The rear-engined, three-cylinder Smart Roadster lasted just four years, but its Lotus-beating weight and memorable design made it a cult classic among tiny sports car enthusiasts throughout Europe.

Oceans expand, the planet grows, and Europe seems awfully far away and strange when something like the Smart roadster turns up. Hey, really small cars don't translate well in America. That's not news.

The first stop: smart roadster. Light and funky-looking, the roadster is admired by many. And yet smart never really managed to sell that many and they're unwilling to try again. smart CEO Annette ...

From 2003 until 2005, Smart offered a diminutive sporty ... “The original Roadster was unique with its double vertical headlight and its wraparound front fender,” the two designers told ...

The Smart-Brabus Roadster V6 is a joint effort by Smart and Brabus that will be shown at the 2003 Frankfurt and 2004 Detroit auto shows, but production plans have yet to be finalized. (A Smart ...

Describing the ForEase concept as an “unconventional beauty”, Smart says the emissions-free roadster serves up “a carefree driving experience, freed from convention, yet in harmony with its ...

The first car to come to market would be a small roadster based on the Smart Roadster. Smart stopped building that model last autumn because of slow sales. The second vehicle would be a larger ...

Much like a particular yeast extract spread that can’t be named here for legal reasons, it’d be fair to say that you either love breadvans, or you can’t understand why someone would graft ...

smart introduced ... but with this little roadster coupe version, it dared even more. Thus, the car received a new front bumper, side sills, and rear apron. A set of six double-spoke, 17 ...

But all that changed in 2002, with the introduction of the Smart Roadster. Based on an extended Smart Fortwo, the Roadster was a rear-engined, rear-wheel-drive two seater, using a different version of ...

Based on the convertible Smart ForTwo Roadster, the concept brings a cut-down windscreen and double-bubble rear tonneau similar to Porsche’s 911 Speedster concept. A reworked interior features ...