Megane, ID.3, Born, C4, Astra, Mokka, 308, 2008, etc, need to be priced more competitively. Between the MG4, Smart #1, Volvo EX-30 and Tesla Model 3, the others will have a hard time selling. I particularly like the Megane. 4'19m length, It's also not very wide, plenty of space inside, efficient, Google Automotive...but it's a bit overpriced.
A few reviewers have mentioned the delay in regen braking, so I was looking out for this when I test drove one two days ago - I think they must have fixed this issue, I found it exactly the same as all the other EVs I've tested over the last few weeks. I forgot to find out whether the ePedal setting is saved in your driver profile now, that would be ideal!
People here commenting that they would wait for Volvo EX30 need to know that these two cars have different wheelbase length. Smart #1 is much more spacious than Volvo EX30, especially at backseat.
Maybe the back seat space is larger, and the car taller, appearing more spacious? But the boot size is almost identical (5 litre difference) and the overall length of the car is only 4cm different. I care a lot about the boot because of dogs. P.S. Sorry, just checked, the wheelbase of Smart is 10cm longer, quite significant so probably there is quite a bit more space. Pity about the boot!
@@lozkkothe Smart’s seats also slide and recline to make the boot even bigger and because legroom is really good you’ll actually be able to slide it forward and still have good space
@flyingpanhandle Cool... Thanks. I was only going on memory, but I thought thatvthe Volvo was cheaper. No salary perks for self-employed, but I will certainly be looking at the lease deals.
@@nathanshearman1269 that’s what I heard too - which is funny, considering that there is no easy way to say hashtag in Chinese apparently, according to a Chinese commenter I saw on another video haha
I think physical buttons is a lost battle, at least on lower-priced cars. And if we had them, we'd just end up arguing about which functions ought to use them. And when we have assignable buttons (like the MG4's star buttons on the wheel), you have to remember what the unlabelled button does - it won't scale to more than a couple of them. They ought to focus on the touchscreen controls making the most often-used interactions easy to reach and do. BIG buttons on the touchscreen, fast menu navigation, so you can do what you want quickly and easily while looking at the road, when bumps make your finger wobbly.
The name is fine. You can ignore this car's punctuation and call it the "Smart One" and everyone will know what you're talking about. You can't say the same for the letter salad of Toyota bZ4X or Citroen eC4X.
@@sjwright2 if you don't want to ad to the discussion and contribute or if you simply just don't want to give me an explanation, you can simply ignore my comment. No need to be childish about it
Looks like a nice alternative to the other offerings. There’s more than a little resemblance to the Mini Countryman & it’s none the worse for that. Is this the EV Mini should have made?
Even a "Smart" is now an SUV 🙁 why can nobody anymore climb into a normal car, do they all have stiff backs and/or overweight? Statistics say: yes... 🤷♂️
@@gregkramer5588 you are the exception. most SUVs are bought by young families, etc pp... and here in CZ most old people drive rather smaller csrs like Fabia... but at older age I get it, easier access
@@tesla-spectre ooh man, hope you don't get the back pain I have now that I'm older.. Don't get me wrong, I used to love sedan and city cars. I even tried to buy an e-corsa, but on the test drive i didn't fit in the car. I bought an e-golf and get in and out is becoming harder and harder. Not to mentioned that i need to pull the chair so far behind, that and i look at the side, its pilar i see, not the window. The new sedans and city cars and gettin lower and lower (the roof at least) that the only thing i can see myself buying is an SUV, like my wife's Quashqai
Good review, you can’t use a phone why driving but more and more manufactures are using iPad screens where you have to hunt for the what you want. Surely this is far more dangerous than using a phone?
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The voice assist actually reduces the times you have to look away from the road, you just have to get used to it.
Very good if somebody parks you on the drivers side whilst in the car, No chance of getting over to the passenger seat to get out, Don't think the fire crash tender would like that centre section, In the wrong price range, don't these car makers learn, I will stick with my 2 year old ZOE
Too fussy. The EX30 looks crisper inside and out, and the google based UI if at least near the Polestar's level much more useable. Guess that Smart UI was Mercedes doing and dismissed any good advice from Geely
I'M pretty certain that the sentence "it doesn't feel cheap at all" together with the actual price, has to be saying something about just how expensive cars have become.
