smart fortwo awarded environmental certificate

The Öko-Trend institute for environmental research certifies a high level of environmental friendliness for the smart fortwo and has awarded it the environmental certificate for cars.

The petrol version with 45 kW (61 bhp) has received the award for more reasons than just its low fuel consumption as the certificate is based on an extensive assessment of a car's environmental compatibility.

As well as fuel consumption, noise and pollutant emissions, ecological criteria such as details of the manufacturer's production, procurement, logistics, recycling and environmental management are included in the assessment.

These things have always been important to smart: protection of the environment was and continues to be an integral part of all the company's fields of activity.

This does not only apply to the production facility in Hambach, France - it also applies to the smart fortwo itself: from the development and production of the vehicle to its operational period and later recycling.

Low-consumption diesel version

The diesel version of the smart fortwo is just as environmentally friendly as the petrol version. The smart fortwo cdi consumes just 3.8 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres under standard conditions.

With more than 140,000 models sold to date, the smart fortwo cdi is the most successful "three litre" car worldwide. Since this year the diesel version has been available with a diesel particle filter (open system), and this can be retrofitted on older models.

It gets even better

The new smart fortwo that will be launched on the market in the spring of 2007 will also be a true smart fortwo and therefore just as environmentally friendly - or to be more precise: even more environmentally friendly.

The successor model will not only adopt the main features of the current smart fortwo, it will further improve them. You could say that the new smart fortwo can do everything that the current fortwo can do - but better.

The Öko-Trend environmental certificate for cars is a further development of the Öko-Trend annual car environmental ranking that has been compiled since 1997. The smart fortwo is one of the first vehicles to receive this certificate.

Pictures of the current smart fortwo and of further smart cars are available at http://media.smart.com. Further information on the Öko-Trend environmental certificate can be found at http://www.oeko-trend.de.

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