Another month, another round of N18 Nissan Almera spyshots. The all-new fourth-gen has been spied yet again undergoing road trials in Kuala Lumpur, this time along Jalan Kuching, where it was spotted by reader Lai Say Lim.
The fourth round of spyshots catches a solitary white Almera, still featuring the same front/rear black cladding to disguise its identity. The car bears the same trade plates as that seen on the May photoset, and could well be the same car seen last month. There’s no body-coloured diffuser insert on the lower section of the bumper, which the white example sighted in December had.
The May shots only showed the rear of the car, but today’s images reveals that the evaluator has the larger, two-tone alloy wheels, which means it’s not a baseline version. That is what the silver-coloured evaluation mule from the spyshot set from December last year is – it has smaller-sized alloy wheels. Essentially, that’s the E grade as found in Thailand, with halogen headlamps part of the specification level.
The car seen here could well be the high-spec version, but with its body-coloured rear diffuser insert omitted. In Thailand, from the EL grade on, equipment levels go up to include safety kit such as Intelligent Forward Collision Warning and Intelligent Emergency Braking (AEB) and items such as an in-glass radio antenna and keyless entry/push start.
It’s likely that our high-spec variant will be based on the V grade, which adds on a number of items on top of that listed above. The kitbag includes LED headlamps and DRLs, auto air con, a six-speaker Nissan Connect Infotainment system with eight-inch touchscreen display and Intelligent Around View Monitor (360-degree bird’s eye view) with Moving Object Detection. As indicated by the spyshots, LED tail lights look to be standard issue across the range.
Only one engine is available for the Almera in Thailand, and that’s a HRA0 1.0 litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine offering 100 PS at 5,000 rpm and 152 Nm of torque from 2,400 to 4,000 rpm. The mill is paired with an Xtronic CVT with D-Step Logic, with power sent to the front wheels.
The output is close to the 102 PS coming off the HR15DE 1.5 litre normally-aspirated four-cylinder mill seen in the outgoing local Almera, but has a little more torque. It hasn’t been established if the Malaysian Almera will be equipped with the new, smaller displacement turbo or retain the existing NA unit, or utilise both in the line-up.
Edaran Tan Chong Motor confirmed last year that B-segment sedan will be introduced in Malaysia sometime this year, and although the Covid-19 outbreak has impacted its launch timeline, the indication is that a launch isn’t all that far away.
It’s set to do battle with the new fifth-gen Honda City, which is also due to arrive sometime later this year, so things are bound to heat up in the B-segment category by quite a bit.
GALLERY: 2020 Nissan Almera spyshots
GALLERY: 2020 Nissan Almera VL, Thai Motor Expo
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(Like) Nissan Almera & Toyota Vios
(Dislike) New Honda City
This will wipe out the Persona and Saga completely. Bye bye Proton
This new Almera is in different league compared to Persona & Saga.
I better pay a bit more and get a real Japanese car than a China junk.
At least Japanese car is sold in every country of this world. China made cars cannot be sold in any first world country and 95% of it mainly sold only in China and other 3rd world countries like Bangladesh
Have you wondered why you don’t see any China cars in US, whole of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan etc etc?
Even Car magazines also don’t review any China cars.
Why should we pay more just for more problems. I rather pay less and get a China car with less problems. Sorry your argument don’t make any sense but since when did a copy pasta troll made any sense, right?
Honda City will be ending of best segment era, as current generation of city will be the last to be lead as b segment car. So once Nissan Almera launch in Malaysia with more features including advanced safety features just like Toyota Vios, can also kiss bye bye to City
wait and see
Almera Malaysia E spec still selling with 1 Airbags, no VSC.
Almera VL high spec only 2 airbags, no VSC, no AEB, no bsm.
Even P2 Axia Bezza have VSC AEB 80km/h like BMW X5 PHEV RM440k, and P1 Saga has VSC like discontinued Nissan Slyphy.
Really? Even new city will also won’t get aeb as well as still giving 4 airbags for mid spec and 2 airbags for low spec. Aiyaaa…..already expecteddddd that will be same specs as current generation when comes to this shore
Nice
Tease here test there cover everywhere for what, we already know what it looks like. Just launch the blardy car now and watch it gets slayed by X70 sales.
x70 is like 2 segments away from the almera. compare compare properly la.
your mother also last night tease here tease there and got slayed by me.
u got mental problem. better die faster lor..
But you see, your mother tried to charge me what I could find far better outside so why should we chose your mother?
Have you ever heard the word “cross-shopping” before?
Not everyone wants a X70.
Don’t compare a passenger Car with SUV.
It’s two different market segment.
Nowadays there are no differences between a passenger sedan and an SUV both are used as cars.
It looks more interested
Habisla City
Honda City lagi cantik
Kinda better looking than previously. Good job Nissan
Can also seem that blind spot monitor located underneath the side mirror. Bet that also come with xenon lights. Keep going ETCM
Dont worry peeps! Testing done to remove whatever good stuff in the car… with high price, you all will get low spec! Welcome to Bolehland
UMW and ETCM had did great job, Auto Bavaria too. But please don’t be like what Honda Malaysia has done to us. They just sell honda cars with either rubbish specs/missing specs
become luxury car in malaysia
almera suspension system is better than city or vios, the worst is city where you can feel even a 50 cent lobang
If TCMH still delay the launch of the almera, their shares will be going down further.
Honda city is still the most powerful and best feature in its class defeating almera, vios, mazda2 and vento.
About time they replaced the really ugly current Almera flooding the roads. But i guess it will take maybe 3 years until it is available in malaysia.
Fake floating roof design again?
Which car brand started this trend?
No practical function.
Improve car car looking? Work on some SUV or MPV but definitely not on sedan like almera.
Expect 2 more years for the “new” Almera to be launched in Malaysia. With 1.5L engine, 4 speeder, 2 SRS airbag, ABS & EBD only. Entry level Almera with single airbag. Then whole car with kosong sound insulation materials.
I like nissan, but I hate Tan Chong.. their services is worst// yet expensive