Great review Ginny, thanks! Looking at getting the sister car EX30 in Australia next year. I wonder how similar the driving experience will be between these two super mini SUVs!
As the owner of a FourTwo petrol, I am really disappointed that Smart didn’t redesign the FourTwo as electric with a better range than Mercedes managed withe the electric FourTwo. The original concept was a compact two seater, easy to park, easy to drive. Mercedes/ Geely have just gone for the let’s have another SUV type vehicle just like everybody else at an excessive price. What will happen when Tesla bring out their sub £25k car as the keep on promising and all the other companies will be scrabbling to catch up.
Apart from the Fox I think it looks good. I really like the fridge, the roof rails and towing capability. Battery Life drove one for a while and said it was very noisy on the motorway so I'd be interested in that when you get one for longer. P.S. to others, it's a significantly bigger car than the EX30.
@@nomoreheroes93 the main reason the EX30 starts at less money is that it has a smaller 51kWh battery option, which is, at least initially, not going to be available in the #1, which ONLY comes with the 61kWh pack. Whilst, personally, I think the Volvo exterior is WAY more impressive than the Smart, I much prefer the Smart's interior design and build quality - to me, the Volvo has gone too far down the minimalist route and some of the materials just look cheap and, at the end of the day, you sit inside the car WAY more than look at it from outside...!
Love everything about this except for the ui/ux of the main infotainment screen. Seems very fiddly and visually unattractive to me. Otherwise, it’s on par with the EX30 as far as the exterior design and a bit better for the interior to my eye.
I don't care if the name is silly or not. What I *do* care about is the lack of physical controls. As a former ADI, I will NEVER, EVER buy a car that requires me to have to go through screen menus to change heating/air con, re-gen braking, etc. For me, it's on my DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT list along with every single Tesla ever made (amongst others)
You don’t have to go through menus for the heating. It’s permanently at the bottom of the screen so you can alter it. Also the demist etc is an actual button to press. I had a test drive yesterday xx
Great video as always but once again the audio range is awkward. You'll be very quiet whilst talking and then suddenly say something loudly. Problem is I have to turn it up to hear you when you start speaking quietly and then get deafened when you speak normally!
Won't be a popular in Rome, too big and to loose the London Cab turning circle as well. Hope the crash test is as good as the others. Lovely enough ❤❤❤
Lovely inside but do not like it on the outside in that colour anyway. The key is really cute. Maybe it would look better in other colours. Can not wait to see your review of the Smart #3 which looks great both inside and outside. By the way I love your skirt and your general sense of style. Very classy like the car so.
We have been buying Smart's since 1999, and still ride the last build 2017 ForTwo ICE Smart Cabrio. Brilliant cars for 1 or 2 person households. No problem with vacations from Netherlands to Austria or Italy. Sadly, they dont build 2--door cars anymore with a usable range of at least 300km. The Chinese can build small affordable EV's with that range, so can the Fiat 500e, but not affordable. I understand that Smart is going to the 4-door car market. That is what 99.9% of the brands do. Building totally boring 4-door SUV-like cars for the masses. The next Smart car will probably be a "unique" saloon. No Smart for us anymore.
Hmmm. I wonder if they'll bring it to this side of the pond. They did bring the Smart Fortwo EV here, and I was thinking it would be a great around-town EV for running errands. I will admit, however, that this "#1" has some appealing features -and I don't even mind the fox. I don't like frameless doors, however. And the regen needs some improvement. But it does have a heads-up display, and the "cooler" compartment is certainly unique.
People always mention VWs when talking about cheap back seats. Kia/Hyundai do it, Toyota does it, Renault/Peugeot do it.... do I need to go on. Heck the ioniq 6 and mid trim ioniq 5 even have hard plastic on front doors... but somehow nobody complains about that.
At nearly £40k, there’s both better-looking and more-functional competition, plus still Volvo’s EX30. A good effort by Smart, but left-field (as ever)… not likely to be a big seller in UK.
