By Leftlane Staff
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 @ 9:26 am

The car slated to replace the Smart ForTwo will be about a foot longer and will seat three passengers instead of two, according to a report by Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper. Recently, smart discontinued its ForFour model, which has four doors and seated four passengers. Smart has said it wants to focus on a single model going forward. A three-seater two-door could be the necessarily compromise between the ForTwo and the ForFour. Daimler Chrysler is said to be building the replacement to the ForTwo with the United States in mind, and a three-passenger capacity would likely be seen as a major plus to U.S. customers. A final decision on bringing Smart to the U.S. is expected in June, according to Klaus Maier, head of sales and marketing at Mercedes. Maier spoke with the Handelsblatt newspaper, which was cited by AFX News. In April, AFX said a decision on Smart would come in May.

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