Nissan India has launched the new Micra with a host of intelligent features and sporty enhancements. The new ‘Intelligent & Sporty’ Micra is available at a starting price of Rs 6.09 lakh (ex-showroom Bengaluru).

The Nissan Micra, known in India for its European styling and driving comfort, now comes loaded with class-leading features such as auto headlamps, rain sensing wipers and ‘lead me to car’. These newly-added features in the new Micra augment the intelligent and premium attractiveness of the car, which offers outstanding driving comfort and confidence to Micra customers.

The Micra’s interior accentuates the car’s sporty side with its striking new European black theme with enhanced piano black finish accompanied by orange accents on the seats, dashboard and arm rest. Its ambience was conceived to energize the mood of its occupants. The car also has a new 2-DIN audio system with Bluetooth as a standard feature for tech savvy customers apart from a host of other exciting features like steering mounted controls, push stop start and i-key.

Nissan Motor India MD Arun Malhotra said, “The new Micra brings together Japanese technology and European styling in a package that makes it one of the best premium urban hatchbacks at an attractive price-point. The new features enhance the visual appeal and convenience of the Micra, and provides an excellent driving experience.”

The new car will be available with a choice of two powertrains — a 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to X-Tronic CVT Automatic transmission, and a 1.5-litre diesel paired with a 5-speed manual transmission. Fuel economy figures for the diesel variant is rated at 23.08 kmpl, while the X-Tronic CVT Automatic variant returns 19.34 kmpl under ARAI test conditions.