New Micra

GavMan

http://auto.ndtv.com/news/paris-2016-nissan-micra-5th-generation-makes-its-global-debut-744261

Not the most exciting of announcements but this is a big step forward in styling for the model. Taking its lead from the pulsar.

I quite like it

Toyotafanboi

That might do well. The K13 was very wishy washy.

laoisfan

Have a 1998 Nissan Micral 1.0L (K11) which is grand, does the job.

But have to say...that new one does look nice.

GavMan

K13 wasn't the worst. It was a big step up from 12. Probably wasn't as successful as it should have been between Korean competition and a dent in confidence from the K12.

Perhaps this iteration will continue the renaissance

dar83

It finally doesn't look completely soft and shít. That's an improvement for sure!

Now all they need is to be brave and make a NISMO one.

Cheensbo

First glance looked like a fiesta to me...

Micra R sounds like a plan, awd turbo ?

Bigus

You could almost call it a yicra or a Maris, and now built in France too like a previous Yaris. Much better attempt and the first Micra in years that looks like an improvement of a previous generation.
A Nissan salesman told me sure, when every New micra is released the "customers claimed was worse than the last one " , in 2011 they were finally right.

fryup

the nuns will be delighted

Atlantic Dawn

It needed a remodel badly, the only sales I have seen on the roads of them in the last 3 or 4 years have been hire cars, they must have bought them in bulk cheap.

bazz26

The last model was mainly designed for emerging markets in the Far East, South America, etc. It was designed and built to a budget which was nowhere near European standards in terms of packaging and quality.

CianRyan

Yeah the K13 never did anything for me, nothing has since the K11 really but this one looks really cool.
I'll be looking forward to getting one in work so I can get a hands on because next to yhe likes of a Clio, the K13 feels terrible in comparison. This is something that really needs to change for Nissan in this segment.

We were all admiring it after work today, I think the general feeling is a Note and Pulsar love child.

Alanstrainor

It does look well, and is a big improvement over the current model. I also quite like the pulsar too.

porsche boy

Cheensbo wrote:

Micra R sounds like a plan, awd turbo ?

Check out the K10 Micra Super Turbo. Only JDM but they made it here during the 90's Jap import craze. I'd give my left nut for a clean one now.

Atlantic Dawn

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It does look well, and is a big improvement over the current model. I also quite like the pulsar too.

I like the Pulsar too, looks well but seems to have bombed in the sales figures, can't understand why, I suppose the dealers push the Quasqhai?

Cheensbo

porsche boy wrote: »

Check out the K10 Micra Super Turbo. Only JDM but they made it here during the 90's Jap import craze. I'd give my left nut for a clean one now.

That's what I was thinking about, love them, when I was in college in waterford I lived next door to a fella that had one. I'd say they're a hoot to drive, incredibly light and nimble!

colm_mcm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I like the Pulsar too, looks well but seems to have bombed in the sales figures, can't understand why, I suppose the dealers push the Quasqhai?

It's competing with the Golf. It's nowhere near as desirable to the masses.
The end.

deathtocaptcha

looks decent... cross between a fiesta and a corsa... and if they keep up the €4k scrappage deal next year this will sell itself...

there'll be a new swift, ibiza and polo (off the top of my head, possibly more) out next year too so it'll be a good year to be in the market for a hot hatch..

Tigger

porsche boy wrote: »

Check out the K10 Micra Super Turbo. Only JDM but they made it here during the 90's Jap import craze. I'd give my left nut for a clean one now.

My first car was a k10 1.0 three door
So I'd also give your left nut for one

beauf

How are the k12 and 13 for reliability

The new one looks better. But then they were pretty bad

CianRyan

As reliable as ever, the only trouble is the boot switch on the K12 and an odd stretched chain but that's down to lack of maintainance.
Can't fault them in that regard.

The Real B-man

CianRyan wrote: »

As reliable as ever, the only trouble is the boot switch on the K12 and an odd stretched chain but that's down to lack of maintainance.
Can't fault them in that regard.

Wiper Linkages
Poor Cool Air Inlet Pipe design they disconnect from the airbox
Rough Idle numerous causes

List aslong as my arm still we have one going with 170k miles!

It's a welcome re-design i like it presumably only available in the 1.5dci :pac:

fryup

its like the Honda Jazz in looks i think

CianRyan

The Real B-man wrote: »

Wiper Linkages
Poor Cool Air Inlet Pipe design they disconnect from the airbox
Rough Idle numerous causes

List aslong as my arm still we have one going with 170k miles!

It's a welcome re-design i like it presumably only available in the 1.5dci :pac:

Funny, I work in a Nissan dealer DNS have worked on countless K12's and haven't had either of those issues pop up. Where they on your own car? Could just be anecdotal.

To be fair it'd be some laugh with the dci haha

fryup wrote: »

its like the Honda Jazz in looks i think

I thought the same at first glance too, very similar.

skywanderer

Are they still limited to 50km/h?

Atlantic Dawn

skywanderer wrote: »

Are they still limited to 50km/h?

And permanently on front fogs :pac:

porsche boy

Tigger wrote:

... So I'd also give your left nut for one

Sure ya can give them both, their only ornaments now.

CianRyan wrote:

Funny, I work in a Nissan dealer DNS have worked on countless K12's and haven't had either of those issues pop up. Where they on your own car? Could just be anecdotal.

I have had more wiper motors out of them Micra's, ball & socket wear down. A drill & a split pin sorts it. €50.
How much for a replacement linkage in Nissan??

Electronic boot switch was a massive issue, think Nissan done a recall at some point on it.

Also had to remove a few ignition barrels as they seem to get sticky.

Wiring into the boot lid can be a pain too. Had to strip a few of them back to find broken wires.

