Those who were disappointed when Datsun changed its name to Nissan over three decades ago may have been pleased to see the marque revived last year, even as a budget brand.
This is Nissan's counterpart to its ally Renault's Dacia budget brand.
Datsun has been steadily expanding its line-up of low-cost transportation for developing markets with the debut of the Go hatchback in India, the Go+ minivan in Indonesia and the On-Do sedan in Russia. And now it has returned to Moscow to reveal its fourth model, the Mi-Do.
Based closely on the On-Do sedan {which itself is based on the Lada Granta} the Mi-Do takes on a five-door hatchback body-style but with no more frills. It uses the same front-drive chassis with the same wheelbase as the sedan, but its chopped tail makes it a good foot and a half shorter overall. Into that compact shape, Datsun has fitted dual airbags, and ABS. It's got a 1.6-litre, eight-valve inline-four kicking out a grand total of 64 Kw power to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic.
While delivery of the first On-Do sedans commences next month {with the first example going to an IT specialist in Omsk}, the Mi-Do is set to begin delivery early next year
via autoblog.com
29/08/2014
