workspace. Instrument panel in the form of two twin alarms covered with metal. The steering wheel is not adjustable and does not adjust for the driver, because there is simply no place for this. In the middle of the torpedo there are two instrument wells that show the pressure in the turbine and the operating temperature of the oil in the engine.

There are control buttons on the center console of the car

• window lifters
• eSP shutdown button
• electric roof closing
• trunk opening

Above is a small air conditioner screen on the sides with climate control buttons. The radio is even higher.

The driver's and passenger's seat heating button, roof opening button, central locking, crescent-shaped emergency button are located on top of the torpedo. The hard seats of Mercedes on the SMART Roadster are equipped with 4 adjustment modes. The massage function is not available.

You can control the robotic gearbox both by tilting the gearbox selector forward and backward, and under the steering paddles, or completely switch the gearbox to automatic mode and let the robot change gears instead of the driver. Despite the fact that a car with a fabric roof in the cabin is warm even in winter.

Inside the door handles SMART Roadster with metal inserts. Perforated leather inserts on doors and dashboard. The ignition key is inserted into a special hole near the gear selector. The central tunnel is absent as such, at the bottom under the torpedo there is a large cup holder and an ashtray. If you lower the sun visor, the visibility of the windshield will be significantly reduced, it covers the windshield almost to the middle.

The main glove compartment is very small, maximum for a wallet. An additional drawer is located under the radio and 2 deep pockets on the sides of the steering wheel. You can connect a flash memory or a phone charger only through an adapter.

Engines

Smart coupe motor is located under the raised floor in the trunk

• working volume 0.7 l
• power 60 and 80 horsepower
• acceleration to 100 km in 10.2 and 9.8 s, respectively

Fuel consumption

• 3.3 track
• 4.5 city mode
• 4.2 l mixed mode

Complete set

For 3 years of its production, the Smart Roadster has been equipped with an ABS system that prevents the brake pedal from clamping and locking.

EVA system that controls the pressure in the brake system.

EBD brake force distribution function.

ESP dynamic stabilization system prevents the car from overturning when cornering, helps to stay in the lane and stabilizes the angle of inclination during a sharp change in the direction of the SMART Roadster.

The city roadster is equipped with 4 airbags, 2 in the front and one above each door. Safety door frames stabilize the body in the event of an accident. Air conditioning and power windows are available as an option. Fog lights and factory tinted colors are available on base models.

Specifications

6-speed robotic transmission. Rear-wheel drive for all trim levels. Four-wheel drive is not available. Braking system with ventilated discs, drum brakes. Turbocharged engine with intercooler.

Maximum speed comparison:

• 60 strong roadster 159 km / h
• 80 strong 175 km / h
• roadster coupe 180 km / h
• roadster Brabus 190 km / h

Trunk volume 130 liters, coupe 249 liters. The volume of the fuel tank is 35 liters. Vehicle weight 750 kg, permissible loaded weight 230 kg.

In driving, a Smart coupe is significantly different from driving a full-size car. Sometimes, while driving, you feel like on a go-kart car, or on something in between a car and a motorcycle. Gains speed smoothly and slowly. When in a traffic jam, you must constantly keep your foot on the brake pedal, otherwise the roadster will roll backward. To get under way, you need to press the gas pedal to the floor.

The 6-speed robot switches with some jerks, overtaking other cars is problematic due to lack of power. The steering wheel is clear without backlash. The loud sound of the exhaust pipe gives the sensation of driving a sports car at a speed of 60 km per hour, the feeling in the cabin as 160 km, because it is a convertible.

Rear-wheel drive contributes to the wobble of the rear of the smart, even on dry asphalt. You won't be able to overtake anyone from a traffic light, because despite its daring appearance, the smart accelerates like a vegetable.

Pros-Cons

The undoubted advantage of the Roadster Smart is its compact size, which will allow you to move freely in city traffic jams. But the seating position is so low that when rearranging from row to row, jeep drivers may simply not notice this little car.

The suspension is rigid, the fifth point of the driver and passenger will feel even the smallest irregularities in the road surface.

When operating a Smart coupe in the Russian winter conditions, you may face the fact that the car does not start well if the air temperature drops below 30 degrees Celsius. If the pipe freezes and the oil goes through the dipstick, this will entail expensive repairs.

Of the main disadvantages, a very low ground clearance and a small trunk, for trips to the country and a picnic, a car is definitely not suitable. This is most likely a weekend car for young people. To sit inside you need to sit down fairly.

