Micra’s unimaginable return to top form

Time was when the Nissan Micra was a staple in the supermini segment, competing successfully against the kingpins in the segment and being produced by the zillion — all over the world.

Its popularity was based on the fact it was compact but practical, economic, cheap and largely bombproof when it came to mechanical reliability.

It was not quite the Cherry, which broke the company (then Datsun) onto the Irish market, what with radical gear like a radio or a heater — as standard. Imagine.