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As for the compact car “march” which appeared in 1982, development has been performed from the founder bearing in mind the ease of carrying out of operation, and user-friendliness. Nissan had called such an element “FRIENDLY”, and the new style march of the 4th generation put on the market on July 13 incorporated fuel consumption improvement technology while applying the polish to the FRIENDLY さ. Presupposing “the foundations of the production of a car are the mass of vehicles”, a new style march adopted the high rigidity lightweight platform called newly developed “V platform.” With body structure, reexamination and the weight saving of each part article were attained, and also if the weight saving of a power train, a suspension member, a fuel tank, a muffler, the rear suspension mount, etc. is carried out and they are seen on the whole, it will succeed in making weight  lighter 80kg than a predecessor model. Engines are 1.2l. of newly developed 3 cylinders of serial DOHC(s) “HR12DE” that thought the torque in the inside low-speed region as important, and the higher rank grades 12X and 12G were equipped with the idling stop mechanism. Reduction of friction and improvement in thermal efficiency were achieved, and also the inside of an engine made 10 and 15 Mohd fuel consumption 26.0 km/L of the class top level by adopting a light weight and miniaturized EKUSUTORONIKKU CVT with a sub transmission as transmission etc.