2016 Smart Brabus Fortwo Xclusive - Full Throttle

Brabus Smart Range Tuned All The Way To 107 Hp

Performance Is Relative. Take These New Smart Models Tuned By Brabus, For Example. They Only Pack 107 Horsepower, Which Would Hardly Be Enough To Reach Highway Speed In Most Cars. But In Something This Small, A Seemingly Modest Output Increase Is Enough To Make All The Difference.

Revealed At The 2016 Beijing Motor Show, The New Brabus Versions Of The Smart Fortwo, Fortwo Cabrio, And Forfour Boast A Series Of Mild Performance Upgrades. The 898-cc Turbocharged Three-cylinder Engine Carries Over, But It Has Been Retuned To Pull In More Air And Fuel And Produce 20 Percent More Power And 25 Percent More Torque; That 107-hp Figure Represents An 18-horse Increase Over The 89 Hp In The Standard Version, And The 125 Pound-feet Of Torque A Solid Improvement Over The Standard 100. It's Also 7 Hp And 17 Lb-ft More Potent Than The Previous Brabus Smart. The Brabus-fettled Fortwo With The Dual-clutch Transmission Can Reach 62 Miles Per Hour In 9.5 Seconds Versus 11.3 For The Stock Car. See What We Mean About Things Being Relative?

Of Course, Brabus Being Brabus, The Tuners Didn't Just Tweak The Engine And Call It A Day. They Also Increased The Suspension's Stiffness By 20 Percent, Fitted A Front Anti-roll Bar, Retuned The Esp And Steering, Mounted New Wheels, Added A Launch-control-like Race Start Feature, And Installed A New Exhaust System. There's A Host Of Cosmetic Upgrades Available As Well.

While A Little Extra Power Would Be A Big Help On American Roads, These High-output Smarts Aren't Likely To Make It Here. If The Past Is A Guide, We Might Get A Brabus-look Package At Some Point. That's Too Bad, Because If You Have To Drive A City Car, These New Smarts Seem Like The Most Fun Options.
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