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    Rumour mill: Micra NISMO dealer package coming

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    Brendan McAleer is a freelance Canadian auto writer who recently spent time in Japan sampling Nissan's NISMO family, including the March (JDM Micra), which he described thusly:

    The Micra is already a fun little boogerball, so infusing in some of that race-day DNA is surely going to create a masterpiece. ... And it has! ... I chuck the car into the first slippery turn and it responds with puppy-dog enthusiasm. Whee! ... After one lap I’m already plotting a way to sneak this little tyke home in my carry-on luggage.
    The NISMO exposure prompted him to ask if Nissan had any plans to offer a similar model here. The reply...

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    COO Motohiro Matsumura responded in the affirmative, indicating that if the demand was there, Nissan would respond. However ... some of the Nismo aerodynamic trim wouldn’t be a direct swap. More likely, suspension and engine tuning accessories would be made available as dealer add-ons.
    Source: http://driving.ca/nissan/370z/review...e-nismo-racers

    McAleer has driven the Canadian market Micra too, including a recent review of the base S (which he counts among his "top 10" rides of the year).

    In that article he makes the NISMO/dealership connection:

    [Nissan] execs indicated that while a standalone Nismo version wasn’t particularly likely for Canada, a full dealer-installed package (i.e. not just lowering springs) might well be on the way.
    Source: http://www.autos.ca/car-test-drives/...micra-s/?all=1

    So in addition to lowering what might it include? A look at the JDM NISMO March and the Nissan Coupe Micra Cup race car is instructive. Probably...



    • Lowering springs
    • Wheels
    • Exhaust
    • Intake
    • Seats





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    The next Micra I buy will have to be a turbo.

    In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
    Be sure to visit my blog at mymicra.com!

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    I've tried to get the Nismo exhaust, no luck so far.



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