Stuttgart, Sep 23, 2020 - "Your City. Your Energy." That is the motto under which smart is working with jam skater Oumi Janta to launch a new social media campaign aimed at awakening interest in urban and electric mobility.

Berlin, Feb 7, 2019 - Kristina Vogel, two-time Olympic gold medal winner and eleven-time world champion in track cycling, received her new smart forfour prime yesterday (combined fuel consumption: 5.4 l/100 km, CO2 combined emissions: 123-122 g/km; figures for manual transmission) after being voted "The Best of the Best 2018".

Stuttgart, May 29, 2018 - It can happen easily, especially in unfamiliar big cities: You don't remember exactly where you parked the car. The new "ready to spot" service in the 'ready to' app of smart solves this problem conveniently and offers additional functions that make getting back to the car easier.

Stuttgart/Milan, Apr 13, 2018 - smart has revolutionised urban mobility and pioneered innovative services that stand for joie de vivre in the city. The same now goes for night-life, too:

Stuttgart, Jun 23, 2017 - smart is accompanying the market launch of the new smart electric drive models with an unprecedented, international social media and digital campagn. Since June 23 2017, smart fans and other interested in Germany and Spain can apply for participation in "smart electric drive Carsino" at www.smart.com/carsino. Participants are required to put up their old car as a stake, which will later be pressed into the form of an oversized dice.

Salou / Stuttgart, Jun 19, 2017 - Under the banner "Electrify Your Life" on 16 and 17 June 2017 2869 smart fans from 32 countries came together for this year's smart times in the Spanish coastal town of Salou.

Stuttgart/Berlin, Jan 17, 2017 - Veronika Heilbrunner is presenting her individual smart fortwo | tailor made during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin under the motto "Reveal the Iconic You!".

Stuttgart/Berlin, Oct 10, 2016 - Visitors to the Festival of Lights outside Berlin's Union Film studios were treated to a light and music spectacular starring all three smart electric drive models at the weekend.

Hamburg / Stuttgart, Aug 29, 2016 - Roadster, coupé or cabriolet? Petrol engine, diesel engine or electric drive? Two- or four-seater? Special or standard model? The variety of smart vehicles is endless - as impressively demonstrated by the 3.167 smart enthusiasts from around the world who attended the 16th smart times, the first to be held in Germany.

Stuttgart/Berlin, Aug 24, 2016 - The winner of the idea contest "smart urban pioneers" initiated by smart has been decided. On 19 August in Berlin the project "myLike" from Munich was awarded first place.

Hamburg / Stuttgart, Aug 23, 2016 - From 26 to 28 August 2016 the worldwide smart fan community will come to Hamburg Großmarkt for this year's smart times. Thousands of smart fans from 34 different countries are expected in the Hanseatic city, some of them with elaborately and individually customised or extravagantly modified smart vehicles.

Stuttgart, Jul 8, 2016 - Unique agility and outstanding dynamics - these are the two outstanding traits of the new smart BRABUS. This exceptionally sporty and exclusive variant is being introduced to broaden the range of smart cars for urban mobility.

Stuttgart/Berlin, Jun 10, 2016 - Right on time for this year's NOAH Conference, which took place on 8 and 9 June 2016 at the Berlin Tempodrom, the "smart urban pioneers" idea contest initiated by smart entered the final and decisive phase.

Stuttgart, Apr 15, 2016 - The finalists have been determined: in the idea competition "smart urban pioneers" for more joy in the city, smart fans around the world have now chosen their favourites. The most votes went to the projects Cabin Spacey from Berlin, Urban Affairs 2016, also from Berlin, and myLike from Munich. Starting in mid-May 2016, the three finalists will present their projects to a wide audience on the international crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.

Stuttgart, Mar 22, 2016 - The unique ideas competition "smart urban pioneers" is entering its second round. The jury of five under the patronage of Christian Vollmann, executive board member of the Bundesverband deutsche Startups e.V., has drawn up a shortlist of the ten most promising project ideas. The voting phase is now getting underway. Up to 31 March 2016, everyone has a chance to vote for their favourite at the international online brand magazine "smart magazine" www.smart-magazine.com.

Stuttgart, Feb 18, 2016 - smart is accompanying the market launch of the new smart fortwo cabrio, which will arrive in showrooms on 10 March 2016, with a comprehensive campaign across all communication channels focusing on the central creative theme of "Open for anything!". Virtual and digital activities in particular are to be implemented for the particularly iconic model of the new smart generation. One highlight is the "Virtual Test Drive Experience".

Stuttgart, Dec 17, 2015 - Whether in terms of mobility services or individualization possibilities – smart has always been a pioneer in the automotive industry and far more than an amazingly agile car for the city. The brand for urban mobility is now going a step further: For the first time, the smallest vehicle in the product portfolio of Mercedes-Benz Cars can be bought on the Internet and then delivered directly to the customer’s home; in addition, all of its features can be explored interactively in virtual reality.