When replacing consumables and servicing, it should be borne in mind that this is still a Mercedes, and the original parts cost accordingly. Repairing the power unit of a used Smart Roadster car together with a turbine will cost the price of almost an entire small car.

All smart owners are members of the Smart Club, so if you have any questions, there is always someone to discuss them with.

Tuning

Many owners of Smart Roadster love it so much that they leave only positive reviews and carry out a complete tuning of their iron horse. Airbrushed smarts with a chip engine, increased horsepower and a modified exhaust pipe are common.

The interior is covered with bright leather and a sports steering wheel is installed. Some smart fans even do the door opening like a Lamborghini and install a spoiler that rises above the roof of the car.

Price

In 2018, you can buy a used Smart Roadster at a price of $ 3,800 to $ 8,000, depending on the year of manufacture, the state of the interior and the mileage of the car. Coupe Brabus can be bought from 18 thousand dollars.

SMART Roadster is not bought as a main vehicle because of its size and not cheap maintenance. Despite all the disadvantages, low gas mileage makes it the most popular car as the first car for young people.

YouTube Review:

This client came to us after his friend, who has about the same Roadster. And if in we just altered the interior, then in this car we had to do much more serious things.

Let's list the tasks:

• complete alteration of the interior, including (seats, door cards, center console, steering wheel, gearshift lever, head restraints, windshield frame, windshield pillars, sun visors)
• installation of a new audio system (acoustics + amplifier + subwoofer-stealth)
• dismantling of old unnecessary equipment and diagnostics of electrical circuits (with restoration)
• dry cleaning of carpet
• repair of regular electrics and restoration of the roof electric drive

The difficulty in working with such machines is that the client, as a rule, is far from the first owner. Accordingly, the car can have such surprises that the owner does not know about. At the same time, he thinks that everything is great in the car, everything works perfectly. But when work begins on the car, certain "shoals" of previous installations may emerge. Usually, this is related to the electrician. And here it is important to understand that it is easiest to make claims against the extreme installers, explaining all this with the mantra: "everything worked for me when I came to you." And you can approach the issue with understanding. With the understanding that you bought a "pig in a poke" and now have to correct all the shortcomings that the previous owner did not tell you about. This was the case in our case, but the client was understanding and all issues were resolved normally.

Let's look at the car

it seems to me that it is simply unrealistic to meet such a Smart without any tuning. This one is in airbrushing, on non-native wheels.

in the trunk there is (it cannot be said otherwise) an active subwoofer, on which a nameplate with the inscription Exclusive is glued. That is why the client thought it was a native Smart subwoofer. Protsto the whole car around the perimeter is pasted over with such nameplates. In fact, this is an ordinary Chinese active subwoofer.

ordinary plastic interior. The insert from the back of the passenger seat is, it turns out, a cup holder. How many times I've seen this thing, I can never understand what it is. And only this client revealed the secret.

on the racks - tweeters from non-standard acoustics

this place became one of the main difficult moments - the client wanted to cross the torpedo and the center console and move the control buttons higher. In the standard version, they are really inconvenient to get to.

cheap JVC radio tape recorder. Will leave in a bag to the client's garage after the installation. Or - in the trash

a cheap 4-channel Fusion was installed behind the driver. This indirectly indicates to us the approximate year of such an autosound "tuning".

well, few people knew about the correct connection in those years

ordinary, sad doors

behind a regular grill - there is some kind of abnormal acoustics. The door opener handles are all pokotsy

the seat is a worn out

brabus embroidery tells us that Smart is not easy

general view of this German despondency

our task is to do it beautifully, tastefully and within a certain budget.

Rushed

first, let's deal with those electrical "snot" that remained in the car from previous installations. This is what the battery compartment looks like in Smart's front, under the luggage compartment. All these snot are power for the amplifier, active subwoofer and ... electric power steering.

power supply of the active subwoofer and amplifier is solved in such an elegant way

The complaint that the system does not play is generally understandable. The speaker wire just rotted in some places

Crossovers from Philips acoustics found in kick panels

at the same time, the midbass is DLS, and the tweeters are generally unclear from what. Full vinaigrette

Because one of the main tasks assigned to us was the splicing of the center console with the dashboard, then we begin to figure out how we will get a regular computer and buttons in a new place

and after that we start working on prototyping

new power and inter-unit wiring is laid in the car. We use DAXX and TEAC

the new super-compact digital amplifier Kenwood X 301-4, which we exclusively represent in the Russian market, completely solves all our questions - it will play on the front acoustics and on the subwoofer. Moreover, he is very small.

