Smart, formerly Smart GmbH (formerly MCC Smart GmbH), an automotive brand of Daimler AG, is a maker of microcars and superminis based in Böblingen, Germany, developed in Hambach (France). The idea behind the car was to produce a vehicle easy to park and short enough to allow “nose-in” parking. Its length of 250 centimeters would equal the width of a regular parking slot, allowing two or three Smarts to park in the same space as one normal car.