Personal thoughts

I asked you what you appreciate about smart and what bothers you. That's what this article is about.

What do you think?
How could smart get their customer service under control?

The electric drive powertrain is clearly superior to the combustion engine. No question.

However, this is now causing a real hype, which is probably why there is currently a bubble. The underlying phenomenon is not new, history is full of examples from which we can learn: I am thinking of the Dot-com bubble of 2000 and the Video Game Crash of 1983-1985.
In this article I would like to explain to you how I come to this conclusion. I will also show why this will shake up the sector sooner or later and why it will not harm it in the long term. Actually, quite the opposite is right: The bursting of the bubble will clean the market again and make it even more consumer-friendly. But until then, some caution is required.

Smart, weren't they sold to China? They don't build the fortwo anymore, the plant was sold. What are they doing now, wasn't there an SUV?

The world has changed in the last 20 years and smart is now changing too. Smart is rebuilding, reinventing itself. But what does that mean and what are the biggest hurdles now?

A few weeks ago I noticed that the clock on the on-board computer of my smartEQfortwo is exactly 2 hours behind and that I cannot change anything. I take this as an opportunity to talk about software in modern cars and what impact it has on premium vehicles. Ultimately, things come full circle and it becomes clear why smart will focus on the vehicle's operating system in the future.