The latest Micra, whenever I see them I always think they need to do a cheesy performance spin-off of it (a proper one, not that SR thing) and hey ho instant future retro! Problem is with cars now there's a tendency to do cop-out "warm hatches" as they call them. I think it'd be an easy recipe for Nissan to do a nice one. Take one very basic 3 door Micra, strip it out a bit and use some lightweight parts, give it a nice firm suspension set up, drop in a tuned up 1.6 and away you go, they wouldn't even need to turbo it or anything. The weight saving would make it more nimble and they could make the engine high revving with short gearing. What's more they wouldn't have to charge a daft price since it's not packed full of technology and extras. I can't believe why they don't!
Anyway, here's two future retro predictions for me -
As Proton gradually gain a better reputation in the years to come, Proton Satria GTis (for being their early hot hatch) and Proton Impians (for being in the touring cars) will get a steadier demand as people decide they were underrated. Though not becoming a huge future retro in the same way the big names do I bet they will command their own little corner of the market.
Anyway, here's two future retro predictions for me -
As Proton gradually gain a better reputation in the years to come, Proton Satria GTis (for being their early hot hatch) and Proton Impians (for being in the touring cars) will get a steadier demand as people decide they were underrated. Though not becoming a huge future retro in the same way the big names do I bet they will command their own little corner of the market.