Designed in Italy by Fiat, adapted in Japan by Nissan, made in Mexico, powered by a Renault engine in India, and spec raced in Canada, but not sold in the USA... the Nissan Micra is a racing machine that before racing mods sells for 10 thousand Canadian dollars

there are 3 versions sold in Canada, and they have the same engine and HP, just more optional luxury features like bluetooth.

it's the most inexpensive car sold in Canada, so, the Motorsports In Action team built some up, and went racing, then other people got the bug to go racing cheap (like Mazda Miata used to be) in identical cars (like IROC used to be)

you can read about the racing of the Micra all over the car enthusiast magazine websites, or http://speed.academy/racing-in-the-nissan-micra-cup-big-fun-in-a-small-package/

March Enchante models included a swivel front passenger's seat that turns 90° in a simple operation to allow easy ingress and egress by senior citizens and wheelchair users as well as by persons wearing traditional Japanese clothing.

In 1995, it topped the small car class in a reliability survey of four to six-year-old cars undertaken by the German Automobile Association,
with 7.5 recorded breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles for four-year-old Micras
and 11.5 for six-year-old cars:
this compared with 8.0 breakdowns per 1,000 cars for four-year-old Volkswagen Polos
and 15.3 for six-year-old Polos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Micra
http://www.micracup.com/Micra-Cup-Nissan-Car
http://www.nissan.ca/en/cars/micra

the Deltawing by Nissan, another example of the "Car Of The Year Curse"

I haven't heard a word about this in years, not since Automobile Magazine said "The Nissan DeltaWing is Automobile Magazine’s slam-dunk Racing Car of the Year. In fact, we just as easily could have named it Racing Car of the Decade or even Racing Car of the Half Century." This was the 1st time after an 8 year absence of the Racing Car of the Year that they gave that award to a race car.

If you haven't heard of the magazine curse resulting from them deciding some car was the "car of the year" read  http://livingstingy.blogspot.com/2012/11/motor-trend-car-of-year-curse.html  because I can't find the post I did on this phenomenon years ago

It's odd that a group of focused car enthusiasts that only make a magazine that celebrates the best in cars can get it wrong so damn often... hell, it's ironic. It's simply beyond belief that they only choose cars that fail to deliver on the promise of Car of the Year.

Here's the ultimate bizarre thing about it, they never gave any Porsche "Design of the Year". Figure out why they snub one of the longest production designs being made, the 911. Of all the cars made that basically never changed their look over a couple decades, the Model T, the VW Beetle, and the 911, only the Porsche designs have been around during Automobile magazines run, and they've been snubbed why? Hell, the 911 has been made since 1963... how can a design that old not get recognition at one year or another for being the best design of the year?

Isn't the best design the one that sells the longest? Or is admired by the most people?