Almera: the range Almera: the dashboard Almera 5-door

Almera at the 1995 Frankfurt Motorshow

The follow-up to the Sunny, the new Almera has a chance to fight in the cut-throat Escort market - according to the British Autocar magazine.
The importance of the Almera is underlined by the fact that the 5-door version will only be sold in Europe.
The designing process included considerable input from Nissan's European Technology Centre in Brussels, which involved developing and testing the Almera chassis on European roads.
As You can see from the first picture, the range contains thre versions: three- and five-door hatchback, as well as a four-door saloon. There will be a range of up to three luxury and two sporty trim levels.
During 1996 the range will be joined by a high-performance three-door Almera GTi - which wil bring the total number of trim levels to six, with three body styles and four engine choices. (Interesting, the press material describes three engines)

The engine choices are: (all 4-cylinder, in-line)

1.6 litre petrol:

1597 cc, bore x stroke: 76x88 mm, max. power: 73 kW (100 hp) @ 6000 rpm, max. torque: 136 Nm @ 4000 rpm.

1.4i petrol(unique for Europe):

1392 cc, 73.6x61.8 mm, max.power: 64 kW (87 hp) @ 6000 rpm, 116 Nm @ 4000 rpm.

2.0 diesel:

1974 cc, 55 kW (75 hp) @ 4800 rpm, 132 Nm @ 2800 rpm.

Dimensions and weights are (length/ width/ height in millimeter, wheelbase also, kerb weight min/max. in kg):

3-door hatchback:

4120/ 1690/ 1395, 2535, 1140/1212

5-door hatchback:

4120/ 1690/ 1395, 2535, 1155/1225

4-door saloon:

4320, other details are the same. Weight: 1145/1219 kg.