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and bulges, has turned a definite comer. For a s t ^ , it is the first supermini for quite some time which has not set out to be the most spacious car in its class, instead preferring to concentrate on distinctive styling. The tactic may well pay off for Nissan. The exterior styling is remarkable. At the car’s UK


the 1.2-litre unit that most will choose getting to 60 m.p.h. in 13.9 seconds and averaging nearly 48 m.p.g.


SVE will do,, featm-ing as it does ultrasonic parking sensors. Opt for a 1.4-litre SVE five-door automatic and you will be looking at £12,045. All the engines have someth^g to be smd for them,


well as two body styles (three and five doors) and two transmissions: it all adds up to an alrriost bewildering array of choice The engine line-up starts with a 64 b.h.p. 1.0-litre and runs through a 79 b.h.p. 1.2, an 87 b.h.p. 1.4 and the 65 b.h.p. 1.5-litre DCi diesel, a unit shai^ with Kenault. An 82 b.h.p. 1.5-litre DCi is also available to order. The range kicks off with the £7,795 1.0 E, the only engine to carry this entry-level trim option. Standmtl equipment includes anti-lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution, remote cen­ tral locking, front electric windows, twin airbags, an electric tailgate release and a CD-based stereo. For those after the ultimate Micra, nothing but the


laimch at the 2002 Birmingham Motor Show, the Micra proved quite a draw and it was illuminating to witness quite how many people felt compelled to touch the car, to run their hands over its bulbous headlamps or to rest upon one of its jutting hips. Five trim levels and five engines are available, as


impact that the Nissan Micra caused can hardly be underestimated. This was the first supermini to be so lovingly, deliberately styled. Where everything else was a mishmash of squares and angles, the Micra was curvily different. The latest car reprises that role. Nissan is once more blazing a trail. The new generation Micra, with all its curves, arcs


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AST your mind back to 1992. Having emerged battered and bruised from the decade that style forgot and had a global recession, the


bumper assembly that now adorns the bluff frontage of the X-Trail shaves that amount off the total


eye to spot the exte­ rior revisions. If you had to turn down the purchase of an X- Trail because your garage was 50mm too short, Nissan will probably have made your day. The slimline


front compact 4x4 tree, better than average


little fettling, others could do to them what they The 112 b.h.p. ^esel engine has been replac^ny did to the rest. In order to keep things looking a far more satisfying 136 b.h.p. umt purloined from fresh, it has in recent times received a mild facelift, the Nissan Almera. Although the power increa^ is a raft of incremental changes inside and an certainly welcome, of more consequence is the improved diesel engine. Prices start from £16,995. It takes a trained


ly made the market leaders look rather old hat. the thigh and the X-Trail now featurra upright cm Time waits for no vehicle, however, and Nissan’s holders as opposed to the horizontal holders useu product development team knew that without a in the previous version. _


T , j v Road manners are near top of the


swelling of the avail­ able torque from 270Nmuptoahefty


314Nm. This X-Trail will


sprint to 60 m.p.h. in 11.2 seconds. Even on the com­ bined cycle you should expect to see 39 m.p.g. The massive head­


lights are probably the most striking design feature, but the detailing is neat, the stance purpose­ fully chunky. The two petrol


length of the car and gives it a slightly smoother engines never feel quite as special as the diesel, but look. The grille has been revised to give the nose a are worth considering. The 138 b.h.p. 2.0-litre four- little more visual impact, while round the back cylinder petrol imit returns 30.4 m.p.g. The pay- there are revised light clusters. The choice of alloy back is its ability to hit 60 m.p.h. in 11.3 seconds wheels has been revised, too, with some chunky en route to a fairly academicllO m.p.h. rims on offer.


Road manners are pretty near the top of the


look and feel of the cabin. The X-Trail’s signature age. Off the beaten track the Nissan does surpris- design feature has always been the centre-mounted ingly well, with power switching from the front instruments and this design has now been tweaked wheels to all four when conditions decree


The interior upgrades focus on iihproving the compact 4x4 tree, certainly far better than aver-


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h e reception that the Nissan X-Trail to house additional climate control switches and, received when it was first unveiled in 2001 where necessary, Nissan's Binmew satellite nayi- probably caught even Nissan on the hop. gation system. The seate have been beefed “P ^ It scooped a whole series of awards and sudden- tie with added bolstering at the sides and im er


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the Nissan Primera. Launched in 2002, it was by far the most modem


car in its class, making everything else look yestertech. Fast forward 27 months and the Primera was in danger of becoming old news. Swift interven­ tion on the part of Nissan has helped to keep the Primera at the forefront of technology. If you need a mid-range car that will really put on a show for your passengers, the Primera is still the pick of the bunch. Reality in this sector comes in the form, of show­


SVE or T-spec levels of trim at prices starting from just under £15,000. Although that is a little more than Primera customers have paid in the past, Nis­ san is quick to point out that the latest car is safer, more comfortable and better refined. Engine-wise, there is a choice of 1.8 or 2.0-litre petrol units or a 2.2-litre common rail turbo-diesel.


and fast. One of the more delightful features of the Primera was the reversing camera. This projected an image onto an LCD display on the fascia that showed in pinpoint detail the bollard you were about to reverse into. Unfortunately, this was only avail­ able on the premium specification models and it was only ever a monochrome display. Now every model bar the base S trim gets the display and it is in colour. Both saloon and estate models offered in S, SE,


room wow factor. If a car fails to impress customers first with its styling and then with its interior quali­ ty, no amount of tweaking of the oily bits will count for a whole lot. Bar the addition of two paint colours, Nissan has wisely left the Primera’s styling alone. It is a very intepated look that would be difficult to meddle with in any case. Although bulbous rather than sleek, the styling has found favour with many. I t is certainly not apologetically bland. Running counter to many contemporary designs, the four- door and five-door cars have been styled to look nigh-on identical It is indoors that the revisions have come thick


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