@@oliverstemp9132 I get that you’re a fan; I just don’t think that many in UK would feel same. Perhaps Smart will do better in Europe? But, of course, time and sales figures won’t lie… and it’s good that there’s an ever-increasing EV choice.
Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine, but why is the headrest at ~11:00 set to kill the driver in an accident? (Looks like a setting for a man of 2.10m while a woman of about 1.70m is sitting there...)
It probably should have been called Smart Number One, but the same advertising team who invented the Funky Cat name, got hold of it, and that alone would stop me buying either car. At Fully Charged, I thought the steering wheel control buttons felt flimsy enough to come from a cheap children's toy, and the Mercedes parentage probably means expensive bills. A bare 3 years warranty shows how little faith they have in the quality of their product.
Anyone considering one of these should first consider China's atrocious ongoing human rights record. Yes, I know most people have items that already contain Chinese made components, but with major high priced ticket items like cars a line can and should in my view be drawn.... especially where there are more ethical alternatives available.
China doesn't have atrocious human rights records. China have atrocious demonization propaganda levied against it like how Iraq didn't have WMD`s, but the US and UK lied and killed one million Iraqis justified by the lie. Claiming China have bad human rights records are basically just the west projecting its own characteristics on to China as there is not a single country which have done more for human rights than China through its poverty alleviation project lifting 800 million people out of extreme poverty.
Have Smart advised you that "#" is pronounced "hashtag"? Because long before there were hashtags, # was pronounced "hash" in the UK, "pound" in the USA (especially with reference to phone buttons - "press the pound button to hear these options again"), or just "number" when preceding a number. I'd have read "Smart #1" as "Smart Number One"
In terms of space and practically the Smart #1 is much better than the Volvo EX30. The #1 is a feasible small family car, the EX30 is not with the cramped rear seats.
LOL Volvo still make esrates! V60+V90 😁 and they have the electric EV90 coming soon 😁 pkus EX30 driveable production demo versions are not going to be available till December 23 so 4+ months from video so more than a couple months 😂
Yes, that's what we reckon, but Smart and Mercedes are rather insistent that the official pronunciation is 'hashtag One'. No, we don't understand either.
HERE IS MY COMPLETE LIST OF ELECTRONICS I NEED/WANT IN A CAR: 1) power windows/sunroof. 2) power mirrors. 3) booming stereo. 4) power locks. I DON'T WANT anymore bullshit stuffed in the car. Jacking up the price. Adding maintenance issues. GIVE ME button, levers, and switches. GIVE ME analogue dials and gauges. Just imagine how much less expensive this car would be without all the bullshit like a 'fox assistant'.
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having fewer buttons is actually cheaper to build. The EX30 takes that one step further. The Stereo of the #1 Premium is first class! Only drawback is that the subwoofer in the back takes up a bit of space in the lower compartment, well worth it :)
I think the entertainment tablet is a personal love or hate because I've seen other reviews where they love it (Mark Watson Carwow) so probably best to try it for yourselves if considering buying. Plus the VW ID3 has bad entertainment reviews
It just show how behind European car manufacturers are compared to Chinese ones. VW had to team up with Xpeng, Mercedes now works with Geely to be able to provide competitive EVs. i’m not a big fan of frameless windows. Overall #1 is a good alternative but a bit expensive.
Both the exterior and interior design look like they're debating dropping the Smart brand altogether and putting a Mercedes badge on it. At that price they may as well, who would pay that much for a Smart?! The EX-30 is practically the same car but manages to be much cheaper in price.
What about Nissan/Mazda Laputa, Pinto is balls in Brazil Portuguese, Pajero is called in Latin America Montenero because in Spanish slang it's masturbator
This car looks generally good, but the infotainment system looks absolutely maddening. I'm normally opposed to all those British posh people chasing foxes and getting their hounds to tear the fox to pieces, but I would make an exception here. This is a fox that deserves to be hunted. Also, as someone with fat thighs, I do fear - as Ginny suggested - that I might find my knees banging against the door and the centre console when I'm driving.
:What they call "Design" is actually styling. Design is the whole package. In fact really design is all the engineering. Styling is what happens after all the design is done.
