Everyone knows the Smart car. The sort of roller-skate-shaped microcar was a godsend to city-dwellers all over the world, and in many ways still is. But these days, Smart is half- ...

At less than 9 feet long, the Smart Fortwo redefines the word "compact." The two-passenger, three-cylinder micro car is a European concoction designed to nip around crowded cities and slip into ...