This generation spawned the Micra C+C folding-hardtop convertible, which Top Gear magazine later named one of the 13 worst cars of the previous 20 years - "as much fun as sticking chilli-infused toothpicks in your eyes."
Lead trim: CR12DE 1.2 L Visia (Europe, 64 hp, K12C from 2007) · up to 111 hp
Nissan March (Micra)K12 · 2002–2010
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FactThis generation spawned the Micra C+C folding-hardtop convertible, which Top Gear magazine later named one of the 13 worst cars of the previous 20 years - "as much fun as sticking chilli-infused toothpicks in your eyes."
Introduced in Japan in February 2002 (the production Micra was unveiled at the 2002 Paris Motor Show), following the mm.e concept, with a 70 mm longer wheelbase developed with Renault, and built at Oppama, Sunderland and, for the C+C, Karmann in Osnabrück. It was on the Nissan B platform, related to the Tiida/Versa, Note and Cube, and had a sliding rear seat and optional keyless ignition. Engines were 1.0 to 1.6 L petrols and a Renault-sourced 1.5 L K9K diesel; the K11's CVT gave way to a conventional automatic. Autech's Bolero and Rafeet variants, the March Enchante with a swivelling passenger seat and the 2005 Micra C+C coupé-convertible with a Karmann glass roof followed, plus the one-off mid-engined Micra-R, later the 350SR with a VQ35DE. A late-2007 facelift standardised the 160 SR's grille. Around 122,000 were sold worldwide by 2009.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR12DE 1.2 L (Europe, 79 hp, K12C from 2007) | 2007–2010 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 89 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| CR12DE 1.2 L Visia (Europe, 64 hp, K12C from 2007) | 2007–2010 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 64 hp | 81 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| HR16DE 1.6 L 160 SR (Europe, 111 hp, from 2005) | 2005–2010 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 111 hp | 117 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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Proposed Euro 7 rules could have added up to €5,000 to the cost of a petrol supermini, so the Micra went electric-only on the Renault 5's platform.
Nissan named a 2022 Micra special edition "Kiiro" — Japanese for "yellow" — then sold it in exactly one body colour: Gunmetal Grey, with the yellow only as bumper and door trim.
A hand-built March Nismo spin-off, the Bolero A30, was sold only through a Chamber of Commerce lottery — and every one of the limited run got its own numbered dash plaque.
The K13 March/Micra broke a decades-long streak for Nissan's city car: it was the first generation to come standard with a three-cylinder engine instead of a four.
This generation spawned the Micra C+C folding-hardtop convertible, which Top Gear magazine later named one of the 13 worst cars of the previous 20 years - "as much fun as sticking chilli-infused toothpicks in your eyes."
In 2001 Japanese minimalist retailer Muji sold its own March: 1,000 stripped, badgeless K11s in marble white only, sold online to test the brand's own e-commerce.
This March's body design wasn't meant for Nissan at all — it was penned as Fiat's planned replacement for the 127, but Fiat picked Giugiaro's Uno instead, leaving Nissan the rejected shape.
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