Mercedes-Benz will produce Smart with 3 seats

After three years from the disappearance from the market, Smart would seem to bounce back with a vehicle that is suitable for more than two passengers.

So Mercedes-Benz line dedicated to city cars is expanding and it’s developing a new Smart with three places. According to rumors it will be called "Forthree”. We may think that Mercedes-Benz hurry up the preparations of the new Smart in response to the competition represented by the Toyota IQ, and urban cars from Audi and BMW.

Roomers are that the new chair position of the new Smart will be borrowed from Formula 1 McLaren’s. The machine is designed with the driver's seat located centrally in front and two passenger seats positioned in the back and across the cabin, as in V formation - an arrangement made possible due to positioning engine in the rear. The appearance itself is not new.

The little car with three places has been conceived as a sport alternative to the second generation of Smart “Fortwo”, with the possibility of carrying three persons, but with limited trunk space.

Among other things, smart “Forthree” will be equipped with folding chairs, and a cross rail which award folding driver's seat.

There has been no announcement on the motor package, but it is well known that Mercedes-Benz has already launched a new line of modular engines in three cylinder gasoline and diesel, 1.4 liter. Also, in developing is a new gearbox with seven gears.

According to inside sources the car will arrive in showroom in 2014.