Stuttgart, Nov 30, 2015 - Things are getting musical at smart in the run-up to Christmas. With its campaign "The Sound of Christmas", the brand is inviting all its fans to create their own Christmas song online and share it with friends and family. To this end smart has reinterpreted the Christmas carol "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas". The special feature is this: The Discoball smart, a smart fortwo completely covered with small, light-reflecting glass panels, itself becomes a musical instrument and a central part of the composition.

Stuttgart/Budapest, Aug 31, 2015 - On 28 and 29 August 2015 2,476 smart fans from around the world came together in the Hungarian city of Budapest for this year's smart times. Historic Heroes' Square in the city centre was the venue for the 15th anniversary of the world's largest international gathering of smart fans. For the first time the smart times participants had an opportunity to tour the city on the Danube by night.

Stuttgart, Apr 13, 2015 - DJ and producer Felix Jaehn teams up with singer Jasmine Thompson and a smart forfour for a high-spirited rendition of his new song "Ain‘t Nobody (Loves Me Better)". The German music producer and the British musician have breathed fresh life into Rufus and Chaka Khan's classic from 1983. The single, released on Universal Music, dishes up catchy rhythms and infectiously danceable grooves, and has what it takes to be a summer hit.

New York/Stuttgart, Jan 16, 2015 - smart, the Stuttgart-based car brand for urban mobility, and MOSCOT, the New York City institution renowned worldwide for its iconic eyewear, join forces to mark the 100th anniversary of MOSCOT and the upcoming finals of the current smart cabrio model row. With the slogan “Keep moving – stay original!”, designers at smart and MOSCOT have created 100 special limited edition “smart fortwo edition MOSCOT” models with a matching “LEMTOSH smart” and the versatile“MOSCOT smart Drive Package” – all in MOSCOT’s iconic black and yellow.

Stuttgart/Shanghai, Dec 15, 2014 - Five years after market launch, smart has firmly established itself in China as a trendsetter and pacesetter for urban mobility. After Germany, the Middle Kingdom is now the second biggest market for the innovative two-seater. This success was celebrated at the end of “smart times 2014 China” by around 50,000 fans of the brand at the “LIVE smart China 5-Year Anniversary Concert” in Shanghai Stadium. At the event, smart surprised its Chinese fans with two new special models:

Böblingen/Hamburg/Knuffingen, Nov 14, 2014 - 150 new smarts on 1300 square metres: at Miniatur Wunderland, the world's largest model railway, the smart model change has already taken place. A good week before the launch of the real smart on 22 November the mini fleet has been replaced. A total of 90 new fortwos and 60 new forfours are deployed in the whole miniature layout – for example, at Knuffingen airport, at the smart dealership, on a car train and a truck transporter. At the same time the first car2go fleet is being launched in Miniatur Wunderland.

Stuttgart, Oct 14, 2014 - The market launch of the new smart generation on 22 November 2014 brings the new era in the history of the smart brand to the roads and cities. The international brand campaign entitled “FOR” has already conveyed emotionally how the brand sets itself apart from the competition: smart embodies the attitude of being FOR something and creates more urban joie de vivre.

Stuttgart, Jul 31, 2014 - Cities are anonymous, loud and hectic. Until the end of the last century this image drove many city residents out into the suburbs. In recent years this trend has reversed. Today, more people already live in cities than in rural areas. By 2050 it is expected that around 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities. The result: increasingly densely-inhabited urban areas. Private living space becomes smaller and more expensive. What do city-dwellers need and what do they wish for to be satisfied and happy with their life and their city?

Stuttgart/Cascais, Jul 21, 2014 - From 17 to 19 July 2014 2,380 smart fans from 31 countries gathered on the beach in Portugal to celebrate the largest international smart event worldwide. The heart of the town of Cascais wasn't just the venue for numerous smart programme items from test drives to the smart parade – it was also the starting point for excursions to the surrounding region for more than 800 smart enthusiasts: from Figueirinha beach to the most western point in Europe.

Stuttgart, Jul 9, 2014 - Functionality, innovation and joie de vivre – these are the brand values that make smart so unique. smart sees itself as a future-oriented, visionary brand that stands for a great idea. smart is more than just a car; smart is a manifestation of urban joie de vivre.

Stuttgart / Herning, Feb 15, 2013 - smart, the car brand for urban mobility, and BoConcept, the Danish urban interior design specialist, have pooled their expertise in the disciplines of “form” and “functionality”. Together the design teams of both brands have created a collection of furniture and accessories and a smart fortwo cabrio. The aim of the design process was to combine the best of both product worlds: the inviting comfort and the warm personal touch of your own home with the vitality and speed of city life.

Los Angeles/Stuttgart, Nov 28, 2012 - An electrifying encounter between the internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Scott and the smart fortwo electric drive has produced a fascinating smart fortwo. An electric car, ready for lift-off into a new era of mobility – full of lightness and joie de vivre. The unique smart forjeremy has wings – a familiar trademark of the American star designer.

