Smart Concept Cars

Eco-Sprinter (1993)

Became the City-Coupe 5 years later.

Eco-Speedster (1993)

Horrible.

Safety-Cell (1994)

Working towards the 450 Tridion safety cell.

Atlanta (1996)

Much closer to the cabrio 450 design released in 1999.

Unnamed Forfour (1999)

This was Fiat’s design for the Forfour when Chrysler were looking at buying Fiat.

Tridion 4 (2001)

Became the Forfour 3 years later.

Dodge Slingshot (2004)

Dodge was owned by DaimlerChrysler, as was smart. This was aimed as the American version of the Roadster.

It borrowed a lot of parts from the Roadster.

Formore (2006)

4×4 designed for the American market.

Forfun (2005)

Forfour placed on an M-class or G-class chassis

No photo yet

Crosstown (2005)

DaimlerChrysler owned Smart and Jeep. Why not mash them together? Electric 23kw motor or 45kw petrol engine

Forfun2 (2006)

Fortwo on a Unimog chassis, 6 cylinder 5675cc 84bhp engine

AC Ace (Project Kimber 2006)

When the Roadster was canned in 2005, there were talks to buy the rights from DaimlerChrysler.

Even though the tooling was bought and moved to Wales, it was never produced.

Read about it here.

Untitled (2011)

Crossblade style 451 ED fortwos made for a Japanese stadium.

Forspeed (2011)

Electric 30kw motor. Shows some styling that ended up on the 453. A Crossblade style Forvision concept.

Forvision (2011)

Polymer wheels and a solar roof (BASF). Electric 55kw motor. More styling cues that ended up on the 453.

ForUs (2012)

Pick up concept aimed at the American market. Electric 74bhp

Forstars (2012)

Coupe version of the ForUs concept for the European market. Electric 80bhp and video projector in the bonnet.

Forjeremy (2012)

A fortwo 451 designed by Jeremy Scott. (yeah, I don’t know either).

Forjoy (2013)

A stripped down silhouette of the W453 Forfour. 55kw electric motor.

Forwise (2015)

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta who went on to design the #1 and #5.

Untitled (2015)

Smart sponsored volleyball at the time. These were just promotional seating.

Forsea (2017)

90bhp engine paired with a water jet propeller. This was an April Fools day joke that too many websites believed.

Brabus Ultimate E (2017)

Brabus electric. 201bhp, 350Nm, 0-62mph in 4.5 seconds

Vision EQ (Early 2018)

Smart’s vision of the fortwo in 2030. Battery powered and fully autonomous.

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta who went on to design the #1 and #5.

Forease (Late 2018)

Unknown rated electric motor.

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta who went on to design the #1 and #5.

Forease+ (February 2019)

Unknown rated electric motor.

The late 2018 Forease concept but with a roof.

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta who went on to design the #1 and #5.

Concept #1 (2021)

Actually pronounced “Concept hashtag one”. Trying to be cool with the kids.

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta.

He also did the designs for the:
Forwise (2015),
VisionEQ (2018),
Forease (2018),
Forease+ (2019).

So considering his history, how the hell he ended up with a design that doesn’t look like a smart, I just don’t know.

Concept #3 (2023)

Designed by the Mercedes-Benz global design team.

Concept #5 (2024)

Designed by Mohammad Hossein Aminiyekta.