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NISSAN MICRA: It looks good and has great fuel economy.
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AS much as a small 1.2-litre threecylinder hatchback could be considered aggressive, the new Micra is more so, according to Nissan. The city runabout has “a new style that delivers a stronger, more assertive and dynamic look”, its maker opines. With almost seven million sales under its belt in more than 30 years, the Nissan small car now checks in with a long list of upgrades, including revised spec levels, a new look and a slew of technical innovations. The Micra, known as Nissan March in some countries, is built in four centres around the world and sold globally. All cars coming to Australia are made in India.
By DEREK OGDEN Nissan Micra ST manual hits the market at $13,490, plus on-road costs, an automatic version ups the price to $15,290, while the Ti comes in automatic only for $16,990. Nissan made the ST auto available for our week’s road test. The smallest Nissan in Australia has come in for some big changes with more than 50 per cent new body panels. It now features the Nissan ‘V-Motion’ front grille, delivering a stronger, more distinctive and dynamic look. This frontal shape was introduced in the
SUV and 4WD Nissans, yet looks good on this passenger car. In addition, the latest Micra sports a new bonnet, front guards, restyled front and rear bumper, new headlights and rear lamps as well as new-design wheels. Micra Ti grade enjoys 15-inch alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, foglights and auto headlights. Inside, the surroundings are of a higher standard than previously, with trim and VXUIDFH ² QLVKHV EHLQJ JLYHQ D TXDOLW\ look and feel. All variants feature a new centre cluster, updated dashboard instrumentation and seat trim. Power windows are now standard.
The top grade 2015 Micra Ti takes the 5.8-inch touch screen satellite navigation, reverse camera and LED rear lights. Auxiliary port and Bluetooth phone system with audio streaming are now standard. The 2015 Micra retains the 1.2-litre, three-cylinder petrol unit producing 56 NLORZDWWV RI SRZHU DQG 1P RI WRUTXH Nissan rates fuel economy on the combined urban / highway cycle at 5.9 OLWUHV SHU NLORPHWUHV IRU WKH ² YH speed manual transmission grade and 6.5 litres per 100 kilometres for the fourspeed automatics. Cruise control is standard.
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VY SS Commodore Ute, 5.7L 6 speed manual, all leather, SS original, 142K, rego till 4/16 (STEV72), doesn’t come with personal number plates $11,000. Ph 0400 321 567.
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Hyundai Tucson
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By EWAN KENNEDY
HYUNDAI Tucson is back in Australia, albeit in a totally new format to the older model sold here till 2010. It replaces the Hyundai ix35 which did reasonably well in the sales race and the $XVWUDOLDQ LPSRUWHU LV FRQ² GHQW Tucson will do at least as well. Sleek styling, a suspension system with considerable Australian engineering input, and the latest infotainment technology lift the all-new Hyundai Tucson into an altogether new class. And its growth in size has seen it lifted into a different category, now being classed as a medium SUV rather than as a small SUV by industry statistician Vfacts. Tucson’s styling is even „ HYUNDAI TUCSON: Excellent shape of the all-new model seems sure to sleeker than that of big brother boost sales. Santa Fe, with a strong grille and stylish headlight and the older engines, and it’s not vehicles now come in at the range and has a 2.0-litre directfoglight surrounds. too bad a unit. same rate. Hyundai Tucson City injected petrol engine with 121 The rear is particularly neat Ten years ago a Hyundai led the way.) kW and 203 Nm. with horizontal and curved lines model called the Tucson City It can be bought with a sixAll Tucsons with the line in the tailgate that take the speed manual or six-speed auto. broke new ground for SUVs exception of the AWD-only bulk out of the appearance. imported to Australia. As well as the old MPI 2.0-litre Highlander give buyers the Inside, the Tucson is less It was offered with two-wheel engine, the Tucson Elite also choice between two and fouradventurous in its shape. drive (the front wheels) instead has the option of a more wheel drive. Rather generic Hyundai, it’s of being powered by all four modern turbo-petrol engine On an excellent drive program sensible, the controls and dials wheels as in the standard that displaces 1.6 litres and organised by Hyundai between are easy to see and use, the Tucson. produces 130 kW and 265 Nm; Canberra and Thredbo - main centre screens are a decent It also came with a little less or a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel with road out, back roads home size, the seats look good and power and a lower price tag. 136 kW and a big 400 Nm. we found the ride and handling support well, but it’s hard to see Eventually every other maker All Elites have an automatic to be exceptionally good. anyone getting excited about it. followed suit, but Hyundai was transmission, but it’s a sevenAustralian, English and The plastics are of good ² UVW VR LWÂŹV KDUGO\ D VXUSULVH WR speed double-clutch unit when Korean suspension engineers quality and have the sort of see a front-drive model in the it sits beside the 1.6 turbo, and have come up with a setup soft-touch feel that gives a revived Tucson range. a conventional six-speed auto that’s smooth and quiet on luxury touch. with the other engines. motorways, able to lope (By way of explanation: in Engine and transmission The topline Hyundai 2005 the 2WD Tucson City was along on gently curving options are slightly odd; buy Highlander is offered only with country roads at pretty classed as a ‘car’ and import the Tucson Activ and you get a the turbo-petrol or turbohigh speeds, and yet soak duties were higher than for slightly old fashioned 2.0-litre diesel and uses the same up lumps and bumps on 4WDs. Believe it or not, at that petrol engine with either a automatics as the Elite. typically Aussie unsealed and time vehicles like the BMW X5 six-speed manual or six-speed Confused? Perhaps spend corrugated dirt roads with or even a hot-rod Mercedes automatic transmission. time with your local Hyundai nary a whimper. AMG ML63 were classed as It produces 114 kW of power dealer to talk it through. The all-new Hyundai Tucson ‘commercial vehicles’ and and 119 Nm of torque. Check out the prices at is an impressive piece of import duty was lower than for Tucson Activ X is expected the same time as there are cars. Common sense eventually engineering at a pretty to be the most popular in the VLJQL² FDQW VDYLQJV LI \RX EX\ moderate price. prevailed and 4WD and 2WD
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capacity it only has a four-speed automatic transmission. At maximum motorway speed of 110 km/h the engine is revving at 3000 rpm. In an urban context the Micra was an exemplar of frugality at around seven to eight litres per 100 kilometres. :LWK DOO LWV EXI² QJ WKH 1LVVDQ 0LFUD GRHV not quite make it with the tough-guy image. However, the added interior quality and technical innovation are welcome - and the price is certainly right.
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Nissan Micra ST: $13,490 (manual), $15,290 (automatic)
Nissan Micra Ti: $16,990 (automatic)
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Passive safety is covered by front to rear curtain airbags, front seatbelts with pretensioners and load limiters, rear seatbelts, plus driver’s seatbelt warning and alarm. The usual active safety suspects - Vehicle Dynamic Control, Anti-lock Braking System with Electronic Brake-force Distribution and Brake Assist – found in more expensive cars – are standard Micra features. Nissan Micra does not take ‘forever and a day’ to reach 100 kilometres an hour from a standing start, it only seems like it. On more than one occasion during our test the Micra made a meal of getting up to speed when ² OWHULQJ LQWR PRWRUZD\ WUDI² F IURP D VOLS URDG practice makes perfect, it’s a matter of becoming used to the car. An unusually high fuel consumption of 5.1 litres per 100 kilometres for such a small engine on the motorway requires some explanation. Although of a small three-cylinder, 1.2-litre
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