The brand new look is described as ‘zealous, assertive and funky’ and takes inspiration from the 2002 spherical MK3 mikra, particularly for its round at each ends.

Cho added that “it was powerful” when its designers had the duty of making one thing that might visually differ from the “already lovely” 5, particularly given the mounted basis.

One change of the 5 is on the entrance, the place the bonnet is greater, longer and has barely extra cumbersome bows to offer the mikra one other silhouette.

‘We needed to hold extra quantity to the entrance, ”says Cho, who added that it offers the Micra extra of a way of transitional – such because the Renault Megane – than the 5, which is extra brazenly a hatchback and ‘sporty’.

One other distinction is on the again, the place a lip was added, and on the facet (visible the place the twins are most clearly associated), the place there’s a shoulder line that appears “as if it was detected by a gelato spoon”.

These design parts mix to make the Micra ‘a Grandma automotive not’, Cho claims.

The inside is basically equivalent to the 5s, with the identical twins 10.25in screens, the identical change and the identical supplies, however the shade choices – white, grey and black – are extra subdued.