Inovev plans 100,000 units per year of the new Smart SUV
- The Geely Group presented the first Smart produced in China. It is an SUV with dimensions close to a Mini Countryman (length: 4.27 m). It is therefore no longer a question of small city cars of segment A whose length did not exceed 2.70 m for the Fortwo or 3.50 m for the Forfour. The new Smart, which is 100% electric like the latest Fortwo and Forfour, weighs 1,820 kilos, and no longer 1,100 kilos like the old models. The new Smart therefore abandons the A segment, which is not profitable enough to now be in the B segment. It is designed on a Geely (SEA) platform and no longer on a Renault (Edison) platform which was used on the Twingo launched in 2014 This new model will no longer be manufactured in Europe (Hambach in France and Novo Mesto in Slovenia) like the old Smart models, but in China at Geely, following recent agreements between Mercedes and Geely.
- The new Smart is equipped with a 268 hp electric motor and a battery with a capacity of 66 kWh which allows a range of 450 kilometers according to the WLTP cycle. It will be available later in a less powerful version, less than 200 hp.
- While production of the Smart in Europe has never exceeded 150,000 units per year, and the decision to remove the thermal versions in 2020 had brutally reduced the brand's sales by 70%, the production of the new Smart could to reach 100,000 units per year, despite its electric motorization and its more upscale positioning, and therefore despite a higher price than that of the Fortwo and Forfour. The new Smart is indeed targeting a larger market, both in Europe and China, with B-segment cars being more in demand than A-segment ones.
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