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British plant to build new small soft-roader instead; Nissan Micra production to move to India
Autocar has learned that production of the Nissan Micra is to move from the British Sunderland factory to make room for a new model, understood to be a small soft-roader.
Broadly similar in concept to the Fiat Sedici and Suzuki SX4, the new car will try to build on the success of the Qashqai. The Micra, meanwhile, will move to Nissan’s new facility in Chennai, India, that will also build two oth...Read the full article

I think it's a shame that the Micra is about to become less British. It's been here in Britain for 16 years and now it's upping and offing. The QASHQAI is a great success because it's a great car, and I'm certain that the fairly practical-looking QASHQAI+2 will carry on that new tradition. I'm intrigued as to what this new small soft-roader will be - here's hoping it will be just as stylish and just as much of a success as the QASHQAI. But it will have to be pretty green - although I'd have thought that it would be considering QASHQAI 1.5 dCi's emissions are now down to 139 g/km. I really hope the next Micra will be similar to the outrageous Mixim Concept Car from Frankfurt las year - that would be a storming hit! I'm interested to see how Nissan are going to continue to grow and develop!

I am not ashamed to confess that I had a British made Micra in the early 90s and it was a superb car. Shame its leaving. Good little cars.