Truckness brought to urban jungle by Smart For-Us
Joy of expansive landscapes, open road and love for the outdoor activities made the big pickup trucks an icon in the auto scene in America. The prices of fuel are spiraling and there is also increased consciousness about the environment. Parking is also getting premium in the congested cities and hence smart has reinvented pick up in an all new package which is quite surprising. Smart brand has held American International Auto Show at Cobo Center of Detroit.
Dr. Annette Winkler, the CEO at smart says that people love such small pickups and they want it to be small on the outside, big on the inside and very comfortable to ride. Petrol station isn’t needed with smart for-us. The world of automotives is turned upside down due by smart for-us and it has challenged the ideas about what the urban pick up of today may look like.
Smart for-us has translated layout of practical load to reality for the urban traffic of 21st century. With small outside dimensions, it might go unnoticed for typical pickup of America. It is nothing ordinary under the body and it pretty agile and lively for driving. This automobile contains all electric state of the art power from 55kW magneto electric motor.
There is plenty of room for 2 in the smart for-us and beyond the seating, there are 2 slits in cargo bed for front wheels of 2 smart ebikes. The electric bikes extend the range in 2 respects – Convenient docking station in cargo bed makes sure that the batteries of ebike are charged all the time and it also preserves the nature. Through smart ebikes, the passengers of smart for-us can reach destinations which even cars can’t for instance the cities’ restricted zones and park trails.
Powerful, sassy design
There are new capabilities revealed by the design itself but the automobile continues to be capable, sassy, and surprising. With the tridion high contrast safety cell, this for-us is a good example of smart vehicles. Also, this pickup also makes an excellent fashion statement. It plays on macho design of the conventional mega-pickups. Viewers are greeted with confident and friendly face and the body shape is sensuous and convex. Bold look is complete with smart emblem on grill and under ride guard which finishes off front end. This is complemented by body panels having metallic high gloss white color and tridion safety cell comes with textured contrasting grey finish.
Ready for reaching the mountain bike terrain
This for-us is about 2 inches higher than production smart fortwo and this suggests that you can do off-road driving with it for instance, to reach the mountain bike terrain. The front is really short and the rear over hangs to make it relatively small over all. When the power tail gate opens up, cargo flooring retracts about eleven inches and this makes the cargo area of 3 foot very easy to access. The wheelbase is about 97.7 inches which is about 2 feet bigger than the fortwo which is pretty well known. The length of for-us is about 139.6 inches which is 3 feet longer than fortwo and for emphasizing the sturdy look, track is made about 2 inches wider. There are off-road Michelin 235 / 55 R18 tires used on 3 spoke wheels having fold-out eye-catching wing nuts for serving to loosen wheel nuts.
The parallelogram rear and front lights are quite striking with the outer rings which serve as the turn signals and row of the LEDS which are rod-shaped and are meant to be used as daytime running lights. Arrow-shaped lights remind us of the drops which stream across airplane windows while taking off. Modular tail lights reveal storage space to charge the cables or the water bottles.
Cockpit design inside has an aerodynamic design for the exceptional interior ventilation having taut surfaces in white mother of pearl color with contrasts with the brushed aluminum parts. The uncomplicated yet stylish, 2 seats in this concept car are really smart, easy to customize, and highly functional. Open in middle, seat shells are covered in yellow fabric that is easily removable and this gives them a hammock like feel for the seating. Soft yellow cover includes silver deep embossed hexagon pattern which emphasizes dynamic look of the car. Instead of rear-view conventional mirror, there are video camera integrated which display area behind the car on smart phone which is mounted on special bracket above dash.
Electric drive of this smart for-us is based on new fortwo electric drive version which will be launching by fall 2012. Courtesy of the magnetoelectric 55-kilowatt motor, this smart for-use is lively to drive and nimble. With the 96 pound feet torque, this for-us has responsive and powerful acceleration and top speed of over eighty miles per hour. Lithium-ion state-of-the-art battery has 17.6 kW hours of electricity power. You can recharge the battery from twenty percent to eight percent in just three and half hours. Full charging takes about eight hours.
This automobile is regarded as ultimate city car which is also very easy to drive. It is like a trendsetter which has already started to become an icon in the automotive world. There is also a smart on a permanent display in the New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. This car redefines what a car is and it is right sized for times. This smart 2 seater is most green vehicle ever to grace the roads and enthusiastic owners will surely be talking about the got-to-have-it qualities of the car.
Smallest foot print on road
This smart fortwo has one of the smallest footprint for any car in this world and you also get a lot of leg and headroom. Looking over expansive windshield and dash, the fortwo feels like medium size sedan but it is just 8.8 feet in length. The engineering here is state-of-the-art and it gives exceptional safety which complements the small-on-outside and big-on-inside practicality.