The new A class! And why not the rest of the mercedes EV range are not exactly aimed at the youff market so good in mercedes for doing something different
They are like BMW and lie about the 0-62 time it’s not 6.7 seconds it’s actually 6.2 seconds. I’ve driven and ordered the Brabus 0-62 3.9 seconds claimed. 3.4 seconds actual. Yes that’s super car quick. Want something £7k cheaper and just as quick then the MG 4 Xpower will give an RS3 a run for its money from the lights, if you’re in to that kind of thing. 😮
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Megane, ID.3, Born, C4, Astra, Mokka, 308, 2008, etc, need to be priced more competitively.
Between the MG4, Smart #1, Volvo EX-30 and Tesla Model 3, the others will have a hard time selling.
I particularly like the Megane. 4'19m length, It's also not very wide, plenty of space inside, efficient, Google Automotive...but it's a bit overpriced.
This is the best car in the class right now, well made, spacious, comfortable, well equipped. I love the boxy design too.
Stunning😊
Geely nice job
A few reviewers have mentioned the delay in regen braking, so I was looking out for this when I test drove one two days ago - I think they must have fixed this issue, I found it exactly the same as all the other EVs I've tested over the last few weeks.
I forgot to find out whether the ePedal setting is saved in your driver profile now, that would be ideal!
People here commenting that they would wait for Volvo EX30 need to know that these two cars have different wheelbase length. Smart #1 is much more spacious than Volvo EX30, especially at backseat.
Yep, the #1 is huge inside for its size.
Maybe the back seat space is larger, and the car taller, appearing more spacious? But the boot size is almost identical (5 litre difference) and the overall length of the car is only 4cm different. I care a lot about the boot because of dogs. P.S. Sorry, just checked, the wheelbase of Smart is 10cm longer, quite significant so probably there is quite a bit more space. Pity about the boot!
The Ex30 with the panoramic roof, if you want a sun blind it is an accessory that you have to clip in place, unlike the Smart.
@@jonwragg3822 and the smart food doesn’t cut headroom
@@lozkkothe Smart’s seats also slide and recline to make the boot even bigger and because legroom is really good you’ll actually be able to slide it forward and still have good space
Have Smart actually said it is Hash Tag 1 ? Being of an older generation I automatically read it as Number 1 so maybe ...
I'm so glad car manufacturers are making cars for all the people wearing massive top hats. Definitely worth the more inefficient shape.
Inefficient in the sense of aero yes, but that does make the shape more practical
Looking forward to the Volvo EX30 vs the Smart #1. As I think the Volvo I cheaper.
Smart#1 is cheaper, around 2k
@sceltic I thought the Volvo was meant to start at £32k....?? Maybe I'm wrong.
@@mikadavies660 £33,795. Cheaper than the Smart #1 which is £35,950.
I'll be ordering the Volvo when my salary sacrifice scheme allows.
@flyingpanhandle Cool... Thanks. I was only going on memory, but I thought thatvthe Volvo was cheaper. No salary perks for self-employed, but I will certainly be looking at the lease deals.
Volvo EX30 has a shorter wheelbase than Smart #1. The legroom of EX30 backseat is tiny.
Bring on the EX30. All of the positives of this car but with the Google software instead of Mr. Fox.
And without Driver display, HUD, curtain for the sun roof, adjustable 2nd row seats, key fob, and more
@@volvo_kristianand rear door speakers on the lower trim models so it’s very obvious that all the sound come from the front sound bar
I like it. Geely is doing a good job. The Volvo EX30, the Zeekr X and now the Smart #1
Keep 'em coming!
Yep, Geely is doing better in design terms than most of the local competitors, with the Europeans on the drawing boards.
The hashtag symbol you refer to a lot in this video is regularly used as "number" which would make this the Number 1. Love your videos
I thought it should have been the Number 1, but apparently Smart have insisted it's called the hashtag one, and that reviewers call it that in videos.
