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Nissan Micra priced at 5.23 lakh rupees in Thailand

The base variant Nissan Micra should be priced around 4.25 lakh rupees in India

We don’t know if the prices of the all-new Nissan Micra in Thailand holds any relevance to the Indian scene, but we can take a clue from the announcement – Nissan isn’t going for the Figo territory with its new hatch.

We have learnt that the Thai Micra has airbags, ABS, EBD and Brake Assist as standard features. This indicates the pricing would begin somewhere close to 4.25 lakh rupees at most in India with all these features chopped off in the base variant.

Nissan has also made it clear that it isn’t willing to get into a price war with the Micra in India. Anyways coming back to the Micra launch.

With a 4.5m turning radius, the Micra’s is just 0.5m short of the legendary Tata Nano. That is quite a remarkable achievement for a car that is 3.72m long.

The Micra comes in a choice of 6 colours – Brilliant Silver, Black Star, Crystal Lilac, Spring green, Sunlight orange and White pearl in Thailand. At launch 4 variants with 2 option packs are offered.

You can buy the Micra in both manual and automatic transmission forms. Only the 1.2-liter 3-cylinder engine is offered at launch which makes 79ps, while torque output is 108Nm.

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Entry posted on March 12th, 2010 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Spotted – Nissan Ad campaign in Thailand for Micra

Nissan has begun going public about its upcoming March/Micra compact car

In Thailand, Nissan is gone up a gear for promoting the new Micra/March compact car. Ads featuring the car is becoming a regular sight in Thailand with the “Coming soon” text in the local language.

Seen here is a wall poster with what possibly could be car’s brand ambassador. Would Nissan do a Hyundai by roping in someone from Bollywood to promote the car?

Nissan’s all-new Micra will be manufactured at the company’s Chennai facility. In the first phase, a 3-cylinder petrol engine displacing 1.2 liters is expected. It will be mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. Diesel variants are expected in the future.

Nissan has not revealed the dimensions of the Micra, but we expect it to be in the size range of the Hyundai i10. Production will start in May and the car will be in Indian dealer showrooms by the end of July.

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Entry posted on March 11th, 2010 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan unveils the all-new Micra at Geneva

Nissan has taken the covers off the new Micra based on the V-Platform in Geneva moments ago. The new model is slightly bigger than the outgoing version and will use a 1.2-liter 3-cylinder petrol engine. The car will also feature supercharging and direct injection at a later date, so it is apt to call this the VW Polo slayer.

It will be manufactured in India starting May 2010 and the car will be on the market in July 2010. The new Nissan Micra will be sold in 160 countries.

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Entry posted on March 2nd, 2010 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan testing Micra in Chennai; have you spotted a mule?

The Nissan Micra test mule spotted was close to the one shown above

Our friends and fellow petrolheads have all seen a new Nissan Micra hatchback being tested in Chennai with taping and heavy black camouflage. The new Micra is going to be produced at the company’s plant in Oragadam, on the outskirts of Chennai.

The Nissan Micra is initially said to come with a 1.2-liter petrol engine that will be a 3-cylinder in-line with 74hp output and 104Nm of torque.

If you have photographs of thi vehicle or any other test mule for that matter, get in touch with me at editor(at)indianautosblog.com

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Entry posted on February 9th, 2010 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Leaked? Nissan Micra 1.2-liter engine details

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Autoincar, a blog publishing worthy information time and again on Nissan, has carried a post revealing details of the upcoming 1.2-liter engine on the Nissan Micra. The Nissan Micra’s production begins in the third week of May this year at Oragadam, Chennai. The Micra will also be produced in other countries including China as a variant of the V-Platform.

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Engine name – HR12DE
No.of.Cylinders – 3 Cylinders
Displacement – 1,198 cc
Power Output – 74 HP (54 KW)
Torque – 104 Nm
Fuel Consumption (claim) – 26 km/litre

If Autoincar has nailed it, then the Micra isn’t the most powerful hatch around here in India. The 26kmpl figure is what sends us into a frenzy. We will wait for official confirmation to comment further.

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Entry posted on January 12th, 2010 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Spied – Next generation Nissan Micra in Norway

Nissan Micra_1_NorwayThe new Nissan Micra is set to arrive next year. 0.9-1.5 liter engines are rumored.

The next generation Nissan Micra which will be produced in five countries and exported from India to over a hundred countries was caught testing in Norway. Nissan-Renault’s V-Platform will form the basic structure of the new Nissan. Gasoline powertrains will displace 0.9-1.2 liters. We expect Nissan to offer the 3-cylinder 1.2-liter engine when it hits the market next year.

