1999 (T) Smart City-Coupe Brabus 450 WideStar

This 1999 Brabus 450 WideStar is one of just three cars built for the UK, with the other two cars being owned by car designer Gordon Murray of Mclaren fame, and F1 Driver David Coulthard.

Ordered new by the Formula 5000 Racing Driver Colin Hyams, and to this day he remains the one and only owner of the car.

Leveraging on Colin's long-term working relationship with the founder of Brabus, Bodo Buschmann, together they embarked on a project of what was to become the very special Brabus 450 WideStar.

Originally imported new from the Mercedes -Benz dealer in Belgium as a standard Smart, the three cars were collected by Brabus from London (photographs on file) and taken back to Bottrop Germany, for the exclusive WideStar conversion to their own unique specifications - Colin's car was specified in Jack Black over the Silver Tridion, Gordon Murray's was finished in the Murray Tartan, and the Coulthard car in the McLaren Team West colour scheme of the day.

The WideStar specification includes:
Brabus SB 1 engine upgrade.
Brabus Suspension upgrade . Brabus Bilsteins all round. New rear springs to the rear but retaining the single leaf carbon cross beam spring at the front.
Brabus Upgrade to Disc brakes all around.
Brabus Wider track front and rear.
16 inch Brabus front wheels.
17 inch Brabus rear wheels.
Brabus Re-mapping gear box including paddle shift.
Stainless steel free flow exhaust.

Additionally, the entire interior was re-trimmed and re-carpeted to the Hooper specification, which includes: Specially colour coordinated throughout in Brabus Mid-Blue perforated leather with silver grey stitching and light silver Alcantara, Brabus Carbon Steering Wheel, Brabus Gear Paddles, Brabus Over-Mats, and embossed Brabus B logos.

This is a car that Colin has clearly doted on. It's cosmetic condition is superb, belying the car's age and mileage. The paintwork is in lovely condition, and the interior presents as very near to new. Look to the underside of the car and it's obvious the car has lived in favourable conditions.

The meticulously documented life of the car is amongst the most comprehensive histories we have seen, reflecting consistent, no-expense-spared upkeep. In addition to just the paperwork, there are various spare parts and numerous mementos from Colin's adventures with the car.

The car has covered just shy of 50K miles, and represents a rare opportunity to own a very special car, one that could not be replaced and is sure to give the new owner as much enjoyment as Colin has had with it.

The car will be supplied with two sets of keys, the UK V5C showing only one owner, a 12-month market-leading extendable warranty, a new no-advisory MOT, and prior to release, will be further subjected to our exhaustive Pre-Delivery Inspection.