SMART · SMART 1 BRABUS · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 765 SMART 1 BRABUSs remain registered in the UK — a genuinely rare sight on today's roads. Numbers are at their highest recorded level since the model first appeared in our data in 2023 Q3. Unusually, the numbers are actually rising — up 222 (40.9%) over the past year, as imports and barn-finds rejoin the register faster than cars leave it.
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (765 in the latest data).
Rarer than 37% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Brabus GmbH (stylized in uppercase) is a German automotive aftermarket high-performance tuning company founded in 1977 in Bottrop (Ruhr area). Brabus specialises mainly in Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and Smart vehicles. They have also modified other vehicles including Porsche.
As of 2025 Q4, 765 SMART 1 BRABUS were still registered in the UK — 759 licensed and on the road, plus 6 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The SMART 1 BRABUS is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (765), making it rarer than 37% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of SMART 1 BRABUS on UK roads rose by 222 (40.9%).
Most SMART 1 BRABUS run on electric — about 100% of those still registered.
The SMART 1 BRABUS peaked at 765 registered in 2025 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2023 Q3.