CianRyan

porsche boy wrote: »

Sure ya can give them both, their only ornaments now.



I have had more wiper motors out of them Micra's, ball & socket wear down. A drill & a split pin sorts it. €50.
How much for a replacement linkage in Nissan??

Electronic boot switch was a massive issue, think Nissan done a recall at some point on it.

Also had to remove a few ignition barrels as they seem to get sticky.

Wiring into the boot lid can be a pain too. Had to strip a few of them back to find broken wires.

The wipers slap a bit when they get worn alright but in my experience they always clear te screen properly so I don't mind it.
Sticky barrels, yep but a bit of silicone spray sorts them out.

Boot switch, well yeah they are ****e but I gave you that one anyway. Haha

cplwhisper

laoisfan wrote: »

Have a 1998 Nissan Micral 1.0L (K11) which is grand, does the job.

But have to say...that new one does look nice.

Worked for Nissan '96 to '98...
felt bad charging big money for reprogramming the NAT keyfobs and saying it took an hour to the customers ... few keys turns and few buttons dabs and 2 minutes later, the fobs were set.

jca

skywanderer wrote: »

Are they still limited to 50km/h?

It's down to 40 now on account of all dem terrible emissions...

jca

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I like the Pulsar too, looks well but seems to have bombed in the sales figures, can't understand why, I suppose the dealers push the Quasqhai?

I like the pulsar too, the 1.2 turbo petrol gets good reviews. Nephew is working in Nissan he says they aren't giving any bother in either petrol or diesel versions. The Qashqai on the other hand are a disaster.

fryup

the whole thing about the micra of old was the cutsie bubble look that made it stand out, gave it character

i think with this new one its more of the.. same ol same ol i.e. fiesta, jazz, mazda 2 etc

which is a shame i think

beauf

The k10 and k11 had a certain look. Like it or not. The others Imo where kinda nothing. The new one might be a similar to other makes but its a decent looking car Imo.

fastrac

Great to see Nissan back wit a decent looking range. They made some dogs for the last decade which was a pity as they were ok to drive and maintain.

V Eight

Great to see - It looks excellent - not stupid like some designs they have come out with in the past.....

grogi

V Eight wrote: »

Great to see - It looks excellent - not stupid like some designs they have come out with in the past.....

It resembles a Clio a lot... Maybe because... it actually is a Clio?

JohnBoy26

fryup wrote: »

the whole thing about the micra of old was the cutsie bubble look that made it stand out, gave it character

i think with this new one its more of the.. same ol same ol i.e. fiesta, jazz, mazda 2 etc

which is a shame i think

The k12 and the k13 micras had zero character tbh. If anything the k11 had more character than both.

colm_mcm

fryup wrote: »

the whole thing about the micra of old was the cutsie bubble look that made it stand out, gave it character

i think with this new one its more of the.. same ol same ol i.e. fiesta, jazz, mazda 2 etc

which is a shame i think

The people who bought K10s and K11s new are long gone! Fair play to Nissan for making something that isn't completely disgusting this time. Micras from the last 2 decades have been just dreadful.

fryup

dreadful?

they're bulletproof....half the driving schools use them

colm_mcm

Dreadful to behold.

Most of the driving schools down here are Corsas Yariss and i10s. Haven't seen a micra in yonks as anything but a rental car.

ba_barabus

Current Micra requires a boat load of reworking in Sunderland before it can be sold in Europe. Indian built ones are proving rubbish

pajor

The Dutch f*cking love small cars. Aygo, 107 (and now 108), C1, Corsa, any small Suzuki or Daihatsu, Fiesta and so on and so forth are very common sights. But not the Micra. I'd reckon more Pixo's sold here than K13s.

Nissan in general wouldn't be that popular here.

I think the new one looks alright though. Even if it does look like a cross between a shrunken Pulsar and a Jazz. The interior looks like a step up too. If priced right I think it will sell well enough in Ireland and the UK.

colm_mcm

I wonder if they'll still call it a Micra. A new name would help it I think.

CianRyan

There a prototype called the Sway which seems to be where the new Micra came from but it is still going to be the Micra.

GavMan

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/finally-there-s-a-nissan-micra-you-might-actually-want-1.2824018

Cee-Jay-Cee

Seen one of these today and they are a lovely looking car. It was a black car with orange accents and I have to say it looked really good. It's much bigger than previous micra's and has a very sporty hot hatch sort of look about it.

My mum will be in the market for a new car in the coming months and this is a definite contender. She has owned several micras in the past (K10, K11 and K12's) and they've all been great reliable cars so hopefully this model will price as reliable.

CianRyan

We have one the same colour in my garage, they do look sweet. They are pricier than previous Micras but you have to look at it as a whole new car, the extras that go into it are actually way more affordable than you'd imagine too.

Had a days tech training on them in Nissan on Wednesday and for the segment I don't think you'd get a better car.

alias no.9

Two things have contributed to the demise of the Micra, the first has been the lack of new entrants to religious orders and the second is the Nissan Note which costs very little more than a Micra and is much more spacious. Since the Note was launched, the Micra has been an irrelevance in a Nissan Showroom.

Toyotafanboi

People are hardly queuing up for Notes either, in fairness.

CianRyan

The new Micra will more than likely see Notes out of the show rooms, it's a better car.

To be honest, I wouldn't tell a friend to buy a current Note.

AMKC

Must say that the add for the new Micra is really good too. Would not surprise me if the advertisement for it won awards and I can see the new Micra winning awards as well.
Nissan have said they are going to stop selling the Note when the new Micra comes out. So I don,t think the new Micra will have anything to worry about from it.

alias no.9

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

People are hardly queuing up for Notes either, in fairness.

A lot more of them on road and if you had to buy a small Nissan, the Note is much better bang for your buck. That said, I think I'd make my way to another garage.