Highlights
- Stylish bespoke bronze metallic bodywork and trim
- Regularly serviced with up-to-date service records
- Current MOT to January 2025
- Stylish, economical and nippy city car
- Covered just over 103,000km - aprox 64,000 miles
The Appeal
It wasn’t an obvious idea, but it was certainly a good one. Nissan’s project to use its popular Micra as the base for a retro-themed, sports-inflected city car gave the world the Figaro.
By doing the job properly, including paying real detail to items such as the Bakelite-inspired steering wheel, Nissan created one of the most distinctive and popular city cars of recent times.
This car, like many, has evolved the factory spec with some neat bespoke features, most notably the bronze metallic paintwork. This theme carries into the interior and also includes the retractable roof, which is finished in complementary tan.
It is a low mileage example - just 103,000 kms (64,000 miles) from new - that has been regularly serviced by its current long term keeper. There are some light cosmetic points to note, but it would work well as a nippy city car or there is scope to improve.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered in 1991
- Imported to the UK and registered here in 2007
- Six registered keepers since arriving in the UK
- Current keeper since July 2017
- Current keeper acquired car following a refurbishment
- MOT valid until January 2025 with advisories
- The owner is selling due to age and driving restrictions in London
- Regularly serviced during current keeper’s tenure
- Factory handbook as shown
The Condition
- Lightly customised car with bronze metallic paintwork and tan folding roof
- Paintwork is presentable with some points to note in photos
- There are scratches to sides and vendor advises original colour is visible in places
- Cream roof with tan folding panel although we are advised the folding element is untested
- The folding roof has not been used in some time and may require attention
- Domed polished steel wheel trims with some light marks to note in photos
- Chrome front and rear bumpers show some tarnish and rust in photos
- Bodywork is generally straight with no accident damage reported
- Corrosion-resistant fibreglass panels mixed with steel panels from factory
- Vendor advises that the wheel arches show some signs of rust
- Grey leather interior with custom piping to match exterior
- Custom interior features to match exterior paintwork as shown
- Interior is generally tidy with some signs of age and use as shown
- These include wear to driver’s bolster and cracks to centre armrest
- Headlining shows signs of age as shown in photos
- Vendor advises that the car has an alarm system installed
- Vendor advises that the air conditioning works correctly and effectively
- Underside appears solid with no structural advisories on last MOT test, it has previously had structural work for its MOT's in 2019 & 2021
- There are some signs of surface corrosion to underside to note in photos
The Mechanics
- 987cc L4 turbocharged engine
- 3spd automatic gearbox
- MOT advisories for coil spring corrosion on the nearside rear and offside rear
- MOT also advises corrosion on the nearside rear exhaust box outer skin
- Vendor advises that the turbo engine provides quick acceleration
- No reported running or driving issues
- Regularly serviced according to seller with paperwork to confirm
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