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The Big Wheel of your dreams: Smart Forfun 2 is a tiny Smart Fortwo perched atop the underpinnings of a Unimog.


This is one tall Smart, standing 84.6 inches higher than its normal sibling.


But not to worry: You can raise and lower the suspension manually with air springs.


Smart Forfun2 is a one-off. Too bad, because it would have been fun at the Woodward Dream Cruise.



Date posted: 09-13-2006

SINDELFINGEN, Germany — Mercedes-Benz's Smart car brand will debut its next-generation Fortwo for North America in November. But don't expect to see this wild version of the pint-sized city car on U.S. streets anytime soon.

Created by Greek rally champion Stefan Attart, the head-turning Smart combines the body shell of the existing Fortwo with the industrial-grade four-wheel-drive underpinnings of parent company Mercedes-Benz's Unimog 406. The result? A towering two-seat monster truck dubbed the Forfun2.

With a height of 145.6 inches, the Forfun2 towers over its roadgoing sibling by a whopping 84.6 inches. Power comes from an inline six-cylinder diesel engine. To optimize its off-road ability, the suspension can be manually raised and lowered via air springs.

The Forfun2 is the second Smart based off-roader created by Attart, with backing from Mercedes-Benz's Greek subsidiary. The first, a similar creation based on the larger Forfour, caused a stir when it was revealed at last year's Athens Motor Show. Smart's own plans for a production four-wheel-drive vehicle, the so-called Formore, were shelved in early 2005 by then Mercedes-Benz chairman Eckhard Cordes.

What this means to you: Smart's cult status continues, but the Forfun2 will definitely remain a one-off.

Source: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=116799#2

PhilipMSPT

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You see, this is the problem with SMART in the U.S.

We Americans like it big. Like Texas, Anna Nicole Smith, Escalades, or the Triple Whopper Burger; we like it big.

This is the SMART that would sell...

lalexusgs

As ugly as it gets

Lexmex

Since we have had Smart for a few years down here, I have seen one with 20 inch wheels that stick out on the side of the SMART, but what I see in this thread really took a lot of extra work, regardless if it is ugly.