Nissan does not build many cars like the Nissan Micra: a 3 and 5-door hatchback with 930 , built from 1982 in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Its designer of record is Naganori Ito.
The background
The Nissan Micra, also known as the Nissan March (Japanese: 日産・マーチ, Hepburn: Nissan Māchi), is a supermini car (B-segment) that has been produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan from 1982. The March name has always been used in the Japanese markets but also in many export markets across Asia and Latin America and others. The Nissan Micra/March partially replaced the Nissan Cherry.
It was exclusive to the Nissan Japanese dealership network Nissan Cherry Store until 1999 when the Cherry network was combined into Nissan Red Stage until 2003. Until Nissan began selling kei cars in Japan, the March was Nissan's smallest vehicle there. Unlike most Nissans in the domestic market, it was never sold under other names through other distribution chains.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 930 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 635 kg. The gearbox is a 4- or 5-speed manual / 3-speed automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2300 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Nissan's history is not in doubt: the Nissan Cherry (Japan) came before it; it was built at Oppama Plant, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Opel Corsa, the Porsche 944, the Toyota Camry. Its Nissan stablemates include the Nissan N6 and the Nissan N7.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Nissan Micra — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.