DaimlerChrysler has set out its future plans for its Smart mini car brand, after it pulled it off the market last week.
DaimlerChrysler has decided to retain its loss-making Smart mini-car brand.
Manheim is looking to appoint new franchisees as part of plans to expand its smart repair business in the dealer sector.
Project Kimber is to draw up a contract to redesign and produce the Smart Roadster and Roadstercoupe under a different name, after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the struggling DaimlerChrysler brand.
A total of 366 new Mercedes and Smart Cars with a showroom value exceeding £9 million have been ordered by CCL UK Group to meet the demand faced from their insurance industry clients through Cambridge based Robinsons Mercedes-Benz.
Although the Smart City Coupe and Cabriolet are now common, the novelty refuses to wear off.
The recent closure of two Smart dealerships is part of DaimlerChrysler’s global business plan for the brand, according to the manufacturer.
DaimlerChrysler's loss-making Smart small-car brand has reiterated it is not for sale and insisted investment bank Goldman Sachs was acting only as a ‘buffer zone’ to screen potential offers.
A new plastic car, called MyCar, will go on sale next year in Europe for £4,500.
All Smart retailer websites are sporting the latest corporate standards. MotorTRAK is Smart UK’s chosen partner for the provision of retailer sites and the national approved used car locator which is incoporated into the manufacturer’s main site at www.smart.com/uk.
DaimlerChrysler has appointed Goldman Sachs, the investment banking firm, to gauge interest in the unprofitable Smart division of its Mercedes group.
Smart has launched a refreshed website across its retail network.
Smart has launched a pink Fortwo.
Speed bumps that flatten out for drivers who keep to the speed limit could soon be introduced by councils across the UK.
Mitsubishi and Smart have signed an agreement to share engine technology.
Motorists could manage their own insurance claims with a smart card system, reducing the administration, complexity and costs of a claim.
Smart drivers will pay lower insurance premiums following a reduction in Fortwo insurance groups by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Most powerful Smart ever built
Smart is to simplify its model line-up and reduce the amount of investment required by dealers to take on the franchise as a standalone outlet under a radical new business plan in the UK.
More than 60 Smart cars took place in a convoy from Taunton to Exeter via Tiverton on the 3rd of July when Smart South west staged a special event.
