Japanese car maker, Nissan launches a new face lifted Micra today. The petrol variants of the facelifted Micra are priced at Rs 4.80 lakh and Rs 5.43 lakh respectively and the CVT automatic version priced at Rs 6.39 lakh. It’s diesel range starts from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 7.14 lakh. The company has also introduced value pack base range called Active available at a price range of Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 4.71 lakh with four variants, via this the number of variants are extended to 11.
As we mentioned earlier, the new Micra facelift gets a new ‘Pacific Blue’ color. It also gets a new centre console, new trim and new finishing touches on the exterior side. It includes keyless entry, push start and stop, steering mounted audio control, electrically folding mirrors, alloy wheels, rear parking camera, ABS and Bluetooth connectivity. It is available with two engine options, a 75bhp, 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol engine and the 1.5-litre K9K diesel engine. Nissan introduces their X-TRONIC CVT technology on the 1.2-liter petrol. The new Micra is considered as safer than the previous one. It offers ABS and dual air bags, but in the top end model its get an additional two air bags.
Kenichiro Yomura, President & CEO, Nissan Motor India said, “New Nissan Micra is the right product at the right time that will offer the customers ideal urban mobility with a complete package of premium design, performance, features, safety and comfort. We expect New Micra, as well as Micra Active with its excellent value proposition and its unique features, to serve wider range of customers in India.”
“We will reach out to different segments, where we have no presence so far and we will launch products in the more competitive entry level segment too. We already launched the Sunny CVT, today we are launching the new Micra and Micra Active and later in the year you will see Nissan Terrano and New Datsun hatchback,” added Yomura.
Later,Nissan will launch new compact SUV Terrano and the first compact hatchback from Datsun in this financial year.