One of the first thoughts I had when we bought our Smart was how it compared to my John Deere x300 lawn tractor. Both fit in my garage easily. Both are pretty slow and noisy on the road. Both...

At Consumer Reports, we are constantly buying new vehicles to put through our exhaustive test program consisting of more than 50 tests. As vehicles start the evaluation process, we share our initial, raw impressions through the "Logbook" posts to...

After commuting in the Smart ForTwo a few times, I couldn’t help contemplating how little the world of automobiles has advanced over the last fifty years. My motorized career began in the early 1960s, with a 1957 BMW Isetta...

Sometimes events converge together: Wednesday: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) releases crash test results for the Smart ForTwo.Thursday: We take delivery of our Smart.Friday: The start of my annual pilgrimage to the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Import and Replicar Show....

Buying a Smart ForTwo guarantees you a lot of looks. Part of that stems from the Smart’s 106-inch long diminutive size and gawky cuteness. But another reason is its rarity. Since the car only recently went on sale, there...

With the Smart ForTwo coming to the United States for the first time, we have heard many questions about this microcar’s safety than its fuel economy. How will its occupants fare in a collision? We now have some definitive answers...

In the final installment this month, Consumer Reports writers offer their own views on the budget cars featured in the December 2006 issue. Jim Travers: There are only two good reasons to buy a Smart ForTwo. One is if you...

One of my colleagues suggested calling this the "Not-So-Smart Car" and one went so far as to write "Dumb Car" in the logbook. Our First Look of this roller skate on wheels praised its excellent fuel economy (45 mpg...

Rick Small: “There are a few I dread for a long road trip. The Smart ForTwo is a snoozer on a long  hilly drive, with no power, large trucks looming over you and being blown around by them. This micro...

CR Engineer Thomas Mutchler finds the small car leaves a big impression: One of the cool things about testing cars for Consumer Reports is that we often get to buy and drive models right when they first come out....