Nissan Micra Active [2013-2018] User Reviews

An year back, I was searching for a car with fresh looks, for city usage with budget around 5L. After a long research finalized 'Nissan Micra Actice - XL'.  This variant lacks audio system and rear power windows. Chose this variant specifically as I wanted to try 2-din audio/video system with reverse gear integrated from the out market.

Test driven a lot of cars (almost all in this segment), read lot of forums and got friends opinions (of course). My priority list has these 3 at top: 1. Fresh/unique look 2. Good City Mileage 3. Ease of Driving within the city especially.

I now have clocked 15K kms and used my car for more than an year. Its now time for my 'feedback' (not an expert, so would stay away from the tech word 'review'):

I have made a right decision choosing this car :). The ultra light Steering is a pleasure to drive especially in bumper-to-bumper traffic. An U-turn in those traffic conditions with a narrow road, piece of cake with this car. I would say this confidently, as few times tried Figo and Swift in the similar conditions and feel Micra is the best among these.

Exterior It's fresh and different than the others in the road. Flexible Bumpers! Stayed Strong and avoided damage in lot of instances due to it's flexibility.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Spacious in this segment. Glove-box comes with the 'tilt' basic knob, A regular 'pull up' knob is missing. Dashboard design is decent. The Round Air-Vent looks good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Getting an average Fuel Economy of 15kmpl (80% city, 20% highways), Which is good. Gear needs an improvement, the first gear especially. At times is hard especially if tried in an hurry-bury. But upon usage, 'I got used to it'.

Ride Quality & Handling Good Suspension, ground clearance. Handling too is good. Steering needs a special mentioning here. You got to feel it to believe. Service The bigger part comes here: Most of the user reviews earlier spoke bad about Nissan's Service, which made me to think twice. Later heard that since 2014 March, the prior service company Hover Automotive (HAI) had moved out and Nissan entered directly into service.   I have completed 2 major services now (6th month and 1 year), and it's great. Especially the last one made in Jubilant Nissan - Gerugambakkam: Good Service, great response, on time delivery, also the pricing is decent.

Final Words Great City Car with good mileage, great steering and fresh looks.

Areas of improvement Gearbox (1st gear) especially, Glove-box comes with the 'tilt' basic knob.

Exterior The exterior is quite good, looks unique, and the design of car was aplauded by many collegues and friends.It has a very big boot space almost 285 lt. which can eat all the luggage.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The instantaneous fuel effiency is great, and gives accurate fuel effiency, thanks to the drive computer in the speedo.

Interiors could be made much better ,the interiors are not that appeling as the exteriors.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Very smooth engine, there is no hurdle in shifting the gears, the power delivery is great, thanks to the 1.2 l engine. I get a fuel effiency of 17.2KMPL in city and close to 20 on crusing the highway.

Ride Quality & Handling Great braking. the ventilated disk brakes are the reason for this, the car is quite stable even at the speed of 130kmph.

This is best car for the drive in city since the turning radius is 4.5m it actually makes easy to drive through the small streets in My place. I purchased this car three months ago from SURYA NISSAN marathalli, A silver micra active, Here is my first review after 3500 Kilometers!

Final Words Overall its a great car for the price, and a must buy for people who is gonna buy their first car!

Areas of improvement The interiors need tto be improved(Compared to the new i20), The ground clearance need to be improved.