Nissan Micra (MARCH) UK production ends

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<IMG onclick=zoom(this) border=0 alt="" src="http://cdn.images.autocar.co.uk/612x408FFFFFFF/NonCar/Nissan/Micra/Nissan-Micra-16710101055509551600x1060.jpg" onload="attachimg(this, 'load')"><IMG onclick=zoom(this) border=0 alt="" src="http://cdn.images.autocar.co.uk/612x408FFFFFF/NonCar/Nissan/Micra/Nissan-Micra-16710101055498461600x1060.jpg" onload="attachimg(this, 'load')"><BR><BR><FONT face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">Nissan Micra production in the UK will come to an end tonight after 18 years.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">Micra production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant first started on 10 August 1992; the final Micra will come down the production line during tonight’s late shift.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em"><STRONG><A href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsGallery.aspx?AR=251460&amp;EL=-1" target=_blank>See pics of the Nissan Micra on the production line</A></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em"><STRONG><A href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/RoadTestsHistory/Nissan-Micra-1.2-SX-/217535/" target=_blank>Read Autocar's Nissan Micra road test</A></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">Sunderland produced almost 1.4 million first-generation K11 Micras between 1992 and 2002, while almost 1m K12 Micras have been produced since 2002, including 31,000 CC variants.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">By the end of today, Sunderland would have produced 2,368,704 Micras, which is more than 40 per cent of the plant's total output since opening in 1986.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">Production of the third-generation Micra has shifted to several countries around the world, including to a new plant in Chennai, India.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em"><STRONG><A href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Nissan-Micra-1.2-CVT/249125/" target=_blank>Read Autocar's new Nissan Micra first drive</A></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em"><STRONG><A href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Nissan-Juke-1.5-dCi-Tekna/251189/" target=_blank>Read Autocar's Nissan Juke first drive</A></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em">The Micra will be replaced on the Sunderland production line by the Juke next month.</FONT><BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 1.15em"><A href="http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/251460/" target=_blank>http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/251460/</A><BR></FONT><BR></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR>