I Had No Idea Nissan Experimented With a Mid-Engine Micra Until This Week and Now I Need One

Any time you think you’ve seen it all in our wonderful world of cars, that’s when the universe conspires to surprise you. Some years back our friend Patrick George reflected on this joy of discovery through the prism of the Autech Zagato Stelvio AZ1 — Nissan’s bubble economy-era, coach-built spin on the Infiniti M30 exclusive to the Japanese market. Well, years later I’m feeling much the same way about another product of the company’s Autech division; one I’m struggling to scrounge up damn near any information about.

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This is the Autech Mid-11. It’s a K11 Nissan Micra with a wide bodykit, six-speed manual and the two-liter, 187-horsepower four-cylinder out of the second-gen Infiniti G20 (a.k.a. Nissan Primera) in place of the rear bench. Fun fact: that was the same mill that wound up in the ASL Garaiya, a descendant of the Tommykaira ZZ.

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