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Sixth sense: Micra returns electric

By 2025-05-27T12:01:00

Nissan Micra Mk6 - ext front light

As the sixth generation of the Micra is reborn as a full EV, Car Design News sneaked into a small and secret lock-up in south London to see the car up close and personal and ask the ever-affable European studio interior design manager and ‘Nissan Lifer’ Bert Dehaes to explain more

Given the new Micra was designed in London, it was appropriate that the new Nissan supermini got its sneak preview in the English Capital earlier this month. According to interior design manager Bert Dehaes, the design development process for both exterior and interior started in about 2022, well after the Renault 5 Prototype unveiled in January 2021 but also well before the production Renault 5 E-Tech was shown to the world at the (last) Geneva Motor Show in early 2024. 

Nissan Micra Mk6 - ext F3Q R (outside)

The sixth-generation Nissan Micra

Those Renault cars are relevant as the Micra sits on the same electric-only platform as the new R5 and has almost all the same proportions, although Dehaes says the Micra is a bit…

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