To attain the title of being the most powerful of all smarts, the forfour concept features a turbocharged and intercooler version of
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| The forfour Brabus concept features a turbocharged and intercooled version of the top of the line forfour engine. (Photo: Smart Canada) |
the top of the line forfour engine. The tiny, Mitsubishi-designed 1.5-litre motor has been pushed to its absolute limits, producing a Mini Cooper S Works-challenging 210-horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque. That's a stately gain from the most powerful production smart, the forfour Brabus that serves up 177-horsepower and 170 lb-ft of torque.
Being the most powerful smart also makes this the quickest smart off the line and fastest for top speed. Even when compared against Brabus' experimental
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| Racing-grade brakes, fitted with larger discs and meatier calipers do a good job at filling up the open space made by the six-spoke Brabus 7x17 and 8x17 inch alloy wheels. (Photo: Smart Canada) |
V6 Biturbo Roadster-Coupe concept, the fourfor is faster. It rockets to 100 km/h in under six and a half seconds, shaving 0.4 seconds off the production forfour Brabus' time. Top speed is a rather un-smart-like 235 km/h.
To deal with the extra boost in power, the forfour's manual gearbox (not the clutchless gearbox) has been upgraded to feature a differential lock, a critical component to help put power and torque to the pavement. To counter, racing-grade brakes, fitted with larger discs and meatier calipers provide increased stopping power. They also do a good job at filling up the open space made by the up-sized six-spoke Brabus 7x17 and 8x17 inch alloy wheels.
