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Home » Look-a-like: Nissan Micra and…

Look-a-like: Nissan Micra and…

October 11, 2017 by Krzysztof Wozniak 5 Comments

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The latest, fourth generation Nissan Micra is a huge step-change from its dour predecessor, and a welcome return to form for the Japanese manufacturer. The latest European sales figures for the Micra suggest that consumers appreciate the new car, with sales over the past few months being almost twice as high as they were for the old model in 2016. A huge part of the new model’s appeal is its exterior styling – it is as bold as the third-generation model was shapeless. What’s more, it looks coherent even though the designers seem to have thrown every single design cues that’s trendy: strong character lines, creases, hidden rear door handles and a blacked-out C-pillar. Combined, they all give the Micra a look that’s unique in almost every way.

I say “almost”, because in one way the Micra immediately reminded me of the facelifted Ford Kuga/Escape – the rear lights and hatch. Now, this is no bad thing – the cars belong to different classes, and in fact the rear lights are a very attractive aspect of the Micra, being better resolved overall than on the Ford. However, between the arrow-like inside shape of the lights, their elongated top element that runs forward on the side of the car, the hexagonal rear window and the concave shapes just above the license plate, I find it hard to unsee the similarity once I got it into my head.

Part of me also wishes Nissan went bolder still, and kept the license plate in the rear bumper, just as the Sway concept that previewed the Micra had done. In that car, this allowed for the rear hatch below the window to have a nice, strong shape that reminds me of the second-generation Renault Megane, one of my all-time favorite mainstream designs. 

 

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About Krzysztof Wozniak

Kriss grew up in Poland reading German car magazines, before moving to England and graduating to the British magazines, which he still considers the best in the world and continues reading them after he'd moved to the US. In college he promised himself he's buy himself a used Porsche before he turned 30 (not to be accused of having a mid-life crisis), but instead family needs dictated a Subaru Outback. Still waiting for that perfect moment to buy a used 2008-ish Cayman...
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  1. Losange says

    October 12, 2017 at 05:03

    A bit far-fetched imo.

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  2. RickM says

    October 12, 2017 at 12:51

    The (concave) shape of the hatch is quite similar to that of its sibling Clio.
    Micra and Clio share a silhouette, and some underpinnings/engines.
    Strangely enough not their platform, even though they’re produced on the same assembly line

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  3. Jp says

    October 12, 2017 at 23:05

    Agreed with both comments. I’d have expected the Clio to be put here instead of the Edge. The only thing I can barely see is the taillights, and it’s still pretty far imo.

    Other than that, I was shocked to learn that the Micra doesn’t share its platform with the Clio. I wonder why that is. Perhaps their manufacturing calendars.

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  4. Losange says

    October 13, 2017 at 19:14

    The third generation Micra was the last model that shared its platform with the Renault Clio (also 3rd gen). Since then, Nissan uses their V platform for the Micra whereas the Clio still uses the Nissan-Renault B platform.

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  5. Mick - Dublin says

    October 14, 2017 at 21:43

    It looks like a Clio that was carrying a roof-rack that was way too heavy!

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