Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £8,518 to £16,026
Potential 80+mpg, free road tax, decent ride.
Ponderous gearchange, agricultural engine, poor steering feedback, expensive.
Less accomplished then its petrol siblings, but few can argue with the diesel's ultra-low CO2 emissions.
For a car that carries a hefty premium over more conventional city cars, you'd expect more. Inside, the plastics look cheap and that is not something that you would expect from Smart's parent company Mercedes-Benz.
As far as reliability goes there's still not enough information to accurately assess Smart's performance. The brand itself does not feature in the recent JD Power survey into owner satisfaction. The previous Fortwo did suffer suspension glitches and even the odd engine issue, but hopefully these problems will be ironed out with this later model.
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wrote on 11 08 2006