The objectives were to create the cheapest possible microcar accommodating four people in the 2+2 system, i.e. two adults and two children. Access to the rear seat was possible only after folding the front passenger seat. The door was a tilting (downwards) front cover, so that the sides of the body could carry loads, and the shape of the body itself did not require deeper extrusion. The car did not have a trunk, and on the dashboard there was only a speedometer, a battery charging indicator and a turn signal switch with an indicator light.
As a drive for prototype vehicles served the engine from the Junak M07 motorcycle with a dynamostarter and a blower installed. Independent suspension was used for all four twelve-inch wheels: transversely arranged torsion bars. The wheels were assembled from two parts, of which the inner, light metal served at the same time as the wheel hub, and the outer, steel one as the right wheel. Smyk was also built with a body made of three-layer laminates.
Smyk was to be manufactured at Szczecińska Fabryka Motocykli (SFM) plant in Szczecin. However, plans for its production were shelved, as another microcar, Mikrus MR-300, was approved for serial production. Only a trial series of 17 (or 20, according to other sources) Smyks were produced by SFM.[citation needed]
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