It’s hard to call the beloved banjo-playing performer’s routine prescient, but considering the diminutive size of today’s 2013 Smart ForTwo Brabus, we can, at least, consider the connection.

Brabus has created some of the world's toughest V8 performance cars as a Mercedes-Benz tuner, though it also built an efficient hot hatch.

But the nice people at Smart had another idea. They were bringing over the one-off (but we made ten just to be sure) Brabus Roadster V6; did I want to lead the rally in it? Erm, okay. Someone had ...