Unique smart for Brighton rally

18 September 2003: The smart roadster-coupe V6 bi-turbo will exclusively lead the annual London to Brighton smart Rally on Saturday 27 September; the first time the car has been driven outside Germany.

The prototype, created by smart BRABUS gmbh, has two standard three-cylinder engines joined together to create a

V6 bi-turbo engine, with 1,396 cc engine capacity and power output of 170 bhp and 220 Nm of torque.

The car accelerates from 0-62 mph in less than 6 seconds and reaches a top speed of 137.5 mph.

There are no plans to put this prototype into production, but it may give some styling cues to the smart BRABUS roadster and roadster-coupÈ, available in 2004.

The smart range went on sale in Ireland this week.

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