The Smart car brand changed course after its owner, Mercedes-Benz, sold half of the company to China’s Geely, which proceeded to create a series of models built on its modular SEA platform, also used by some Volvo and Polestar models. All models shown after the partnership was announced bore a hashtag name and kept getting bigger, and now that’s culminated with the biggest vehicle to ever wear a Smart badge, the #5, which was just revealed in concept form.
Its exterior design features all the typical cues we associate with the brand, shared with the #1 and #3, but adapted to fit on a tall, upright body with short overhangs that has a similar shape to a Mercedes EQB. The concept has front and rear skid plates, folding steps on the sides, a winch integrated into the front bumper and a big light bar to emphasize its off-road readiness—none of these elements won’t make it into production, though.
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