Nissan Pixo road test reports and car reviews

Nissan Pixo N-Tec 2009

I haven’t had this very long but decided to write this anyway incase someone is thinking about buying. This is a replacement for an Almera. I love it. It is so easy to drive. I am at the moment finding it hard to stick to the speed limits because it is very nippy and I seem to get to 30mph much quicker than in my Almera. I have taken it on the motorway and felt more confident about overtaking than I did in the Almera. The car was late so the dealer lent me a Micra to tie me over as my tax and M.O.T expired. Overall it did compare to the Micra 1.2 except on the motorway where it was slightly slower to the 50 mph mark. As the manual points out it is a 3 cylinder engine and so it is slightly noisier when moving in 1st gear. It is true that the interior is not "flash", but then again what do you expect for under £9000? I would have thought that not everyone is buying just to save money. Whilst the saving on tax and petrol is appreciated, it is a green car. I might have considered buying the Techna if it included a few extra luxuries that I have got used to driving Nissans for years e.g. volume control from the steering wheel and a better music system. As it is I have got an mp3 cd, air conditioning and remote entry. I am quite tall and there is plenty of room at the front. However, I wouldn’t want to be sitting in the back. There is very little room in the back, especially if the front passengers need to push the seats back to get leg room. For me this isn’t a problem as I rarely have rear seat passengers, but it could be for others. The boot isn’t roomy either. You can put your shopping in it but 2 sets of luggage might be a problem. Again I think Nissan could have added a feature for the rear seats to slide forwards to make more space in the boot on the most expensive model. I would guess that the space issue is no different on competitors’ models because it is meant to be a small car, but I bet that some of the missing features are available on the Yaris for example although you would pay considerably more for these features. This is the main reason I have given a 4 rating.