The official line used to be that the Smart was a stylish premium city car, and the fact that it did minimal harm to the environment was a happy coincidence, a spin-off from its small size and light weight.

Well, forget all that. The new version of the Smart Fortwo will be getting not one, not two but eventually three green versions. And it's not as if the regular version is exactly a fume-belching monster. The basic 61bhp version does 60.1mpg and emits just 112g/km of CO2.

Coming in the next few months - initially in left-hand drive, but with right-hand drive to follow - there's the Fortwo mhd, which stands for Micro Hybrid Drive. That's extremely misleading as it's not a hybrid in the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER or - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER IMA sense. Rather, it's fitted with a stop-start system that cuts the engine when it's not needed.

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