5 Reasons the New Nissan Micra EV Should Be Your Next Car

1️⃣ Reason one: the price is the headline and it earns that status

£21,495. That's the on-the-road price for the entry-level Micra Engage 40kWh after the government's £1,500 Electric Car Grant has been applied. Not before - after. So there's no grant to chase, no rebate to apply for separately. That's the number.

To put it somewhere: a brand new Vauxhall Corsa Electric starts at roughly £28,000. The Mini Cooper Electric is somewhere in the early thirties. A well-specced Volkswagen Polo - not even an electric one, just a normal petrol Polo starts at around £24,000. The Micra undercuts the EV competition by a significant margin, and it's doing it while offering things like 18-inch alloys on every single trim, including the cheapest specification. That's unusual and a huge bonus for people who are wanting to get behind an EV in 2026 without spending loads of money.

Move up to the 52kWh Extended Range on Advance trim and you're at £25,495 - that one gets the bigger £3,750 EV Grant, which is why the price difference between Standard and Extended Range is narrower than you might expect.

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2️⃣ Reason two: the range and charging figures are the ones people don't believe until they check

The Nissan MICRA EV charges 109 miles of range in 15 minutes. That's the 52kWh battery on a 100kW DC fast charger. Confirmed by Nissan UK. Not a claimed figure from a press release - it's on the official Micra website. 15 to 80 percent charge in roughly half an hour on the same setup.

WLTP range: up to 196 miles on the 40kWh Standard Range, up to 257 miles on the 52kWh Extended Range. Real-world in a mix of town and A-road driving which is what most people in Lancashire actually do - comes out at around 160 to 175 miles on the 40kWh, and 210 to 230 on the 52kWh which is really impressive for this small hatchback. There's a heat pump fitted as standard on both, which matters in winter because it warms the cabin more efficiently than a resistive heater, eating less into available range on cold mornings.

Home charging on the 11kW onboard AC charger runs from 10 to 100 percent overnight. Most Micra owners will plug in at home every night and wake up to a full battery. The 15-minute rapid charge stat is more of a ''I forgot to charge and I'm somewhere with a fast charger'‘ situation - useful to have in reserve, not something most people will rely on daily.

For the vast majority of drivers covering under 100 miles a day which in practice is most people the 40kWh is genuinely fine. We'd lean towards the 52kWh for most buyers but it's worth talking through your actual mileage patterns with us rather than defaulting to the bigger number.

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3️⃣ Reason three: the technology inside it is doing things small cars didn't used to do

Every Micra gets a 10.3-inch central touchscreen. Every one. The entry Engage also has a 7-inch driver display; from Advance upward that becomes 10.3 inches too, giving you the dual-screen setup. Both screens are sharp and quick - not the slightly laggy, resistive-touch experience that plagued infotainment systems across the top brands a few years back.

From Advance trim, the infotainment runs Google Built-in natively. This is worth unpacking because it gets glossed over in a lot of car reviews across the internet. Native means a Google Account is signed into the car itself. Not your phone mirrored through a cable or wirelessly. The car has Google Maps with live traffic built in, routes itself to charging stations on longer journeys, shows you estimated range on arrival at your destination, and responds to Hey Google for hands-free control. You can download apps from Google Play directly to the car's screen. If you use Google in your daily life - Maps on your phone, Assistant on your speaker at home, having it native in the car rather than mirrored through CarPlay is a genuine convenience difference.

Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are both standard on Advance and above as well, so the phone mirroring option is there if you prefer it.

On Evolve trim you get ProPILOT Assist with Navi-link - Nissan's motorway driver assistance system that maintains lane position and following distance, and uniquely syncs with the navigation so the car automatically adjusts speed ahead of bends and motorway exits. On a car at this price bracket, that's a feature that usually sits in the options list of cars costing considerably more even on some of the more expensive brands.

There's also Vehicle-to-Load capability with the optional V2L connector available from your dealer, the Micra's battery can power external devices. Laptops, e-bikes, camping equipment. The connector is an additional purchase but the hardware is already in the car.

NissanConnect Services app lets you check battery state, pre-condition the cabin temperature, and schedule charging all from your phone before you've left the house. Small quality-of-life stuff. But the accumulation of those small things is what separates a pleasant ownership experience from an average one.

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4️⃣ Reason four: it drives better than the price suggests it should

The AmpR Small platform puts the battery under the floor. Low centre of gravity. The car sits and steers like something more expensive than it is, particularly at motorway speeds where small cars with a high-mounted centre of mass can start to feel nervous. The Micra doesn't.

In town, the turning circle is 10.8 metres and the car is under four metres long. Getting into and out of tight spaces in Preston or Chorley town centre is actually easy rather than a mild exercise in anxiety management. The electric motor's instant response means pulling out at junctions and timing roundabout gaps feels natural. No waiting for a petrol engine to catch up with what your right foot asked for.

Three drive modes: Eco, Comfort, Sport. Eco noticeably holds back the acceleration for range purposes. Sport sharpens things up considerably - the 52kWh's 148bhp in Sport mode is punchy for a small city car. Comfort sits in the middle and is where most people leave it. On Evolve trim there's e-Pedal for one-pedal town driving, which once learned tends to be the default mode for anyone doing stop-start commutes

5️⃣ Reason five: it's the best-looking Micra in the nameplate's 40-year history

The Micra has been many things across six generations. Some of them were charming. Some were (to be diplomatic) the kind of design you bought for the car and the technology despite how it looked rather than because of it.

The sixth generation is a different situation. Nissan Design Europe in London did this one and the brief was clearly not 'be the same old car that is on every corner.' Prominent wheel arches. 18-inch alloys on every grade. A wide low stance that reads as more purposeful than you'd expect from a car this size. The headlights do a choreographed sequence - Nissan calls it a 'welcome wink' when you unlock the car. Sounds like a gimmick. In a car park at night it's one of those details that makes people do a double-take.

Inside: three theme options, called Modern, Audacious, and Chill. Up to 48 adjustable ambient lighting colours on upper trims. And the detail that gets mentioned every single time someone sits in one for the first time at our dealership - a small raised outline of Mount Fuji moulded into the plastic of the central storage bin between the front seats. A Japanese heritage reference, understated to the point where most people don't spot it until you point it out. Then they keep looking at it.

14 exterior colour combinations. Two-tone options from Advance trim. On our forecourts the Rebel Red with black roof stops people walking past the showroom windows. The Noble Marine with grey roof is the one that seems to end up on the most order forms. Authentic Blue with black roof is the choice for people who want something distinctive without being showy about it. Boot is 326 litres with seats up, 1,106 litres with the rear seats folded flat. Five doors, five seats.

Right. So who should actually buy one?

A bloke came in to our Burnley dealership about three weeks after the first ones arrived. He'd had a petrol Micra K11 in 1997 which was his first car back in the day and had purely come out of curiosity with absolutely no intention of buying anything. His wife was with him. She'd never driven a Micra in her life and had no emotional connection to the nameplate whatsoever.

She drove it first. He drove it second. They came back on the Thursday with their insurance details. So the simple answer is yes! If you are looking for a small hatchback with loads of technology, great looks and all round amazing tehcnology built in - this is the car for you.

If you are unsure on what you want, speak to one of our team and we will be able to help you find the car for you.

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