Mercedes and Renault are working on a new smart forfour?

There were rumors hinted that the company Mercedes-Benz began work on creating spacious Smart fortwo, a model that was designed several years ago and has already started preproduction. But, beyond this, and reported that the Mercedes-Benz found a partner for this project. It says that the Mercedes-Benz leads the preliminary talks with Renault, to create four new car, which is sold under the brand of smart.

No details as yet, no, because all this is in the very early stages of conception, so no one now can not say for sure whether there is a partnership between the two companies to develop new smart forfour. Worth noting that rumors about such cooperation go a relatively long time.

Back in March, it was reported that the so-called fortwo +2 was launched into the work. Design the car will remain roughly the same, except for the back door, while the engines remain exactly the same. A bit will be extended wheelbase, which will accommodate two more passengers. The car was supposed to appear in 2012 or even later, but this model is still no confirmation.

However, Daimler actually hinted that a more spacious model could indeed be released, but refused to talk about the details of the project.

«Changing the wheel base, with the current of the additional 2 +1 or 2 +2, we can get a new model» - said Anders-Sundt Jensen, head of branch of Daimler.