Smart Concept #1.
A full-fledged crossover smart: Geely platform, Chinese assembly and global model status.
The electric parkcar is still presented as a concept, but we will not have to wait long for the production version. According to preliminary data, the base crossover will be rear-wheel drive.
The smart brand switched its models to electric power back in 2018, and a year later the Daimler concern stopped owning it alone: a joint venture with the Chinese holding Geely was created.
The development of the brand is mainly engaged in the Chinese, they are responsible for the design and promotion, and in the Celestial Empire will set up production of the upcoming cars.
Well, the firstborn of the «new wave» will be a crossover, of course — and it will be the first full-scale production SUV in the range.
Presented at the IAA Mobility in Munich (where the show moved from Frankfurt), the crossover is still in the status of a concept, as evidenced by its name — Concept #1, but the production version will not have to wait long: the assembly line will be next year, and it will take much from the forerunner.