Nissan’s Golf competitor spied for the first time with production body

Recently we came across the first spy images which could be the Nissan’s upcoming Golf rival wearing the production body.

There were spy photos images that appeared online earlier but they were only test mules of Nissan’s forthcoming competitor for the Volkswagen Golf VII who could receive the Tiida or Almera moniker. Set to be a global model, the new C-segment model will be out towards the end of next year as a 2015MY model and will have a body that appears to be pretty similar to that of the Toyota Auris.

The company has promised that this model will be a full rival to the seventh-gen Golf “from BlueMotion to GTI” and that too at a competitive sticker price. The economical version of the model will come fitted with a diesel engine capable of matching the Golf BM’s average of 73.5 mpg US (88.3 mpg UK or 3.2 liters / 100 km) with CO2 emissions of 85 g/km.

We believe that the competitor which is shown in the images considered to be Nissan’s response to the Golf GTI will be a Nismo-flavored version of the new Tiida/Almera.