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The small crossover below the Juke, built in Mexico, Brazil and India to noticeably different specifications — establishing the market comes before ordering anything, because the engine range barely overlaps between them. The one worth identifying is e-Power, sold in Asia and Europe: the petrol engine is a generator only and never drives the wheels, so it is a series hybrid and its fault codes belong to that architecture rather than to a conventional hybrid's. North American cars are the plain 1.6 or, from 2025, a 2.0 with all-wheel drive. vPIC lists MPV and Play body designations that are the same vehicle.

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Nissan Kicks
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Generations

  • First generation 2016–2024

    Built to different specifications per market; e-Power is a series hybrid where the engine never drives the wheels.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Nissan V
    Engines
    • 1.6 four-cylinder — HR16DE · petrol · 80–103 kW (107–138 hp) · 150–163 Nm (111–120 lb-ft)
    • 1.0 turbo — petrol · Brazil
    • 1.2 e-Power — HR12DE · hybrid · 103–108 Nm (76–80 lb-ft) · series hybrid; the engine is a generator
    • 1.5 — HR15DE · petrol · 134–156 Nm (99–115 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    CVT · 5-speed manual
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive
  • Second generation 2024–present

    A larger 2.0 and all-wheel drive for North America.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Nissan CMF-B
    Engines
    • 2.0 four-cylinder — MR20DD · petrol · 160–210 Nm (118–155 lb-ft)
    • 1.5 e-Power — hybrid · series hybrid
    • 1.0 turbo — HR10DET · petrol · South America
    • 1.4 — hybrid · generator only
    Transmissions
    CVT · 6-speed DCT
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

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