It's an extra $1000 profit on a car with razor thin profit margins; perhaps it's the only profit they'll be able to make. I wouldn't blame them for keeping quiet about the short supply of 5 speed Micra's if this was the case. Honestly, I would've paid extra for a proper 5 speed over the 4 speed slushbox, but it's a well-known fact that the sheeple masses are convinced that automatic is the way to go and makes a car worth more. Wouldn't it be something if an automatic Micra cost less to manufacture than a 5 speed, AND Nissan was charging an extra grand?
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In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
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View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...