Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Geneva 2011: Smart Forspeed as purist roadster

With the Smart Forspeed presented at the Geneva Motor Show (3 to 13 March 2001), an unconventional study: no roof, windows and minimal in the rear, a powerful electric motor takes up. The Smart Forspeed combined responsibility and emotion in a fun manner. The design is innovative and confident: "With bold design, the cult brand Smart has always followed unusual routes.

The Forspeed drives the purist sportiness now at its height and is also the formal leader of a new mobility awareness, "said chief designer Prof. Dr. hc Gorden Wagener. With improvements in performance and load management is the concept vehicle a view of the performance of future generations of electric Smart.

The Smart Forspeed such as accelerated from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.5 seconds and up to 120 km / h fast. In the rear of the Smart Forspeed A 30 kW / 49 hp permanent magnet motor that takes up powerful, already from the state. Using a button on the center console can be activated a boost function.

Then a short time, five more kW power. provides the power for the electric drive in the Smart Forspeed a lithium ion battery with 16.5 kWh of electrical energy. You can be charged on a conventional 220-volt outlet. A battery charge is enough for 135 kilometers (NEDC). The quick charge from 0 to 80 percent needed only 45 minutes.

Another clever way to charge Forspeed developers have placed on the wind deflector: photovoltaic cells, solar power feed into the electrical system, and extend for example, as in the Smart eScooter battery life of smartphones. With its high-gloss white paint in metallic beats the Smart Forspeed formally to the bridge at the Paris Salon 2010 and presented two-wheel studies eScooter Ebike.

Very striking is the design of the front and rear lights. The outer rings are using a variety of rod-shaped LED lights, the center of the spotlight, however, is considered white. The arrow-shaped turn signals seem to push outwards. The advanced LED lighting technology is a contribution to active safety.

In addition, an intelligent control: During the day, the daytime running lights automatically turned on. The City Light system does detect when the driver Forspeed turns night into day: twilight sensors monitor the brightness and, where appropriate, the command to automatically switch to Abblendlichtmodus.

In the front and rear bumpers numerous honeycomb-shaped holes are used as air intakes and provide an interesting visual history. In keeping with the dynamic performance are forward tires, size 205/35 R 18 are used. On the driven rear axle they provide for the full grip of the size 235/30 R 18 Exterior and interior are decorated in smart Forspeed as a formal unit.

This is evident in many details: How the Tridion safety cell flows coming from the outside behind the roll bars to the front to the cockpit and forms a supporting part as the center tunnel. Door outer and inner blade seamlessly into one another and also form a component such as floor and side walls.

The air inlet in the end wind deflector in the central outlet in the center console. The glossy white of the exterior painting dominates the interior. Accents provide green elements such as the sporty four-point harnesses for driver and front passenger or the large cross bar under the cockpit, which serves as a shelf.

All controls, which comes with the driver often in direct contact, such as gear lever, door or steering wheel, set in brown leather. Bearing structural components such as the Tridion safety cell and the bracelets on the other hand, are Instrumentenhutzen executed in matt silver and platinum coated functional elements such as the switches in the steering wheel and gear lever gate with Silver Shadow.

Consistently been waived by the open two-seater to an outside door handle. A handle in the interior enough to break contact. In the middle of the instrument panel, a block with ten LEDs. the Forspeed is started, the LED will shine through the translucent paint down and show the battery status of the electric Smart.

Is turned off by the charging indicator on the other hand to recognize the contour anything. The whole interior can be protected if necessary against rain or sun. For doing this, the Smart Forspeed a tarpaulin. It can be installed on the interior with stretched and sewn to the body belt.

With the help of a zipper, they can be divided in the middle and are so free beispielseise only the driver. But even without weather protection introduces a heavy shower does not create serious problems. Drainage channels in the floor of the vehicle shall ensure that the water can drain out.

In the seats are also water drainage channels. All weather driving fun the entire interior was coated waterproof. Driver and copilot sit two round turbine-like "cockpit". While the driver has the speedometer firmly in view, the passenger is responsible for Communications and Navigation: In its cockpit is a smartphone accommodated.

It can be in its holder by up to 90 degree turn and swing to the driver so that he can throw for example, a look at the display of the navigation system. The Smart Drive App for the iPhone ® offers as in the standard models of smart with all the important features that are needed during a trip: hands-free telephony, navigation system with its own Smart Touch, and a car finder, which shows the way to a parked car.

"The Smart Forspeed shows from a new perspective on how much fun can make electric drive: a beautiful design, a faster drive but of course local emissions. And when you think the smart Forspeed next to our Ebike, eScooter and the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, you can see that electric drive with Smart in all its variations is possible and smart not just a practical city car, but a great idea, "says Dr.

Anne Winkler, Head Smart. Since late 2009, the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive already delivered the second generation of an electrically driven smart to customers. In 18 countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, England, France, Switzerland and the United States, Canada, and in Asia, is the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive to demonstrate its practicality.

Due to high demand, the production figure has now increased to 1500 vehicles. (Ampnet / Sm)

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