To understand the real size - I put scissors on it

meanwhile the console starts to transform

this is the base of the new console made of fiberglass and resin

work began on the completion of the doors. Everything is not as simple as it seems. The fact is that the doors at Smart, when disassembled, look like this

it is an aluminum frame with a plastic shell on both sides. On the one hand, the outer door card:

it was we who vibrated her

and then they made a noise

and on the other side is the door trim that looks into the interior.

The standard acoustics are located on the seat of the door trim and are removed with it when the door is disassembled. Moreover, as you can imagine, the door does not have a closed volume, as in most cars. This creates two problems: you can forget about high-quality midbass from the front doors, if they are not seriously modified and made inside a closed volume. And second - if you modify the doors, then after that they are unlikely to be collapsible.

This did not suit the client. And so we decided to go a little bit of a compromise path. We decided to redo the standard places for the installation of our new CDT Audio CL52 acoustics

Another reason to do this is that there are decorative grooves on the plastic of the door trim, which we need to remove before re-sewing the door. And we make such a podium

the acoustics will be covered with a new grill. To install it, you need to calculate all the gaps

the door is ready for alteration

meanwhile we continue to work on the console. This is a new frame made from old parts

the console takes the form

after the console is ready for alteration, we remove the carpet and take it to the dry cleaner. There was an idea to put in a new MAH carpet, but the regular carpet is a complex element, stamped at the factory from two pieces of foam rubber. We cannot repeat it either. And we decide to just have it dry cleaned. He was fucked up thoroughly. The photo shows the result after dry cleaning

meanwhile, our sewing workshop is working on the seats

decided to dilute the black interior with red rhombuses

for altering we use native Italian Alcantara and expensive Hans Reinke leather

the steering wheel is also altered

and here are the diamonds

finished steering wheel with red thread

there is a lot of sad gray plastic in the cabin. Because our salon changes color from gray to black, then we divide all the plastic into 2 parts: 1 part goes to painting, 2 part goes to aquaprint. Carbon look selected

and here are the finished parts

Aquaprint has made great strides over the past couple of years. This result has never been achieved before. And now it looks like real carbon

some parts are painted in gloss black, and some - in black mat

and we start something else unusual. This is the making of a new stealth subwoofer.

In the car, in the trunk (back), there was an active subwoofer. There is zero sense from this arrangement. Because the scanty "eight" simply will not "break through" the distance from the trunk to the passenger compartment, which is occupied by the folded roof. In convertibles, it is generally difficult to place the subwoofer. We thought we thought .. we figured out an active sub and under the seat (does not climb), for the seat - also does not climb, because it interferes with the movement of the chair. And there is not enough space in the car and any restriction on the movement of the seats is critical.

And we decided to make stealth using our technology. We did about the same in , last year.

the idea is that we take an active subwoofer as a donor. The advantage of this solution is that such subs have noname speakers with a very small landing depth. They are very flat. Yes, this is not a powerful speaker. You can apply no more than 100 watts to it. But we are not chasing power. We have completely different tasks. We need midbass support from a subwoofer at low and medium volumes. And we need COMPACT.

As a donor, they took the subwoofer that was in the car.

cut out a part of the carpet, thus gaining about 4 cm more

and .... this is the construction

finished part of the audio system. on the left - a subwoofer, on the right - an amplifier and crossovers of the front acoustics (in the photo, as you understand, the process of work). The final beautiful pro photos will be a little later.

new windshield pillars with podiums for tweeters

HF speakers deployed to the center of the cabin

details processed by Aquaprint fit perfectly into the interior

new frame with radio tape recorder, trip computer and buttons. The buttons were painted in black mat, through which the standard symbols are visible. It turned out simply and tastefully. The original idea to put these buttons in Aquaprint and lose all the symbolism was considered untenable by us. And right

outside there are several details also finished with Aquaprint. Door opener handles

Mirror bodies

and here are the doors. The diamond-shaped Alcantara bets echo with the seat centers. the picture is complete

new acoustics in new seats with new grills. Looks like native

ready-made seats with new embroidery in the headrests

alpine radio tape recorder was selected including the option of variable backlight. So that you can choose its backlight in color to the standard one.

The work on the project took a month.

UPDATE

Professional photo-set of the car

The German automaker DaimlerChrysler has delighted the world's motorists with a new two-seater Smart Roadster model, which it presented in 2003 in Frankfurt. Exclusive design from the best Swiss car dealers of The Swatch Group Ltd. Together with the technical capabilities of the Mercedes Smart Roadster company made this car popular and awarded it the status of "economical".

