I've been e-mailing with Nissan to organize a week-long test drive. Looks like we should have something set up for around the middle of next month.

This will be a car from their "media fleet", of which they have several in big cities across the country.

I asked if a manual was available, and the answer, sadly, was no. It will be an SR automatic.

To be honest, I would have preferred spending time in a base S manual, but it's more typical for companies to have higher end, loaded cars in their press fleets. More to impress the writers, I suppose.

I'll update this thread when I find out more.

If anybody in eastern Ontario/west Quebec with a manual Micra wants to do some comparisons when I get it, let's talk!