Photo: X-Tomi Design
The old Nissan Note was one of the least interesting vehicles on the road, both ugly and really slow, we really don't understand why anybody ever bought one, save for the low price. Last year, Nissan gave us a new Note, ore Versa Note if you guys live in the US.
It looks really good, in a Japanese car sort of way. However, the Note supermini MPV is still not good to drive. Independent tests have seen up to 20 seconds in 0 to 60 mph sprints. Most buyers don't care about going fast, but we do, and it's a real shame when they have all that Renaultsport expertise not to do something.
A number of different cars have last year been given Nismo version: Juke, March (Micra), 370Z, culminating with the GT-R. There's also been a Sentra-based Nismo concept, but we think the Nismo needs the hot treatment much more.
Since the automaker has made so many Nismos, we pretty much know how one should look already. Hungarian renderer X-Tomi had no problem taking the Note and making it hot. He added side skirts, lower bumpers and a black grille, plus larger alloys and red door mirrors.
So what about power? Well, the Micra, which is related to this car, didn't get any more power in becoming a Nismo car. It seems they will only tune an existing engine, not install a new one. So, US-spec cars will have to make due with a 109 hp 1.6-liter, which is probably not tunable while the European ones will have the 1.2-liter DIG-S.
A number of different cars have last year been given Nismo version: Juke, March (Micra), 370Z, culminating with the GT-R. There's also been a Sentra-based Nismo concept, but we think the Nismo needs the hot treatment much more.
Since the automaker has made so many Nismos, we pretty much know how one should look already. Hungarian renderer X-Tomi had no problem taking the Note and making it hot. He added side skirts, lower bumpers and a black grille, plus larger alloys and red door mirrors.
So what about power? Well, the Micra, which is related to this car, didn't get any more power in becoming a Nismo car. It seems they will only tune an existing engine, not install a new one. So, US-spec cars will have to make due with a 109 hp 1.6-liter, which is probably not tunable while the European ones will have the 1.2-liter DIG-S.
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