Due to production problems, DaimlerChrysler withdrew the car from production in 2005 and sold all rights to the British design company Project Kimber. The British model ACE has already appeared on the basis of Smart, but, in fact, it is still the same new Smart Roadster of the 2019 release, only under a different corporate logo.

Manufacturers have been working on the design of the Smart Roadster since 1998. The designers set themselves the goal of creating a stylish, sporty and the safest car with excellent technical capabilities and charming appearance. This is exactly what the new Smart car turned out to be: creative in appearance, reliable in safety and operational characteristics, and comfortable.

Exterior

In terms of its external dimensions (length - 3 m 42.6 cm, width - 1 m 61.5 cm, height - 1 m 19.1 cm, wheelbase - 2 m 36 cm) Smart Roadster confidently takes a place in the list of small-sized cities A-class cars.

The manufacturer offered buyers a choice of two Smart models: the Brabus Roadster Cabrio and the Roadster Coupe. The differences are hidden in external and technical features:

1. The Coupe featured a fixed roof top (clear carbon plastic or high quality soft fabric) and a taller body (up to 121 cm). All Roadster models have a built-in option to fold the roof with an electromechanical drive, but you will have to unfold it manually.
2. Coupé models differ from Brabus in their rear end design, three-door body structure and a number of stylistic features.
3. The Brabus Smart Roadster Cabrio modification was equipped with 15-inch branded aluminum wheels and low-profile tires 185/55 R15. Coupe models have branded Smart Roadster wheels and slightly larger tires 205/50 R15.

Smart optics have always attracted special attention of buyers:

• graceful round headlights combined with interesting geometry of fog lights.

• taillights, which are horizontally placed in wide parallelograms that go onto the sides of the car.

All this makes the appearance of Smart recognizable and unusual.

Interior

In terms of comfort, the engineers developing the Smart Roadster model have provided everything:

• The comfortable configuration of soft seats, complemented by their advantageous distance from the compact dashboard, will not only allow you to be surprised at the overall spaciousness of the cabin, but also to completely surrender to the sensations of the speed of this sports car.

• The basic version has air conditioning, heated seats, electric windows, electric heated side mirrors and others.
• A multimedia system with 6 different - frequency speakers and a CD - player will complement the drive from traveling on this racing city car.
• The key place of the technical arsenal in the interior of the car is occupied by a functional on-board computer that controls the health of all systems.

The interior, thought out to the smallest detail, transforms this Smart sports car into a VIP-class car. The ideal choice for young people.

Options and prices

The Smart Roadster entered the European market in three basic versions, which differ in external characteristics and technical power. If we look at it outwardly, then the elite salons of Europe offered customers a Smart Roadster in a coupe body and in a convertible body with a mobile roof. Actually, it is not difficult to remake a coupe into a convertible (the roof is removed and packed into the luggage compartment).

The Smart Roadster Coupe is a later version of the manufacturer. Naturally, the technical indicators in it are much better.

Of the three varieties of the Smart convertible (versions 0.8CDi; 0.7 and 0.6) and three modifications of the city coupe (0.6; 0.6 and 0.8CD), the leaders in terms of maximum engine power are 62 hp. from. version City Coupe 0.6, and the maximum speed of 135 km / h can be shown by almost all models. Although, according to the reviews of car owners, this figure can be changed to 160 km / h and higher if you test the latest Smart models.

Specifications

How did the sports kid Smart Roadster bribe the modern auto-public and what technical capabilities did it become popular with? As mentioned in the preamble of this article, the technical specifications of the Roadster were obtained from the hands of the professionals of the Mercedes automaker.

Smart Roadster proprietary diesel and gasoline engines, together with a sequential six-speed gearbox and Smart Roadster rear-wheel drive, allow acceleration to 100 km / h in 15.5 seconds. Despite the fact that the curb weight of the Roadster is quite considerable (up to 740 kg). In the latest versions of Smart, the installed V6 engine accelerated the car to 100 km / h in 6 seconds, and the maximum speed could reach 220 km / h.

Of course, the Roadster will be able to painlessly perform such accelerations exclusively on a smooth sports track, since the clearance of this mini-sports car is only 12 cm.Fuel consumption of the Smart baby is recognized as a pleasant circumstance for saving the car: from 3.4 to 5 liters per 100 km in the combined urban cycle.

Regardless of the overall dimensions of the two-door mini-car, the Smart battery is selected according to European and Russian standards with opposite polarity of the terminals and external dimensions of 175 x 210 x 175 mm.