Smart ForTwo and ForFour concepts for Frankfurt

• Smart Forstars projects a movie from your smartphone or uses it as a rear view mirror. Where other cars might have an air intake in the hood to cool the engine, the Smart Forstars bucket hides a projector that can turn any suitable wall into your personal cinema.
• The media player for the projector can be connected directly to a smartphone or stream video from it via Bluetooth if you place the phone in a special bracket for another Forstar trick - turning the phone into a rearview mirror.
• While the name Forstars may indicate that the automaker is urging copycat narcissists to take advantage of the projector to force their home movies on the world, Smart says it instead refers to the glass roof that reveals the night sky.
• Smart says it's a further development of the glass tailgate For-us concept unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January. Smart says the concept is his first Sports Utility Coupe, though it's a far cry from even the wildest notion of the sport. Or normal utility rates.
• The right taillight hides a charging socket, while the left one hides a large bottle holder, and the seat shells are suspended by fabric hammocks - these are easy to remove so you can change colors as you please or load larger items if you stow them away. passenger suspension.
• Finishing includes a combination of white leather, mother-of-pearl, wet-effect alubeam red paint, and metallic titanium, while the light clusters feature the must-have LED embellishments. With short overhangs and a squat stance, the Forstars are lower but based on a larger platform than the current Smart Fortwo we get in Australia.
• The length of the car has increased by 60.0 cm, the wheelbase has become wider by 19.3 cm at the rear and 9 cm at the front, indicating that the Fortwo itself must grow for the next generation, which will appear in 2013.
• The concept is powered by a 60kW magneto-electric motor that is powered by a 17.6kWh battery used overseas in the Smart Fortwo Brabus, which develops 135Nm of torque right from the start and helps the concept reach a top speed of over 130km/h .

• Smart Forstars projects a movie from your smartphone or uses it as a rear view mirror. Where other cars might have an air intake in the hood to cool the engine, the Smart Forstars bucket hides a projector that can turn any suitable wall into your personal cinema.
• The media player for the projector can be connected directly to a smartphone or stream video from it via Bluetooth if you place the phone in a special bracket for another Forstar trick - turning the phone into a rearview mirror.
• While the name Forstars may indicate that the automaker is urging copycat narcissists to take advantage of the projector to force their home movies on the world, Smart says it instead refers to the glass roof that reveals the night sky.
• Smart says it's a further development of the glass tailgate For-us concept unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January. Smart says the concept is his first Sports Utility Coupe, though it's a far cry from even the wildest notion of the sport. Or normal utility rates.
• The right taillight hides a charging socket, while the left one hides a large bottle holder, and the seat shells are suspended by fabric hammocks - these are easy to remove so you can change colors as you please or load larger items if you stow them away. passenger suspension.
• Finishing includes a combination of white leather, mother-of-pearl, wet-effect alubeam red paint, and metallic titanium, while the light clusters feature the must-have LED embellishments. With short overhangs and a squat stance, the Forstars are lower but based on a larger platform than the current Smart Fortwo we get in Australia.
• The length of the car has increased by 60.0 cm, the wheelbase has become wider by 19.3 cm at the rear and 9 cm at the front, indicating that the Fortwo itself must grow for the next generation, which will appear in 2013.
• The concept is powered by a 60kW magneto-electric motor that is powered by a 17.6kWh battery used overseas in the Smart Fortwo Brabus, which develops 135Nm of torque right from the start and helps the concept reach a top speed of over 130km/h .

The third generation Smart Fortwo is a year behind schedule, which means it could be a while before we finally see the car. To keep the interest going, Smart will reportedly unveil a couple of design-showing concepts at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show next month.

One will be for the new Fortwo and the second one will be for a preview of the new Forfour. Forfour, as you might guess from the name, is a four-seater version of the Fortwo. It was launched alongside the first generation Fortwo but never spawned a successor. The latest concepts will be more reminiscent of the new Smarts than the previous Forstars concept shown in 2012.

At the heart of them and the possible production models they will create will be a new platform developed jointly by Smart and alliance partner Renault (the French automaker will use it for its next-generation Twingo). The new platform will be flexible enough to create a variety of models, including a high-riding crossover, according to Autocar.

This larger Smart will be aimed at the MINI Countryman, although it is expected to come exclusively in rear-engine, rear-wheel drive. This configuration is said to be the hallmark of the Smart brand and will not change, at least in the next generation. Spy shots of both the new Fortwo and the new Forfour have surfaced, though they only show early-stage test mules. The debut is likely to take place next year.