@@nathanshearman1269 that’s what I heard too - which is funny, considering that there is no easy way to say hashtag in Chinese apparently, according to a Chinese commenter I saw on another video haha
I think physical buttons is a lost battle, at least on lower-priced cars. And if we had them, we'd just end up arguing about which functions ought to use them. And when we have assignable buttons (like the MG4's star buttons on the wheel), you have to remember what the unlabelled button does - it won't scale to more than a couple of them.
They ought to focus on the touchscreen controls making the most often-used interactions easy to reach and do. BIG buttons on the touchscreen, fast menu navigation, so you can do what you want quickly and easily while looking at the road, when bumps make your finger wobbly.
The name is fine. You can ignore this car's punctuation and call it the "Smart One" and everyone will know what you're talking about. You can't say the same for the letter salad of Toyota bZ4X or Citroen eC4X.
What punctuation? "#" is not punctuation.
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@@sjwright2 if you don't want to ad to the discussion and contribute or if you simply just don't want to give me an explanation, you can simply ignore my comment.
No need to be childish about it
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@@sjwright2 thanks for confirming you are being childish. Will you confirm it again?
Just look at the amount of time you had your eyes off the road while faffing around with that wretched screen.
The amount of time your eyes are off the road to mess about with the large screen seems rather dangerous 😳
With you...don't have time for manufacturers who rely on screens to do what buttons and dials do perfectly well.
I really hope Smart comes back to Canada. I would seriously consider this if it was available here.
Looks like a nice alternative to the other offerings.
There’s more than a little resemblance to the Mini Countryman & it’s none the worse for that.
Is this the EV Mini should have made?
Even a "Smart" is now an SUV 🙁 why can nobody anymore climb into a normal car, do they all have stiff backs and/or overweight? Statistics say: yes... 🤷♂️
Or you are older like me😢
@@gregkramer5588 you are the exception. most SUVs are bought by young families, etc pp...
and here in CZ most old people drive rather smaller csrs like Fabia... but at older age I get it, easier access
I'm 1,93m and I can say - thank you SUVs!!!
@@luispacheco3571 Well I am 1,92m and do not need an SUV :))) but fair enough :)
@@tesla-spectre ooh man, hope you don't get the back pain I have now that I'm older.. Don't get me wrong, I used to love sedan and city cars. I even tried to buy an e-corsa, but on the test drive i didn't fit in the car. I bought an e-golf and get in and out is becoming harder and harder. Not to mentioned that i need to pull the chair so far behind, that and i look at the side, its pilar i see, not the window. The new sedans and city cars and gettin lower and lower (the roof at least) that the only thing i can see myself buying is an SUV, like my wife's Quashqai
Good review, you can’t use a phone why driving but more and more manufactures are using iPad screens where you have to hunt for the what you want. Surely this is far more dangerous than using a phone?
The voice assist actually reduces the times you have to look away from the road, you just have to get used to it.
Very good if somebody parks you on the drivers side whilst in the car, No chance of getting over to the passenger seat to get out, Don't think the fire crash tender would like that centre section, In the wrong price range, don't these car makers learn, I will stick with my 2 year old ZOE
That also applies to toll booths etc on the continent, no way to reach over
1st world issues, how did we ever do these thing with a gear stick and hand brake in the same place
Too fussy. The EX30 looks crisper inside and out, and the google based UI if at least near the Polestar's level much more useable. Guess that Smart UI was Mercedes doing and dismissed any good advice from Geely
I think the Smart is aimed at females hence the kids book animation.
I'M pretty certain that the sentence "it doesn't feel cheap at all" together with the actual price, has to be saying something about just how expensive cars have become.
Or how well made the Smart is, it feels genuinely posh inside.
Nah it’s really good
Great review Ginny, thanks! Looking at getting the sister car EX30 in Australia next year. I wonder how similar the driving experience will be between these two super mini SUVs!
As the owner of a FourTwo petrol, I am really disappointed that Smart didn’t redesign the FourTwo as electric with a better range than Mercedes managed withe the electric FourTwo. The original concept was a compact two seater, easy to park, easy to drive. Mercedes/ Geely have just gone for the let’s have another SUV type vehicle just like everybody else at an excessive price. What will happen when Tesla bring out their sub £25k car as the keep on promising and all the other companies will be scrabbling to catch up.
