Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £8,518 to £16,026
Refined, free road tax, safest in electric class.
Limited range, occasional driveline shunt, poor steering feel, potential list price.
Smart ED comprehensively outclasses its quadricycle alternatives, but is still hobbled by a poor range and lengthy recharge time.
For something with such diminutive proportions, the Smart has returned an incredible result in the Euro NCAP crash tests, attaining a fine four stars for adult occupant protection.
Few of its electric alternatives have undergone any crash testing, due to them being classed as a quadricycle, rather than a car.
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wrote on 11 08 2006