2026 smart #5 Priced for Australia: Mid-Size Electric SUV From $58,900, BRABUS at $73,900, Deliveries From November

Image credit: smart. Overseas model shown.

smart Australia has put prices on the #5, its mid-size electric SUV. The range opens with the Pro+ at $58,900, steps to the Premium at $63,900 and tops out with the all-wheel drive BRABUS at $73,900. smart describes all three as recommended retail prices excluding on-road costs. The car was launched on 18 September, and smart says retail deliveries start in November.

The easy headline is the range figure, up to 590km on the WLTP cycle from a 100kWh battery. The more useful one for a buyer is where that entry price lands. It is the exact list price of the cheapest Tesla Model Y, it is a few thousand dollars either side of the Kia EV5 Long Range and the XPeng G6 Long Range, and it leaves every grade comfortably inside the tax threshold that decides whether a novated lease is cheap or merely normal. Here is what smart has actually published, what it has not, and who should be looking at one.

Pricing

Grouped by powertrain. smart Australia's configurator lists the Pro+ and Premium as rear-wheel drive with a single rear motor and the BRABUS as all-wheel drive. It has not published motor outputs for any grade, so the table sticks to what is printed.

A note on the middle grade's name. smart Australia's launch release calls it the Premium+, while its model page and configurator call it the Premium. Same car, same $63,900. We use Premium here because that is what the configurator you will actually order from says.

smart has not published drive-away prices, so budget for registration, stamp duty and dealer delivery on top. For context, smart Australia's own site now lists the smaller #1 from $49,900 and the #3 from $52,900, both plus on-road costs, which puts the #5 Pro+ $6,000 above the cheapest #3.

What the Money Buys

All three grades share the same headline hardware. smart Australia quotes a 100kWh battery on an 800-volt platform, 10 to 80 per cent in less than 18 minutes (its configurator lists that time against a 400kW charger), vehicle-to-load so you can run appliances off the battery, and front double-wishbone and rear five-link suspension. The release credits the exterior to the Mercedes-Benz global design team, and the model page quotes up to 1,530 litres of cargo space and up to 480mm of rear knee room.

From there, smart's own highlight lists split the grades like this:

• Pro+: the panoramic Halo roof and an automatic three-way camping bed layout, where the seats fold to make a flat sleeping area.
• Premium: a 13-inch OLED screen for the front passenger, a Sennheiser sound system and, in smart's words, the most colour variants. smart's page also lists an augmented-reality head-up display, 256-colour ambient lighting and heated rear seats with powered backrests among the Premium's interior highlights.
• BRABUS: BRABUS styling inside and out, all-wheel drive, an Off Road drive mode and 21-inch Monoblock Z alloy wheels.

What smart has not given us is a full, grade-by-grade equipment list for Australia. The highlight lists above tell you what each grade adds as a selling point; they do not tell you what the Pro+ goes without. If the $5,000 step to the Premium matters to you, ask the dealer for the full specification sheet before you sign, rather than assuming the Pro+ has everything in the brochure photos. smart's own site carries an "overseas model shown" note on almost every image.

The gap between the Pro+ and the Premium is interesting for a different reason. smart quotes the same 590km and the same 6.5 seconds to 100km/h for both, so the $5,000 is buying comfort and cabin technology (plus 20-inch wheels in place of the Pro+'s 19s, per the configurator), not performance or range. That makes the Pro+ the one to look at first if you care mainly about the battery and the charging, and the Premium the one to look at if the passenger screen and the sound system are what drew you in.

The BRABUS

The BRABUS is the $15,000 step up. It is the all-wheel drive grade, cuts the claimed 0 to 100km/h time from 6.5 to 3.8 seconds, and gives up 50km of claimed range to do it (540km against 590km). Whether that is good value depends entirely on whether you want an SUV that fast. If you want all-wheel drive for grip on gravel or wet roads rather than for straight-line speed, note that smart has not published an all-wheel drive #5 at a lower price, so the BRABUS is the only way to get it.

Range and Charging, in Real Terms

A 590km WLTP claim from a 100kWh battery is a strong number on paper, but it is a laboratory number. Sitting at 110km/h on a motorway, running the air-conditioning on a 35-degree day, or driving on the BRABUS's bigger wheels will all pull it down. The practical question is how far you can go between charges on the kind of trip you actually do, and that is what our range estimator is for.

The #5 is not on sale yet, so use the estimator with the rivals below that are, and treat the #5 as a car with a similar-sized battery to the Zeekr 7X Long Range RWD, which we list with a 100kWh pack. You can also open it full-screen at the range estimator page.

On charging, the sub-18-minute claim is for 10 to 80 per cent and needs a charger that can deliver the power the car asks for. Many public chargers in Australia deliver well under the 400kW figure smart's configurator lists, so on an everyday highway stop you will see longer times. The upside of an 800-volt car is that it tends to charge faster on the chargers that do exist, and smart's launch figure at least tells you the car will not be the bottleneck. For home charging, which matters more than the DC figure for most owners, smart's configurator says the #5 accepts up to 22kW on AC and quotes 10 to 80 per cent in under 5.5 hours at that rate for the BRABUS. A 22kW rate needs a three-phase supply, which many homes do not have; the wall box in the launch offer below is a 7.4kW unit, and smart has not published a charging time at that rate.

The Tax Position, and the Wall Box Offer

For the 2026-27 financial year the luxury car tax threshold for fuel-efficient vehicles is $91,661. Every #5 is well under it at list price. Even the BRABUS at $73,900 before on-roads has more than $17,000 of headroom, although options and dealer delivery count towards the value that is tested, so check the final figure on your contract.