Compared to Toyota's bZ4X, #1 seems pretty OK.
# can also be described as number. So it’s the Smart Number 1
Very Interesting... but even more interested on the Smart #3 or the Volvo Ex30!
The headrests with the oval cutouts remind me of the Rivian headlights :)
Would probably look a lot better without the roof rails and less wind noise
Apart from the Fox I think it looks good. I really like the fridge, the roof rails and towing capability. Battery Life drove one for a while and said it was very noisy on the motorway so I'd be interested in that when you get one for longer.
P.S. to others, it's a significantly bigger car than the EX30.
It's nice, but I think I'd rather have it's cheaper volvo sister
Yeah they've priced them completely the wrong way around - the Smart should be a cheaper version of the Volvo. Geely have had a mare
@@nomoreheroes93 the main reason the EX30 starts at less money is that it has a smaller 51kWh battery option, which is, at least initially, not going to be available in the #1, which ONLY comes with the 61kWh pack.
Whilst, personally, I think the Volvo exterior is WAY more impressive than the Smart, I much prefer the Smart's interior design and build quality - to me, the Volvo has gone too far down the minimalist route and some of the materials just look cheap and, at the end of the day, you sit inside the car WAY more than look at it from outside...!
@@nomoreheroes93the Smart is bigger and way better built, and has more features.
Longer by 37mm, it's pretty much the same size. The smart is nice inside, but the volvo is prettier on the outside
The rear seat space is bigger in the smart than the Volvo.
drove it and like it! Much better than VW ID3 abd skoda...also tested BYD atto3.... but only Smart got a towhook
Love everything about this except for the ui/ux of the main infotainment screen. Seems very fiddly and visually unattractive to me. Otherwise, it’s on par with the EX30 as far as the exterior design and a bit better for the interior to my eye.
Why people don't review sound system in the car , there are alot of NCS you can use
Boot size?
Don't understand why car reviews talk about practicality but then don't even show inside the boot.... :/
I don't care if the name is silly or not. What I *do* care about is the lack of physical controls. As a former ADI, I will NEVER, EVER buy a car that requires me to have to go through screen menus to change heating/air con, re-gen braking, etc. For me, it's on my DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT list along with every single Tesla ever made (amongst others)
At least it’s got the speed and all the important driving information in front of the driver
Tesla has voice control for almost everything. No need to take eyes off the road.
You don’t have to go through menus for the heating. It’s permanently at the bottom of the screen so you can alter it. Also the demist etc is an actual button to press. I had a test drive yesterday xx
Great video as always but once again the audio range is awkward. You'll be very quiet whilst talking and then suddenly say something loudly. Problem is I have to turn it up to hear you when you start speaking quietly and then get deafened when you speak normally!
Looks like a storm trooper! I think the boot is quite small for a family car?
What's wrong with using the voice control?
Boot space maybe??
Quirky but good!👍🏻
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Won't be a popular in Rome, too big and to loose the London Cab turning circle as well. Hope the crash test is as good as the others. Lovely enough ❤❤❤
There was a time the # was used to note number. In that logic this would be the smart number one. Or smart one.
Showing the boot and the capacity of it, would have been useful
It's tiny, unfortunately - about 310 L
Cactus for the win🎉
The Reliant Kitten!☺️
#isthereafrunk? #isthereafroot?
Lovely inside but do not like it on the outside in that colour anyway. The key is really cute. Maybe it would look better in other colours.
Can not wait to see your review of the Smart #3 which looks great both inside and outside.
By the way I love your skirt and your general sense of style. Very classy like the car so.
We have been buying Smart's since 1999, and still ride the last build 2017 ForTwo ICE Smart Cabrio. Brilliant cars for 1 or 2 person households.
No problem with vacations from Netherlands to Austria or Italy. Sadly, they dont build 2--door cars anymore with a usable range of at least 300km.
The Chinese can build small affordable EV's with that range, so can the Fiat 500e, but not affordable.
I understand that Smart is going to the 4-door car market. That is what 99.9% of the brands do.
Building totally boring 4-door SUV-like cars for the masses.
