Here's How Awesome A Nissan Micra Nismo Would Look

Every single generation of the Nissan Micra has looked about as threatening as a baby bunny rabbit, so we were rather pleased when the latest version made its debut at the Paris Motor Show last week. Yep, Nissan finally has a Micra that might prove tempting to people below retirement age, thanks to its sharp lines and surprisingly scowly face.

However, we reckon Nissan could go one step further in helping the Micra shed its pensioner-friendly image: a Nismo version. It’s longer, wider and lower than the old Micra, so it’s ripe for a Nismo fiddle, no doubt involving some sort of small, fizzy turbocharged engine dropped under the bonnet. And on the outside? It’d probably look something like this render from X-Tomi Design.

Sure, the wheels are a little more enormous than the sort of rims Nissan would end up fitting, but we reckon it’s a realistic vision of how a hotter Micra could look. So will it happen? The official company line from Nissan is that there are “no plans” at present for a hotter Micra, but it hasn’t been ruled out either.

Come on Nissan, you know you want to…