Mercedes will sell the diesel-engined version of its Smart Fortwo in the UK, a company source has revealed. The car, which has a 44bhp, 799cc three-cylinder diesel unit, can do 85mpg and produces only 88g/km of CO2. By current standards, this would make it the most fuel-efficient UK production car. The Smart Fortwo CDI had originally only been intended for mainland Europe, but this week's sign-off to produce a right-hand-drive version for marketing in Britain comes in the wake of several weeks of record oil prices and a four-day fuel strike by Shell delivery drivers.
