The Smart #1 Is A Bargain Baby Mercedes!

Jack goes for a first drive in the new Smart #1. With Geely underpinnings paired with Mercedes design, and an entry price over £15,000 less than the cheapest electric Merc, the #1 looks like being a great value small premium EV - but is it still a Smart car??

00:00 Intro
01:14 What have we here!
02:36 Design walk around
03:27 Minimalist boot
04:16 A very special interior
05:49 Infotainment
07:19 Stats
09:10 Driving experience
09:50 Back seat Jack test
11:08 Lane keep assist done right
12:08 Less good...
13:18 A true Smart car?

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[DanaVastman]

Agree... Not a disruptor. It's just another of many. Small, efficient and less costly would have been the SMART thing to do 😁

[QALibrary]

When I first time I saw this I was thinking it was a mini replacement but this is so much better than a new mini

[bentp]

Jack has a different understanding of the word affordable than I have

[nutsandy]

I loved my 2017 Smart ForTwo, it had everything you needed including heated seats, satnav, bluetooth, panoramic roof, climate control. It was the 0.9L petrol auto one and it was surprisingly quick (everyone underestimated it), the horn was made for a much more imposing vehicle, turning circle put a smile on my face, the interior was roomy and the boot, though small could hold 7 paxks of pepsi (24 can packs) and we used it to go on holiday for a week or more away, packing our two cases, 2 laptop bags, and a vacuum packed feather duver, sheet and 4 feather pillows slid down between the seat back and boot. So many good memories, and people taking photos when we reversed up to the curb to park it 8). This new one wont live up to the brand… i want them to do a faithful version again, it was so good. Maybe improve the handling a bit though!

[coreygrua]

“I have no idea what that means.” This is but one reason why I appreciate Jack.

[mozzaev]

Test drove one at the weekend, and I would have a Smart #1 over any EQA or EQB and it's cheaper than them.. The interior is excellent from Mercedes and it drives like a dream..

[liammullan]

Such a shame they've abandoned the original Smart car concept - you could park two of the them in the space of a regular car.

[SingleTrackMined]

Your vids are always a pleasure - very infotaining. I like this car a lot and the Volvo, too. There's room for simpler and less expensive in the market. Cheers!

[MikeLoomis]

When battery tech finally catches up, which seems like it's coming sooner than later now, and a car like this can have double the range with the same size battery, a vehicle of this size will be the perfect sweet spot for me.

[jerrysacct]

I always enjoy your car reviews . You manage to deliver all the tech and current EV updates with intelligence and humor.
Thank you

[arildedvardbasmo]

Thanks for the review! Agreed on the lack of disruption... For young people, it'd be cool to see some reviews of 2-5 year old electric cars in use today - not just new ones that youngsters can't afford anyway 😅

[raysmith]

1:40 £35, 950 for it's size is expensive. Can Fully Charged stop saying expensive small cars are 'affordable' when it's near Tesla money and nowhere near a Tesla in value.

[MichaelSmith-usch]

12:42 screen ... I'm 77 and it appeals to me and my two daughters are equally delighted to see some "fun stuff" instead of the boring screens of most other cars. Thank you....

[michaelbond]

Love the opinion! Smart has never been cheap, but this, as you say, kinda misses an opportunity.
Missing our old Smart Roadster (2nd hand, naturally) since we had to trade. What an electric car THAT would make!

[markbelchamber]

I drove a Smart Roadster as my only car for 4 years, and that had a range of about 270 miles too. Small, efficient, fun. It had very few features (CD player, electric windows, air con and that was about it). An electric version of that would be fantastic.

[niklaswejedal]

I am so with you in your conclusion! And to me "Smart" (as a concept or an idea, not the car brand) is the very antithesis of "Luxury". If you are smart, you will be perfectly able make do with a minimum of resources and you are beyond the need for luxury just for the sake of luxury itself... I miss the "integral helmet"-look of the real Smart - and since there is mostly "nothing" in the front of this, there is no reason this could not have had a similar nose as the first one. Skip that two-box suv look allready! And yeah - car-names these days are beyond pointless: #1, 1, One, 01, 001 - oh, come on!

[didierpuzenat]

I am 50+ years old and I love this fox, especially since it does not seems to slow the interface.

[cjoe]

Went to see one last weekend and the car put a big smile on my gf's face. Will take a closer look at both the #1 and #3.

[williamclark]

I love your comments about what it would take to be a Smart, proper disruptor.

[yaronof]

Great review! first time I've watched one of your videos, certainly not the last. Thank you