just to resurrect this thread.
I was passed quickly by an 1.8T golf (X) and then a Brabus smart last night on the way home from work.
They reached a straight dual carraigeway that lead off from a roundabout and i'm sure both of them floored it up the dual carriageway. The 1.8T led the Smart all the way up the 2 mile stretch, but pulled out absolutely no gap at all. They got up to around triple figures. I followed the red glow from the Smart's twin exhaust and caught up behind the Smart at the following rounabout (because they had to wait for traffic), it was then I noticed the badging on the rear was 0.7 T. Is that just 700cc turbo??
For the following 4 mile single carriageway of twisties, I did'nt see the smart brake once, whereas the Golf (I assume on std suspension) had to at least 4 times and they weren't hanging around.
I know its all to do with power to weight ratio's with these cars, but the Smart really looked fast and so stable. God knows how fast it must seem being in one of those things, the just look so upright. I must admit i wouldn't have liked to be in that car going those speeds [!]
Does anyone know the bhp etc figures for it. The 1.8T was toeing it and there was no getting away from the Smart. I would have though the Smart would suffer on the top end due to the small engine, but it didn't seem to up to 110.