The next Smart car will probably be a "unique" saloon. No Smart for us anymore.
The Smart Octothorp 1😂
Looks even bigger than a mini countryman
Interesting car, not a fan of the #1 name, I would go so far as to say it is MR2 ;)
Hmmm. I wonder if they'll bring it to this side of the pond. They did bring the Smart Fortwo EV here, and I was thinking it would be a great around-town EV for running errands. I will admit, however, that this "#1" has some appealing features -and I don't even mind the fox. I don't like frameless doors, however. And the regen needs some improvement. But it does have a heads-up display, and the "cooler" compartment is certainly unique.
People always mention VWs when talking about cheap back seats. Kia/Hyundai do it, Toyota does it, Renault/Peugeot do it.... do I need to go on. Heck the ioniq 6 and mid trim ioniq 5 even have hard plastic on front doors... but somehow nobody complains about that.
At nearly £40k, there’s both better-looking and more-functional competition, plus still Volvo’s EX30. A good effort by Smart, but left-field (as ever)… not likely to be a big seller in UK.
There isn’t more functional cars than this, it’s so practical for its size.
@@oliverstemp9132 Kia Niro and MG4?
@@johnminshall242 the MG4 is smaller, and the Niro isn’t as open and airy as this.
@@oliverstemp9132 I get that you’re a fan; I just don’t think that many in UK would feel same. Perhaps Smart will do better in Europe? But, of course, time and sales figures won’t lie… and it’s good that there’s an ever-increasing EV choice.
@@johnminshall242 true, I don’t think anyone is really comparing the very nasty MG4 to the beautifully put together Smart either.
Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine, but why is the headrest at ~11:00 set to kill the driver in an accident? (Looks like a setting for a man of 2.10m while a woman of about 1.70m is sitting there...)
It probably should have been called Smart Number One, but the same advertising team who invented the Funky Cat name, got hold of it, and that alone would stop me buying either car.
At Fully Charged, I thought the steering wheel control buttons felt flimsy enough to come from a cheap children's toy, and the Mercedes parentage probably means expensive bills.
A bare 3 years warranty shows how little faith they have in the quality of their product.
Anyone considering one of these should first consider China's atrocious ongoing human rights record.
Yes, I know most people have items that already contain Chinese made components, but with major high priced ticket items like cars a line can and should in my view be drawn.... especially where there are more ethical alternatives available.
China doesn't have atrocious human rights records. China have atrocious demonization propaganda levied against it like how Iraq didn't have WMD`s, but the US and UK lied and killed one million Iraqis justified by the lie. Claiming China have bad human rights records are basically just the west projecting its own characteristics on to China as there is not a single country which have done more for human rights than China through its poverty alleviation project lifting 800 million people out of extreme poverty.
For this price, the range is not good enough, and that is more important than a fridge by the drivers seat
Why is the key so huge?
The Toyota Picnic comes to mind for silly names.
I like the design
Have Smart advised you that "#" is pronounced "hashtag"?
Because long before there were hashtags, # was pronounced "hash" in the UK, "pound" in the USA (especially with reference to phone buttons - "press the pound button to hear these options again"), or just "number" when preceding a number.
I'd have read "Smart #1" as "Smart Number One"
Sigh. I see I'm nowhere near the first person to say this. Never comment before reading the comments!
Yes. They've repeatedly told us that the name is pronounced 'hashtag One'.
Is it coming to the US?
In terms of space and practically the Smart #1 is much better than the Volvo EX30. The #1 is a feasible small family car, the EX30 is not with the cramped rear seats.
Maybe it's just me but I hate not seeing what the driver's display looks like while the car is in operation.
Isn't # not just "number" ?
I like the car. Albeit a bit large for a Smart.
22kW AC stalls arn't that much around though.
Can you hash tag a hash? ##1 hmm
LOL Volvo still make esrates! V60+V90 😁 and they have the electric EV90 coming soon 😁 pkus EX30 driveable production demo versions are not going to be available till December 23 so 4+ months from video so more than a couple months 😂
Why did u keep air quoting #? A # isn’t a sarcastic symbol or anything soo?
