Brabus Kit for US Smart fortwo

[Rogue Smart]

As you can imagine I would love to have the brabus edition smart car and did not know if it would be coming to the states but after a little searching, I found that indeed it will be coming to the US and damn it looks good!!



Here is what they say over at Road & Track.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=4937
Not only will the U.S. see the Smart Fortwo when it bows next year, but we will also get the Brabus high-performance version for those who want a bit of extreme performance to go along with their fuel efficiency. The Brabus features a pumped-up 1.0-liter 3-cylinder engine that boosts output to 98 bhp, which should be good for getting the 2-seater's 0-60mph time to under 10 sec.

[Rogue Smart]

[Rogue Smart]

[Rogue Smart]

[MSOEMiller]

This would be sooo AWESOME. I have a bad feeling that this isn't going to happen, because I previously heard the BRABUS version wasn't coming to the USA in the first year. I'd be more than overjoyed to be wrong.

Does anyone know the additional cost?

EDIT: Maybe I heard wrong, Here's the Edmunds.com video I watched. At the end they say BRABUS is working on a different version for the USA, less power and no turbo charger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeCxIThLbis

[BimmerDob]

Want one too in the US, Here is what Smart USA said :-(

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Dear Mr. *********,

Thank you for your interest in smart USA. The Brabus roadster and forfour models have been canceled worldwide by smart, Inc. and are no longer in production. The smart fortwo will be the only model available in the United States.

You may visit our website at www.smartusa.com and click on the “street smart” tour link to see our tour map, updated daily. If you have not already done so, please sign up to become a registered “insider” to receive our quarterly e-newsletter.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact us via email, or by phone at 1.800.smartusa.

Thank you for your interest in smart. You will be hearing from us soon!

Mili Shedrick
Customer Care
smart USA
1.800.smartusa
www.smartusa.com <http://www.smartusa.com>

[SMART]

That is crazy... I want to look in to this and see if this is the case that we wont even get a body kit to order from them....

[BimmerDob]

Yup, hoping that is not the case. The US market would be ripe for a perfomace kit on a fortwo just like this. I am already looking at Canada and UK based mods, problem being cost (UK) and they are all based on previous fortwo models, so will have to wait for moders to get their hands on the new '07/08 Smart fortow.

[smartcar]

Sign me up as a top modder as well!!!

[smartcar]

I'm planning on tons of carbon fiber pieces in mine! And a plethora of electronics.