Nissan prepares a competitor for Focus

The Japanese company Nissan, in the wake of the success of Qashqai and Juke in Europe, decided to return to the most competitive market segment and offer customers of the C-class hatchback, competing with the new golf and focus, says the British edition of Autocar .

The model will be represented in 2014, outwardly it will be solved in the Qashqai style and the concept of Invitation. The car will be produced at the British factory in Sanderland, initially - only in a five -door version.

According to Andy Palmer, the development of Nissan chief, the development of the car began 18 months ago. Of course, the company representative promises that the design will be exciting, and the technical filling will be impeccable.

Autocar assumes that under the hood of the new car there will be a 1.5-diesel from Renault, as well as a three-cylinder Dig-S gasoline engine with a 1.2-liter turbocharged volume.

In the family of family hatchbacks in Europe, Nissan has not been represented since 2006, when the production of the Almera model has stopped in Sanderland.