- Smart unveiled the new generations of the Fortwo and Forfour, which will be marketed in Europe as of November. In the United States, only the Fortwo will be marketed, and it won't be launched until after autumn 2015.

- The Forfour (which shares its platform with the Renault Twingo) will be produced in the Slovenian Renault plant located in Novo Mesto, while the Fortwo will continue to be assembled in the Smart plant of  Hambach (France).

- At their launch, the two models will be equipped with a 3-cylinder petrol version 90hp at first and a 70hp engine in a latter version. In 2015 a version with an electric engine will also be added to the range.

- Smart hopes that the launch of the Forfour will boost sales. This is the first car with four doors and four seats that the brand has launched since the first Forfour marketed only for two years, from 2004 to 2006.

- In the first half of 2014, Smart global sales have indeed fallen by 10% compared to the first half of 2013 to 47 000 units. However, Daimler, the parent company of Smart, believes that this brand is an important element of the Group's strategy, as sales of ultra compact cars could increase by nearly 40% by 2020, reaching an annual sales volume of 1 million units.

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