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much space and advanced technology enters the Nissan compact car category with the Pulsar in the fall.

compact car class, completely dominated by the VW Golf, both in Norway and in the rest of Europe, and arguably the most car for the money. The best of them looks good, runs good, offering high security, decent space and numerous driver assistance systems.

crammed with equipment

In this landscape launches its Nissan Pulsar, having been absent in Europe’s most important car class for many years. In order to compete clots Nissan car with driver support including blind spot warning, Lane departure warning, parking assistance, 360 degree video surveillance (which means that the car can be seen in bird’s eye view), emergency braking in byfart and motion sensors that pick up if something were getting into the car’s driving range while backing .

Unfortunately, not all of this standard when Pulsar introduced in Norway in the autumn.

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With length of 4.39 meters, Pulsar significantly shorter than the Skoda Octavia (4.65 m), slightly shorter than the Mazda 3 (4.46 m) and about as long as the Ford Focus (4.35 m) and Opel Astra (4.41 m). Toyota Auris (4.27 m) and VW Golf (4.25 m) shorter than the newcomer.

Nissan claim whatever to have packed the car better than the competition and are therefore to be offer best interior space.

being built in Spain

Pulsar will be built at Nissan’s manufacturing plant in Barcelona, ​​the same technical basis as the two recently launched models Qashqai and X-Trail. The platform has the most in common with alliance partner Renault.

engine range starts at 1.2 l/115 hp (B) and 1.5 l/110 hp (D), the latter from Renault.

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Central model

Pulsar is a crucial model for Nissan, hoping to overtake Toyota and become the best-selling Asian car brand in Europe during 2016. most recent figures from the European bilprodusentorganisasjonen ACEA shows that at the beginning of May was 4.1 percent for Toyota of car sales in the EU / EFTA area, the Nissan’s 3.8 percent.

Micra was Nissan’s previous compact in Europe. Sales of this was discontinued in 2006 due to declining interest. Pulsar name first appeared on a Nissan model in 1978.