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Richard Hammond's Smart Car Review (1999)

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Join Richard Hammond as he takes a look at a tiny city car produced by Mercedes - the Smart. He tests it's performance and handling on the road as well as test it's practicality.

[This clip is from Motor Week: Season 5, Episode 18, originally aired 30/12/1999. The full episode can be watched here: Motor Week: Season 4, Ep. 25]

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20 Comments

@Bezen-hb2be 10 years ago

Look at that incredibly small thing. Oh and the cars small too.

@RetroPS2Gamecube-2005 6 years ago (edited)

HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS 21 YEAR OLD FOOTAGE
Edit: 25 YEARS OLD FOOTAGE? Damn

@frivolousnonsense 6 years ago

I had a blue 450 the same as the review. Brilliant fun. They’re effortless to drive and park, and so long as you don’t expect luxury, and you get used to the unusual go-kart like gear box, it will always put a smile on your face. I miss mine terribly.

@MichaelD8393 8 years ago

Back when the Smart wasn't a laughing stock. I miss the late 90s-early 2000s for many reasons but mainly for the attitudes regarding cars.

@jameshawkins8966 4 years ago

This is the best car that symbolizes hammond

@canadadream 5 years ago

I drive the smart fortwo since over 20 years and I ♥️ it You can find parking anywhere except on a poker card. And my current smart with its 84 hp, which has received chip tuning, is no longer the slowest on the autobahn. You just have to make sure that there is no crosswind at 190 km / h because it shakes quite a bit 😎

@trottophone 2 years ago

It's easy to forget that when they first came out, Smart cars were really trendy.
I bought one (left hand drive) back in 2001.
I've still got it.
Not so trendy now of course, but apart from the window switches, dip switch, trip reset button and rev counter, nothing has gone wrong with it in over 20 years.

@Filipe1020 8 years ago

Even the Smart looks big next to Hammond lol

@brucelee6415 6 years ago

to hammond this car is a mighty star cruiser

@bs7157 4 years ago

i really like this blue in smart cars. i think it's the best colour for it.

@t_rex8767 10 years ago

does he age at all?

@man_on_wheelz 10 years ago

My cousin has one of these. Owning one for her is about the same as owning a Ferrari from a bystanders perspective. Everyone has something to say about it, be it negative or positive and you get lots of thumbs up and people stopping you to talk about it. Basically it gets a load of attention! She says she loves the car though, even though every time it shifts it throws you forward making your foot being mashed to the floor a bit confusing to comprehend. I changed her front brakes the other day and everything is hilariously smaller on this car than any other car. The front brake discs don't even have ribs, they're solid!

@mifthasadik8703 7 years ago

It’s still kind of looks like the ones from today

@NikoletaMikaelson 5 years ago

best review i have seen on smart 😆 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@coastaku1954 6 years ago

I can see where the humorous side of Top Gear came from

@romulusnr 5 years ago

It was a fine car for its size but the nonce of it was that it took 92 octane minimum (!) and cost as much as a fullsize sedan. Beauty to park though, it would fit anywhere. Kind of miss them for the car hire service.