Am I that old to know thats it's not Smart hashtag 1 but it's Smart Number 1?
Yes, that's what we reckon, but Smart and Mercedes are rather insistent that the official pronunciation is 'hashtag One'. No, we don't understand either.
@Electrifyingcom wait, What?!!
HERE IS MY COMPLETE LIST OF ELECTRONICS I NEED/WANT IN A CAR:
1) power windows/sunroof.
2) power mirrors.
3) booming stereo.
4) power locks.
I DON'T WANT anymore bullshit stuffed in the car. Jacking up the price. Adding maintenance issues.
GIVE ME button, levers, and switches.
GIVE ME analogue dials and gauges.
Just imagine how much less expensive this car would be without all the bullshit like a 'fox assistant'.
having fewer buttons is actually cheaper to build. The EX30 takes that one step further. The Stereo of the #1 Premium is first class! Only drawback is that the subwoofer in the back takes up a bit of space in the lower compartment, well worth it :)
@ who give a shit about cheaper. Give me my buttons!
I think the entertainment tablet is a personal love or hate because I've seen other reviews where they love it (Mark Watson Carwow) so probably best to try it for yourselves if considering buying. Plus the VW ID3 has bad entertainment reviews
Boot space Ginny?
I want 2 seater smarts.
Bring back the smart 2dr sporty coupe as an ev I say! 👍🏻
#2 will be a small city two seater, Geely CEO announced a few weeks ago.
It just show how behind European car manufacturers are compared to Chinese ones. VW had to team up with Xpeng, Mercedes now works with Geely to be able to provide competitive EVs. i’m not a big fan of frameless windows. Overall #1 is a good alternative but a bit expensive.
are we sure volvo is not making estate cars? isn't that just for UK?
That fox on the infotainment screen is as annoying as the paper clip you used to get on word.
It's nice kind of mini like, hope it comes to usa, but most likely it won't
Both the exterior and interior design look like they're debating dropping the Smart brand altogether and putting a Mercedes badge on it. At that price they may as well, who would pay that much for a Smart?! The EX-30 is practically the same car but manages to be much cheaper in price.
Letting you know in the comments below.
The rear side view = hearse
What about Nissan/Mazda Laputa, Pinto is balls in Brazil Portuguese, Pajero is called in Latin America Montenero because in Spanish slang it's masturbator
Hang on! Mercedes did the styling? When? during a power cut?
It has voice control
Where’s Wookie? He’s disappeared
Those Brits with their accent... they are good at this.
If there was a petrol version, they would sell more of them.
This car looks generally good, but the infotainment system looks absolutely maddening.
I'm normally opposed to all those British posh people chasing foxes and getting their hounds to tear the fox to pieces, but I would make an exception here. This is a fox that deserves to be hunted.
Also, as someone with fat thighs, I do fear - as Ginny suggested - that I might find my knees banging against the door and the centre console when I'm driving.
:What they call "Design" is actually styling. Design is the whole package. In fact really design is all the engineering. Styling is what happens after all the design is done.
No buttons, automatic no from me.
Not a car but how about the Yamaha Pantry Boy Supreme?
Why are vehicles getting so big.....other than that.....The Smart....is a nice large truck-u.v.
Between 260 and 273miles in WLTP with 62kWh battery??????
I'd rather go with Model3.
Go and shame Honda for e:Ny1, that is a bad name.
The new A class! And why not the rest of the mercedes EV range are not exactly aimed at the youff market so good in mercedes for doing something different
They are like BMW and lie about the 0-62 time it’s not 6.7 seconds it’s actually 6.2 seconds. I’ve driven and ordered the Brabus 0-62 3.9 seconds claimed. 3.4 seconds actual. Yes that’s super car quick. Want something £7k cheaper and just as quick then the MG 4 Xpower will give an RS3 a run for its money from the lights, if you’re in to that kind of thing. 😮
I'd probably get the MG4 Xpower and save the savings but you can see there is a definite step up in quality in the SMART.
@@stevenjones916 I’ve driven both and the MG4 Xpower is Savage when you use launch control.
Idiocracy is alive and well inside car design departments.
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