Video: Micra from Mexico -- How Canada’s cheapest car is built (driving.ca)
Clayton Seams over at driving.ca has posted an article about the assembly plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico where the Micra is made (along with the Sentra and Versa).
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The Micra is built exclusively at Nissan’s Aguascalientes plant in Mexico. Last year, the plant produced 707,000 vehicles that were exported to more than 100 different countries. At full capacity the plant produces one car every 55 seconds and it does this six days a week.
Read the full article: http://driving.ca/nissan/auto-news/n...-car-is-built/
Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwmG_BG4dbU
63 different variations of the Canadian Micra?
Did you watch the video? The narration says they make 63 different variations of the Canadian Micra.
For a car with three trims, 2 transmissions and one "convenience package", 63 variations sounds out of whack.
Toronto Star covers Micra production too; cheapest Micra anywhere?
Darcane -- yes, that's what I've read: pick 'n' choose colour accents at the dealership.
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Canada's most popular auto publication is the "Wheels" section of the Toronto Star newspaper.
They ran a piece on Nissan's Mexican assembly plant (it looks like Nissan flew a bunch of Canadian journalists down there recently).
The only new tidbit I learned was this particularly interesting one:
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Micra is special, not only for its $9,998 base price, but because we’re getting it cheaper than any other market – even in Mexico where it’s built.
Yikes. Shows how serious Nissan is about shaking up the Canadian auto market.
Full article: http://www.wheels.ca/feature/meet-th...st-priced-car/