# Brabus smart car? whaaaaaa

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-smart-car-whaaaaaa/250451>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [February 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-smart-car-whaaaaaa/250451 "2010-02-20T15:47:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 15

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![1320-20V](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1320-20v/32/6474_2.png) [@1320-20V](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320-20V)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-smart-car-whaaaaaa/250451/15 "2010-02-23T21:57:01Z")

</div>

> [@VW GTI W12 650.......Good God...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-gti-w12-650-good-god/29494/34):
>
> so what does the s art stand for then?

Swatch Art.

The Smart car was originally a design study by Swatch featuring the removable and customizable exterior panels so that the owner could personalize their vehicle however they liked it. It was originally called the swatchmobile.

Swatch approached VW to produce it and they declined.

Mercedes changed the name to smart, short for Swatch Mercedes Art, and the rest is history.

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-smart-car-whaaaaaa/250451)._