# Brabus smart car? whaaaaaa

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brabus-smart-car-whaaaaaa/250451/17 "2010-02-24T06:27:58Z")

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> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/5763):
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> 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.
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> Swatch approached VW to produce it and they declined.
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> Mercedes changed the name to smart, short for Swatch Mercedes Art, and the rest is history.

Wow good to know!

That’s actually pretty cool trivia. :thumb

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