Nissan Thailand has introduced the Nissan Almera Sportech. The Sportech name would be familiar to Thais as it has been around, used on kitted-up variants. Here, the fourth-generation N18 Almera receives a nicely integrated bodykit that looks very factory.
The Sportech kit is available on V and top VL variants for an extra 20,000 baht (RM2,647), taking the prices to 629,000 (RM83,265) and 659,000 baht (RM87,238) respectively.
Designed by Autech, Nissan’s accessories brand in Japan, the Sportech isn’t just an add-on bodykit, but the front and rear bumpers are new. In front, the cutouts for the “side intakes” are much bigger and there’s a pattern on the blacked out parts above the LED fog lamps (VL only). There’s also a silver front lip that smoothens the lower front end, plus dark chrome borders for the grille.
No side skirts for the Sportech, but there’s a body coloured bootlid spoiler (it’s black in Malaysia) and a new rear bumper. Like the front item, the lower tier has become larger and more prominent, and you’ll find the same dotted pattern and silver lip repeated here. No more traditional diffuser design as a result.
Lastly, there’s a Sportech badge on the bootlid and silver wing mirror caps to match the front/rear highlights. The 15-inch two-tone alloys are unique too. 20k baht sounds very reasonable for all of the above, right? The Sportech can be had in five colours – Black Star, Storm White (pearl), Radiant Red, Monarch Orange and the Gun Metallic grey you see here.
The N18 is powered by a 1.0 litre turbocharged three-cylinder engine with 100 PS and 152 Nm of torque. The DOHC HRA0 motor is paired with an Xtronic CVT automatic transmission with D-Step Logic (simulates gearshifts) and a Sport Mode switch built into the back of the gear lever. That’s the same powertrain we get in Malaysia, where the new Almera is priced from RM79,906 to RM91,310.
GALLERY: Nissan Almera Sportech, Thailand
GALLERY: Nissan Almera VLT, Malaysia
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local Nissan Almera Turbo VLT here with Exterior Styling Package, which goes for RM350 only. Big kudos to TanChong.
Hmmm, only the door visor and the ducktail
Don’t have sporty bodykit for bumpers like Thailand
You’re the guy that would claim bodykits will add HP to engine power. Give free also what’s the point other than adding deadweight?
Tried both 3-cylinders Almera 1.0T and X50 1.5T….1.0T engine is crap, RPM keep reviving 750-1000rpm and can feel the engine vibration
Not makan minyak like Proton X50 loh
You want power, you want acceleration, you want to overtaking fast, then don’t expect it to sip fuel thru a straw lahh!!!
Of course la, 0.5L more but the FC won’t be 50% more loh…at least it won’t torture u for years during driving loh
50% more capacity for 77% more power. Higher FC? I can dig that as efficiency also goes up. More savings in the long run.
Nissan elsewhere ditched the Impul & Nismo ahbeng kits but old fossil Tan Chong keep on pushing them. Oh and ETCM is still selling the old almera alongside new almera. Go look in their website. Facepalm!