Thinking Small: Koenigseder wide-body Smart ForTwo
Click for a hi-res gallery of the Koenigseder Smart ForTwo
"Wide-body" is a relative term. An SUV or a supercar decked out with a wide-body kit? Pimpin'. But a smart ForTwo? Well, it's wider, sure.
Koenigseder is known for modifying big SUVs, but with this kit it's gone decidedly smaller. The Austrian tuning house's package for the diminutive Smart car widens the body by over an inch, which we're not sure is so Smart for a vehicle designed to park sideways in tight spots. The kit also includes 17" rims, which look positively monstrous on such a tiny car, plus Eibach springs, an aero kit, some subtle floral decals and even environmentally-friendly floor mats. Check the action out in the gallery by clicking the thumbnails below.
Gallery: Koenigseder Smart ForTwo
[Source: Koenigseder via Inside Line]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
KA 6:11PM (6/26/2008)
Whew, I read Koenigsegg at first, and was speechless.
Thankfully those Swedes are sticking to ridiculous loud shouty behemoths.
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Dan 6:12PM (6/26/2008)
Now that's "Shrimpin'"...
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DCragtop 7:43PM (6/26/2008)
urok. Thanx4thelaff.
Dan 10:49AM (6/27/2008)
Now, if only they could send some of that lovin' Stateside....
FotoGenetix 6:11PM (6/26/2008)
not too keen on the front, but the side looks pretty good. and can that 3 banger handle 17s?
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Mike 6:30PM (6/26/2008)
I think you meant to say "Thinking ugly: Koenigseder wide-body Smart ForTwo"
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geo.stewart 6:32PM (6/26/2008)
good money after bad? anyone, anyone?
lets take a poor value vehicle and throw more moeny after it
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Michael 6:42PM (6/26/2008)
That /almost/ looks cool.
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Nathan 6:55PM (6/26/2008)
How do things like this happen?
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Dustin 9:49PM (6/29/2008)
Someone decided they'd get creative with the term "Wide Body" .. it's not that relative, you know. Wheel flares don't make a smart wide.
TwinTurboVR4 6:57PM (6/26/2008)
An excercise in pointlessness: putting an upgraded suspension and widebody kit on one of the slowest cars money can buy.
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FotoGenetix 7:14PM (6/26/2008)
pointless? its the fact that you can. not everyone goes to the racetrack. slowest? maybe but its one of the best city cars money can buy
Soul Shinobi 7:50PM (6/26/2008)
Based on 23 submissions to http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ it averages 38.6 MPG. It does take premium, kind of ironic.
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Tony 8:41PM (6/26/2008)
Now add the Hayabusa engine!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c
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rouse42 9:15PM (6/26/2008)
Transformers, more then meets the eyes.
;(
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larry 9:37AM (6/27/2008)
I think it is pretty neat. I saw one near my home. And the guy that unfolded himself from it was way over 6ft tall!
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Adam 11:47PM (6/26/2008)
The ones I've seen (in Canada) run Diesel.
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yh 12:30AM (6/27/2008)
Thats absolutely horrible looking. Get rid of the double chin, the ginormous wheels, and the paint job, and it might be ok at that point.
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larry 9:59AM (6/27/2008)
I mean the Smart I saw not a Koenigseder.
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Rick 12:25PM (6/27/2008)
I think the 17s fit in there nicely. That's part of being tuned, and only makes the Smart that much more non-laughable to the younger crowd.
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