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.
Why no five star rating for running costs? After all the CDi averages 85.7mpg and emits just 88g/km, meaning it slips into the road tax free VED Band A and the lowest 13% diesel company car bracket.
But there are two important reasons the Smart misses out on the full five stars. First off, pricing is expected to begin just under £8,000 for a Pure model, meaning the diesel will have a significant premium over its petrol counterparts.
Latest Readers' Drives About the Smart fortwo
wrote on 11 08 2006