Best idea yet ? I don't think so.
Once again Smart/MB have lost the plot.....as far as customers go.
With dam all space for luggage/shopping it's now relegated to a small 4 seat town car.
MB have put their oar in...so it's no longer competition to their overgrown 'A' Class....
If this had been VW then they would've marketed it as 'another choice/chance of a sale'
for customers...another one to be added to the order books of the VAG group.
And that is where they are different to MB. Smart is something MB wish they didn't
have any association with. (Mention 'Smart' in an MB showroom and watch them wince !)
Ok, so I can see a few 'yuppies' buying it..for the novelty, but that would soon wear off
once they find/realise just how little they can actually get in the back of it.
And it's not even sporty...so it can't go head to head with a basic Mini, it's biggest rival.
I'd just about take it have one if I had to choose between 'it' and the ugly squashed
Fiesta'esque Ka..(god I hate the look of it)...if it didn't cost much more ?
But I'd rather a Fiat 500....or something bigger. But anything else will run rings round
it....like the Corsa, the Fiesta, the Polo, the Fabia, and even the boxy Fox.
If they had only asked previous and current owners of ForFour's for their opinions,
advice and perhaps guidance, then they might have produced a winner......
so...IMHO (for what it's worth) MB should stick to what they're good at...big cars, limo's,
vans/come hotel buses, Sprinters and Maybach's.