What’s happened here is actually quite common in the auto industry – a decent looking sketch ends up translated into a not very appealing production model.
These leaked set of next generation Nissan Micra/March photos were leaked from Dongfeng Nissan production lines as the Chinese JV prepares to assemble it in China. It’s expected to run a HR16DE and a 4-speed auto/5-speed manual combo in China, but there’s probably also the HR15DE and a CVT transmission to choose from for other market needs.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Comments mainly express disappointment and criticism toward the Nissan Micra's design, especially noting it looks unattractive and fails to match the appealing sketch. Several remarks mention the poor quality of China-made cars, including cost-cutting effects visible in the final product. Some comments compare the design unfavorably to older models or other brands like Peugeot, and there’s concern that the production version may lose the sketch's original appeal. Overall, the sentiment is largely negative about the car's appearance and quality.
Many Nissan cars are stupid cut-cost car? Without telescopic steering like the STUPID Sylphy(ugly, thin like an Avanza). Can you hear me Nissan? The C and D segment cars and your X-trail should have TELESCOPIC steering!!!
Remember the Nissan Versa, the Nissan Latio sport hatchback sketch? The sketch was better and impressive, but the real product is kind of dissapointed.
its always the case because we still have technology limitation in making body parts with certain curvatures and also financial reasons. So sketches always look good until they try and produce it.
i think before this tan chong would like to bring in smaller model here. if the smaller model is this spyshot model.. a little bit dissappointed la coz looks like cherry r…
Seriously, drawing is just a plain visual draft and no measurement will be taken. For sure the outcome of the car will be differ from the drawing sketched.
Some more this is made in China, means it will penetrade the China market for sure. Cost reduction is a prime topic here.
All the futuristic curves in the sketch didnt make it to the end product. If it did turn out exactly as drawn though, I think the price for this thing would have gone up couple notches.
something is wrong with nissan,even the new 370Z is not appealing as the old 350Z…..
they should learn from continental cars like peugeot…
look what peugeot did with RCZ….the production one which is gonna be released this spring 2010 looks exactly like what they designed earlier on for the concept…..
AI-generated Summary ✨
Comments mainly express disappointment and criticism toward the Nissan Micra's design, especially noting it looks unattractive and fails to match the appealing sketch. Several remarks mention the poor quality of China-made cars, including cost-cutting effects visible in the final product. Some comments compare the design unfavorably to older models or other brands like Peugeot, and there’s concern that the production version may lose the sketch's original appeal. Overall, the sentiment is largely negative about the car's appearance and quality.