Stuttgart, Apr 13, 2012 - The smart fortwo fits not only into every parking spot, but also into a tweet. smart Argentina has launched the world’s first animated advertising campaign on Twitter – a digital flip book consisting of 455 individual tweets. The message is “smart is the only car that fits everywhere, so why not into 140 characters, too?” Using the individual images, an additional video clip has been produced specifically for social media.

Stuttgart, Nov 2, 2011 - For the 2011 Los Angeles Design Challenge, which is seeking to find the most spectacular new film car for Hollywood, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Sindelfingen (Germany) and Carlsbad (USA), have joined the ranks of the screen-writers. Their efforts have borne fruit in the form of three visionary “hero cars” – a Mercedes-Benz and a smart, each perfectly cast in an action thriller, and a Maybach luxury carriage starring in a modern-day fairytale. The futuristic Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow teams up with two crash test dummies to battle it out with the forces of evil.

Stuttgart, Mar 15, 2011 - Always surprisingly different: smart presents an electric two-seater in a glitzy 'disco-ball' look in Berlin. This smart fortwo electric drive is completely covered in reflective glass tiles from the roof to the hub caps and the windows also feature a mirror finish. The one-off model was conceived by the experimental artist formation 'Apparatjik' to be used in a film titled 'Pixel City', realized for their current installation at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. The project is brought to a climax by two very unusual live performances on the 26th and 27th of March.

Stuttgart, Feb 28, 2011 - With the claim "A big idea for…" smart is launching a new international brand campaign which focuses on the uniqueness of the vehicle's concept in an unusual way. Five different stories are the common denominator for all communication activities. Each story demonstrates a feature of the smart fortwo, accompanied by humorous illustrations. They tell how this innovative vehicle improves the quality of life in pulsating cities. As a whole new vehicle concept ahead of its time right from the start, the smart is showing that it is the real city car.

Stuttgart, Jan 4, 2011 - The first iPad app from smart can now be downloaded from the iTunes store. smart is presenting an interactive history of great visions and visionaries entitled "Ideas in motion". And the name also says it all about the app itself: it is always in motion. iPad owners can add their own contributions and continue writing the story together with smart. In this way the eBook will keep growing and new updates will be added for users to read on their iPads.

Stuttgart/Los Angeles, Nov 17, 2010 - American West Coast zest for life meets German technology, design art, and granny's hand-knitted woollen socks. The designers at the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio in Sindelfingen based their design for an unusual smart with four seats for this year's Los Angeles Design Challenge on these principles. The smart 454 is produced by "Smart Granny Robots" (SGR) using weight watch technologies (WWT).

Stuttgart / Paris, Sep 24, 2010 - An unusual cooperation project has its world premiere. smart, the packaging specialist CD CARTONDRUCK AG from Obersulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and the Berlin-based artist Sarah Illenberger unveil the first smart fortwo to have its interior and exterior components designed and produced in high-quality recyclable cardboard from the company Gmund. The CARTONDRUCK smart will be on show in Paris at the smart urban stage from 28 to 30 September 2010, in parallel with the Paris Motor Show.

Stuttgart, Jul 1, 2010 - On 2 July 2010, smart will be heading off on a European tour with the smallest mobile TV studio in the world. With its slogan "remix your reality.", the smart. studio. will be stopping off in Rome, Berlin, Paris, London and Barcelona, where it will offer interested locals the chance to take an innovative and unusual approach to exploring their city as an "ambassador for urban mobility and lifestyle".

Stuttgart, Feb 12, 2010 - Surprisingly different time and again: on 16 February 2010 smart is starting a new international brand campaign and bringing fleeing "Hot Dogs", a filling station attendant and further surprising stories to cinema, TV and computer screens. The ten second spots each show a film excerpt that arouses interest and makes viewers curious to find out more. Accordingly, they end with the question that everyone asks: "What happened?"

Stuttgart, Jan 5, 2010 - smart is staying true to its brand slogan "open your mind" and opening to outside ideas with a design contest. From 6 January 2010 fans of smart and design worldwide are invited to design a smart fortwo on the website www.styleyoursmart.com. smart is looking for the coolest smart design and will award prizes with a total value of €5000 to the winners.

Stuttgart / São Paulo, Oct 20, 2009 - At the invitation of smart and the creative network ROJO® a total of 275m2 of concrete in the centre of São Paulo have been transformed from grey to a multitude of colours. The urban art artists OVNI and Nuria Mora from Spain, Eltono from France, Brazilian Tony de Marco, Tofer Chin from the USA and Superblast from Germany have brightened up the city of 19 million inhabitants with their outsize murals. ROJO® Out by smart is the name of the art initiative with which smart is extending its activities in the area of urban creativity on the South American continent. The car brand has been active in Brazil since April of this year.