Smart lease deals

 About Smart

Smart was once best-known for its innovative two-seat city car, originally called the Smart City Coupe, and latterly called the ForTwo. This tiny car, developed by Mercedes, was designed to revolutionise urban transport, but it never quite sold strongly enough.

That lead to Mercedes taking on Chinese car maker Geely as a partner, and re-launching Smart as a maker of much more conventional five-seat all-electric SUVs. The brand relaunched with the small, but characterful, #1 — yes, they’ve gone for rather too-trendy TikTok-friendly badges — and followed that up with the lower-slung #3. Now, there’s also the #5, which being as it’s a massive SUV with up to 647hp from two electric motors, might just be the least smart Smart ever. Smart is now, though, talking about reviving the tiny ForTwo, and badging it as #2, for a re-release. That will at least bring the Smart story full circle.

Why lease a Smart?

Smarts may not be tiny and easy to park anymore, but the #1, #3, and #5 all boast that they’re the most space-efficient cars in their class, with lots of space both front and rear. All three models have useable real-world electric ranges too, and there is the option of a high-performance version of each, badged by famous German tuning company Brabus.

While Smart is a known brand, its re-invention as an all-electric company is still in its early days, and so leasing a Smart makes very good sense as it insulates you from the worst effects of depreciation, at a time when electric car used values are still on uncertain ground. Equally, leasing means you’re not signing up for long-term ownership of a car that might be made obsolete by incoming new battery technology, so you can hedge your electric car bets a little more. 

Of course, leasing also gives you one single monthly payment for most of your motoring expenses, so you have peace of mind, and it’s generally a more affordable option than taking out a PCP or HP finance deal too.