The internet is an unforgiving place.
Joke For Blog has published the patent drawings of the upcoming Nissan Sunny (in India, name is still undecided). We posted a couple low-resolution brochure shots earlier in the month and now we have outline drawings of the vehicle.
Nissan will launch this model in India by Diwali 2011 with a 1.6-liter petrol engine and a 1.5-liter diesel motor. The petrol engine debuts on the V-Platform sedan while the diesel heart is borrowed from the Logan and has also been introduced in the Micra recently.
The V-Platform sedan will bare little or no resemblance to the Micra. Interiors however is largely based on the Micra. Air-conditioning vent for the rear passengers and a mildly redesigned center console will be the changes.
Stay tuned for more information or visit our Nissan Micra category page to catch previous updates on the V-Platform sedan and the Micra hatch.
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Leaked pictures have taken the wraps of Nissan’s new India bound sedan – the Sunny. The vehicle might not be called Sunny in India, however.
The Chinese auto website Autohome is reporting the pics of the final product that is expected to international markets early next year. And by the looks of things we are really impressed.
Although Nissan says that this is not a Micra sedan, the interiors are such a giveaway. The two differences we can spot are the square AC vents on the dash and twin dials (instead of one large and one small one) behind the steering wheel. Thankfully, Nissan has provided what looks like a AC vent between the front seats for the rear passengers.
The exterior of the car is sort of a mash up of the Altima and the Teana. Nothing concrete can be said about the engine specs but we expect it to be powered by 1.6L petrol engine to producing round about 100 to 115 horses and the 1.5-liter diesel engine coaxing out 70bhp or so.
There are some websites reporting dimensions of the car – Length 4,420 mm, Width 1,695 mm (30mm more than Micra), Height 1,500 mm and Wheelbase 2,600 mm (150mm more than Micra). The wheelbase of the vehicle is the same as the Toyota Corolla Altis. The vehicle is taller than the Altis and falls short in overall length and width. If these dimensions are anything to go by, expect quite a large sedan with good level of luxury for under 10 lakh rupees.
What’s really interesting is that Nissan has cleverly designed the exterior of the car to make sure it doesn’t look like an extended hatch (something like a Dzire).
Nissan is quite tight lipped about any information on the car. So I guess we all have to wait for at least 6-8 months for some real scoops. Sources tell us that Nissan could launch this car for Diwali 2011, which is exactly a year away.
Nissan requested us not to call this the Micra sedan and you understand why immediately after you’ve seen the spy shots.
Nissan’s V-Platform sedan’s interiors have been brought to you before along with our indicative impressions. But here’s one very close to the real deal. We mistook it for a leaked shot, and upon close inspection discovered it was nothing more that a photoshop gimmick.
Nissan’s Sunny (as it will be called in China where it debuts this year) has nothing in common with the Micra on first glance. Common parts between the hatch and sedan is abound, but to the naked eye, they will be poles apart. When you step inside the relationship gets evident. However, the sedan is likely to have a comfortable back seat and the rear occupants will enjoy more legroom and perhaps even an AC vent.
The Nissan V-Platform sedan will have a 1.5-liter diesel engine and 1.6-liter petrol engine capable of delivering anything in the range of a hundred horsepower. There is no information on the automatic transmission, but it will appear on the menu in due course of time. The V-Platform sedan is likely to pitted against the Honda City and Nissan will offer many features like the Start-Stop button, key-less entry and climate control on the sedan when it hits India in the last part of 2011.
One of our readers from Thailand Vu Hung, sent us interior shots of the Nissan V-Platform sedan which will be named Sunny overseas. In India, the V-Platform sedan should have different branding. It will be available with a 1.6-liter petrol engine and a 1.5-liter diesel when it’s launched in the last quarter of 2011. Automatic transmission will also be offered at some stage, we’re told.
The V-Platform sedan will hardly bear any similarities to the Micra to the naked eye. Under the sheet metal, much of the components will be carried over. The interiors are also marginally similar. Aircon controls have been lifted from the Micra and so have the door levers. The Start-stop button will feature on the sedan too but the rest is all different.
There’s a sophisticated CD player on the sedan and the air con vents are square, compared to the circular ones on the hatchback. The front seats and mirrors are drawn from the hatch, while the door handles, coming off the Micra, will have a line of chrome on them.
We’re constantly trying to hatch the V-Platform sedan for you with renderings, spyshots and inside information. We’ll get you more over the next few days, so stay tuned.
Nissan earlier this month released the teaser sketches of its V-Platform Sedan (code name L02B). So we planned to touch it up a little and take it to a more production ready state. Although the authenticity of the final outcome is unknown, by the looks of things, the sedan looks completely different from the hatch.
Nissan insists that the new sedan only shares the V-Platform and nothing else with the hatch. The pic shows that the car has a very aggressive front end with a bit of 370z like touch to the headlamps. As we wrote earlier, this one’s looking like a mini Teana.
If all goes well, we could see a potent competitor for the existing Dzire’s, Manza’s and Accents’s from Nissan’s stable. Nissan could stretch out the variants (fully-loaded diesel model with automatic transmission?) to enter the Honda City territory.
Bits and pieces hidden away under the skin will come from the Micra that could translate into a competitive price tag. The car will use a 1.5 liter diesel engine (same as the Logan, to be plonked in the Micra too) & a 1.6 liter petrol is also on the cards. Nissan could also offer a CVT transmission on it at a later stage.
Nissan will badge the imported model as Sunny and the name is not likely to be used on the Indian model.
An official from Nissan who wished to remain anonymous disclosed to Indian Autos Blog that the Micra-based sedan (codename – L02B) might not be called Sunny after all.
Bajaj sold a highly popular low-displacement scooter named Sunny during the 90s and Nissan certainly wouldn’t want customers to associate a Honda City competitor to a low displacement scooter that could hardly move with two people on it. That’s what the name Sunny brings to mind first. It isn’t going to be a sure-shot success formula.
The Micra-based sedan will be launched in India during the second half of 2011. Like how the Micra is known as March in countries like China and Thailand, the Sunny name might not be travel to our country.
Though Nissan doesn’t claim the name of the Micra platform sedan is Sunny, we know that’s what they’ll call it eventually.
The Nissan V-Platform sedan will be premiered at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition in December 2010.
The vehicle will go on sale in China first followed by other markets. It comes to India during the second half of 2011 and will be manufactured at the billion-dollar Oragadam facility near Chennai where Micras are made.
The Micra is expected to come with the Logan’s 1.5-liter diesel engine and a 1.6-liter petrol engine good for 100hp. This again isn’t official, but we know there’s going to be no surprises under the hood.
By Praveen Anand
After the successful launch and good response of premium hatchback Micra, Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd (NMIPL) is planning to target Indian market very aggressively, with the launch of the sedan version of this car in India.
This is Nissan’s Group B segment V-platform based Micra/March sedan with the front end resembling that of the Teana. With a 1.6-liter petrol engine and the Logan’s 1.5L diesel, it must be placed in the price segment of Rs 6.5 to 8 lakh.
On its entry in the Indian market by the end of next year, its competition will be with the host of the best-selling sedans Volkswagen Vento, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Verna and Honda City.
Source – Wheelosphere