That matters because the fringe benefits tax exemption for electric cars on a novated lease is tied to the same threshold. On the current rules, all three grades qualify. The government has also announced that from 1 April 2027 the full exemption will only apply to electric cars valued at $75,000 or less, with a reduced discount above that. The Pro+ and Premium are a long way under $75,000. The BRABUS at $73,900 is only $1,100 under before options and delivery, so if you are leasing a BRABUS and your lease would start on or after 1 April 2027, get your lease provider to confirm the car's value against that figure before you order. Our FBT exemption guide has the detail. This is general information, not tax advice.

The launch offer is worth reading closely. smart Australia will give a smart-branded 7.4kW Wi-Fi wall box, valued at $1,990 for the part only, to the first 60 eligible retail customers who order a new #5 between 18 September and 31 December 2026 and take delivery on or before 31 December 2026. Installation is not included: you pay a licensed electrician, and any electrical upgrades your home needs. The wall box is handed over only after delivery, it is one per car, it cannot be swapped for cash or a discount, and cancelled or undelivered orders do not qualify. The offer ends when 60 eligible cars have been ordered or on 31 December 2026, whichever comes first.

In plain terms: with deliveries starting in November, you have roughly two months of delivery window to qualify, and 60 is a small number nationally. If the wall box is part of your sums, ask the dealer how many of the 60 are left and what delivery date they can put in writing.

How It Stacks Up Against the Rivals

The comparison most buyers will make first is the Tesla Model Y RWD. We list it at $58,900, checked against Tesla Australia's site in September, on a basis that excludes delivery and on-road costs. That is the Pro+'s price to the dollar. The Tesla figure we list is 466km WLTP from a 60kWh battery, against smart's 590km for the Pro+. On range per dollar, the smart has the stronger claim. What the Tesla has that the #5 does not yet is its own Supercharger network, years on sale here and an ANCAP rating in our listing.

Just above the Pro+ sits the Kia EV5 Air Long Range FWD at $61,170 before on-road costs (checked against Kia Australia in September), which we list at 555km WLTP. Just below it is the XPeng G6 Long Range RWD at $56,800 (XPeng's configurator, checked in September), listed at 570km. A little above the Premium's price, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 RWD is $68,200 on Hyundai Australia's list price, and we hold 570km for it.

Two more are worth lining up, though we have not re-checked their prices against the manufacturer, so compare them on specification here. The Zeekr 7X Long Range RWD is the one that looks most like the #5 on paper: we list it with a 100kWh battery and 615km WLTP. The BYD Sealion 7 Premium is in the same price conversation; we list it at 482km WLTP. The BRABUS's closest match on the stopwatch is the Zeekr 7X Performance AWD, which we also list at 3.8 seconds to 100km/h.

To put the 590km claim in scope: across the 19 on-sale rows we hold for these six models (Model Y, Sealion 7, EV5, G6, 7X and IONIQ 5, including the IONIQ 5 N), two list a WLTP figure above 590km, the Model Y Long Range at 600km and the 7X Long Range at 615km. Neither is priced as low as the #5 Pro+ in our listings.

What smart Has Not Told Us Yet

A price list and a launch release are not a specification sheet, and the Australian material leaves out several things a buyer needs:

• Power and torque for each grade.
• Towing capacity. If you tow a camper or a boat, do not assume a figure until smart Australia publishes one. Our TowingSorted planner will show you what towing does to an electric car's range once you have the number.
• Kerb weight, dimensions and boot volume with the seats up. The only boot figure on smart's Australian model page is the 1,530-litre maximum; the configurator adds a front boot of up to 72 litres on the rear-drive grades and 47 litres on the BRABUS.
• Energy consumption in kWh per 100km, which decides running costs more than the range figure does.
• An ANCAP rating. ANCAP's published ratings list had no entry for the #5 when we checked on 1 October 2026, and smart's launch material does not cite one. smart points to a Euro NCAP "Best in Class" Large SUV award for 2025; that is a European programme and not the same as an ANCAP rating.
• Drive-away pricing, and a consistent website. At the time of writing smart's #5 model page still carries a "coming" banner and a prompt to be first to know the price, beside a configurator that already shows it.

On ownership, smart Australia's service page says each smart comes with a five-year or 150,000km warranty, whichever comes first, and an eight-year or 150,000km high-voltage battery warranty with a state-of-health floor of 70 per cent, conditional on servicing every 12 months or 20,000km at a smart-appointed dealer. That page covers the brand's cars generally rather than naming the #5, so confirm it applies to your car in the contract. smart Australia says it is working with its dealer partner LSH Auto Australia on retail deliveries, and its site lists showroom contacts in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Who It Suits, and Who It Does Not

The #5 Pro+ makes the most sense for someone who was about to buy a Model Y RWD or an EV5 and wants more claimed range for the same money, especially on a novated lease where the whole range sits comfortably inside the current exemption. The camping bed layout and the big cargo figure point at families and weekend-away people, and the vehicle-to-load feature is a genuine plus for anyone who camps.

It makes less sense, for now, if you tow, because there is no Australian towing figure yet. It is also a harder call if an ANCAP rating is a condition of purchase, for you or for a fleet policy, since we hold none for it. And if you are in a regional area, check where your nearest smart service point is before you commit: the brand's published showroom contacts are in three states.

If none of that rules you out, the sensible move is to price a Pro+ against a Model Y RWD and an EV5 Long Range on the same drive-away basis, from the same week. We will fill in the smart #5 Pro+, Premium and BRABUS listings with Australian specifications as smart publishes them, and the three will join the comparison tool when deliveries begin.