Amidst Retiring Reports, Nissan Launches 2018 Micra And Micra Active

Putting all speculations and popular belief at rest Nissan has launched the 2018 version updates of the Micra and the Micra Active. The launch of the new models comes more of a surprise amidst talks and reports of Nissan Retiring the Fourth-Gen Micra. The same was earlier reported by us. However, it would be interesting to see if the new versions can gain substantial market share given that the previous models had failed miserably on this front.

New Updates in the Old Model

The new 2018 Nissan Micra And Micra Active have been produced in the oragadam based production facility in Chennai. The new versions come with minor cosmetic tweaks and some add-ons.

All variants of the Nissan Micra will now come equipped with Dual front airbags and rear parking sensors as standard. However other premium features are limited to top-spec variants only.

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These include:

• Rear Parking Camera on the XV CVT variant
• Navigation enabled new 6.2-inch touchscreen infotainment system in XV variant
• ABS with EBD and BA
• Turn indicators on ORVMs and New rear spoiler on the XV and XV CVT variant respectively.

Discernible changes on the new Micra Active include:

The changes on the Micra Active are similar to that of the Micra. While front airbags and rear parking sensors will be standard on all Micra Active variants, other premium features like the Micra will be limited to top spec variants. The only difference is that top spec Micra Active owners will have to do without the rear parking camera and rear spoiler, which are part of the top-spec 2018 Micra

While both the Nissan Micra And Micra Active has been economically priced, the add-ons may spike the price a little. The price range for the Nissan Micra starts from Rs 6.19 lakh for the base model and ends with Rs 7.90 lakh for the top variant. Whereas, that for the Micra Active the price for all variants falls between the Rs 5.03 lakh to Rs 5.98 lakh range(all prices, ex-showroom Delhi). For more specific on price please go through the list below:

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Here are the prices of the 2018 Micra Active:

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Under the hood, hardly a screw has been changed. The Micra petrol variants still carry the same 1.2-litre CVT coupled to 5-speed Manual transmission. It can churn out 7 PS/104 Nm. The diesel variants of the Micra will be powered by 1.5-litre (64PS/160 Nm) diesel engine mated to a 5-speed MT. On the other hand, the Micra Active will continue to run on the 1.2-litre petrol engine capable of producing 68PS at 104 Nm. It also has the same 5-speed MT.