My educated guess is one of these:
a) Something was in there to provide a place to anchor the front of the Micra down and keep it secure during transport. Once it arrived at its destination, the anchor that was in the bumper was removed, and the cover was snapped into place.
b)If they packed Micras in really tight when shipping them, some sort of heavy foam block might snap into there and go across the front of the bumper to protect it during shipping. Again, once at destination, that block would be removed and the cover snapped into place.
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