A 1.5-liter diesel engine is also in the works for a later date. It reportedly uses a turbocharger which bumps up peak torque to 200Nm.

Nissan has said it reduced the number of components on the Micra to a considerable extent. This contributes to the performance and fuel economy of the car.

More details are expected in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

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Entry posted on December 14th, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan claims new Micra will be best small car in the world

The next generation Nissan Micra that is coming to India next year, is gaining rapid traction in international media. Nissan has issued a press release with details and comments on the new V-Platform, which forms the base for future models, starting with the Micra hatchback. The Japanese manufacturer says if the competitor is not up to the mark, the Nissan Micra will be the best small car in the world.

Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi need to take this seriously.

We can’t verify that claim till March 2010 when the car will hit the floor of the motor show floor of Geneva for the first time.

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Entry posted on December 7th, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan will export Indian Micra to over 100 countries

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Kiminobu Tokuyama, MD & CEO, Nissan Motor India, in an interview with a newspaper said Nissan will start exporting 1,10,000 units of the Micra in FY 11 and 1,80,000 units after a few years. Nissan plans to export vehicles from India to more than 100 countries, including some in Europe, similar to strategy adopted by car companies like Suzuki and Hyundai.

The next generation Nissan Micra could come with a start-stop button feature and a 1.2-liter 3 cylinder engine that’s more fuel efficient that its peers.

The Micra’s production is scheduled to begin in India on the 3rd week of May 2010. The car will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Entry posted on December 1st, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan’s V-Platform details revealed to Indian media

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Nissan today called members of the media and briefed them on the V-Platform, the architecture that Nissan’s Micra will be based on. No photographs were allowed inside the screening room. The details discussed follows.

Rendering – Nissan Micra 3D and Colored

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Based on the mesh drawings of the new Nissan Micra leaked online yesterday, Headlight magazine has published colored shots of select angles. While the car isn’t all that good looking, one must also understand it will look different in flesh and an image editing program cannot replicate every detail.

We’ll have to wait for spy shots or leaked images to decide how appealing the vehicle is.

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Entry posted on October 20th, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March, Renderings

Nissan Micra trial phase in India begins next month

Nissan_Micra_March_2010-sketchThey say trial production of new Nissan Micra begins next month in Chennai

Reports claim Nissan India will soon begin trial production of the much awaited next generation Nissan Micra in its Chennai plant. The Micra will be produced for domestic and international customers starting May 2010, employing about 1,500 people.

Reports claim Nissan plans to produce about 30 units in the trial run next month.

According to Nissan Motor India spokesperson, the Micra hatchback is based on the global compact car platform and will debut in the Geneva motor show in March 2010. Nissan would follow the Micra up with a sedan using its platform and later on, a MPV as well.

The factory, which is currently under construction, will be able to produce 200,000 units annually when complete. Cars built here will be put on a ship that sails to the European markets and UK.

Another piece of information about this project is that Unipress, Tenneco Exhaust India and Tacle India are going to be some of the suppliers for the Nissan small car project.

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Entry posted on October 19th, 2009 and filed under Nissan

Next generation Nissan Micra 2D sketches spill online

2010_Nissan_Micra - 2Nissan’s 1.6-liter 200bhp Micra could give Indians a rare opportunity of buying a hot hatch

Update – Our photoshop manipulator SRK has been pressed into action. He will use these meshes to sketch to a solid 2D car in the coming days.

If you are Nissan, you don’t want to be viewing this.

CAD drawings of the next generation Nissan Micra have leaked online, and more importantly come to our attention, thanks to our reader from Taiwan, Hung Su.

The next generation Nissan Micra will be manufactured in five locations in and around Asia. In India, it will be manufactured starting from May 2010 at the Oragadam plant in Chennai. Rumors indicate two direct injection petrol engines will be offered (1.0-liter, 1.2-liter), which will be first in its class.

The Micra will compete with the ranks of Hyundai’s i10, Suzuki’s A-Star and Chevrolet’s Beat.

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Entry posted on October 19th, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March

Nissan reveals first sketch of next generation Micra

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Nissan has revealed the first set of sketches of its new global small car Micra. The next generation Nissan Micra will be built in Nissan’s facility in Oragudam, Chennai.

The new Micra will be sold in 150 countries and will emerge from production lines in India, Thailand, China and two other unnamed locations.

The Nissan Micra will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next year and will be on sale in India in May 2010. Reports convey it will use two petrol engines (1.0, 1.2-liter) and no diesel in the initial stages. The Micra will be built using steel sourced from Tata.

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Entry posted on October 1st, 2009 and filed under New Nissan Micra/March
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