Smart, the company once known for building cars barely bigger than a bar of soap, has decided it wants to be taken veryseriously indeed. So it’s gone and built this—the Smart #6, a swoopy fastback sedan that looks like it was designed after someone binge-watched every Chinese EV launch of the past two years. It’s not a full EV. No, Smart has gone plug-in hybrid, using an entire platform pulled from the Geely parts bin.

The #6 borrows its face from the Xiaomi SU7 School of Full-Width Light Bars. Up front, the headlights are tucked neatly into the bumper with a strip of LED glitter stretching from cheek to cheek. There’s a panoramic glass roof, a gently sculpted bonnet, and at the rear, a fastback hatch complete with a deployable party trick wing spoiler.

And make no mistake, this thing is big. Properly big. Roughly E-Class big, in fact. The Mercedes W214 is a touch longer, but the Smart is wider, taller, and generally giving off the vibe of a car that really wants you to stop calling it “cute.”

Under the skin, the #6 steals its hybrid guts from the #5 SUV: a 1.5-litre turbo four chucking out 161 horsepower, plus a front-mounted electric motor with 268 horses of instant shove.

Batteries will likely mirror the SUV’s options—20 kWh or 41.46 kWh—giving anywhere from “decent” to “are we there yet? Yes, we’ve been there for hours” levels of range.

Given its sleeker shape, the #6 might even stretch that total range past the SUV’s already bonkers 1,000-mile claim.

Inside? No one knows yet. Smart hasn’t shown a single photo. But if it pinches the #5’s layout, expect lots of screens, a head-up display, and an infotainment setup designed to impress passengers who know what USB-C is.