The Nissan Kicks has been on sale in numerous countries and in different iterations too. The Malaysian-bound Kicks would most likely be shared with the Thai-, Indo-, and Japanese-spec Kicks but India has a different version of the Kicks. Ditto the Chinese Kicks facelift which sports a slight redesign from the rest of the world.

Based on these spyshots, the Chinese-spec Nissan Kicks will be getting a slight redesign and will be using a different engine to the Thai-assembled Kicks too. For this redesign, we’ll head immediately to the rear and it is obvious that the Chinese-spec Kicks is inspired by the Nissan X-Trail.

The boot of the Chinese-spec Kicks would be sporting a continuous taillight design which is absent on the Thai-assembled Kicks.

It is worth noting that the Chinese Kicks will be assembled under the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture (JV). Dongfeng is also one of the JV partners of Honda in the Middle Kingdom and produces the Honda XR-V, a Chinese twin of the Honda HR-V.

Interestingly, the XR-V also sports a continuous taillight design as the Chinese Kicks. Is this a Dongfeng signature look?

Elsewhere, the China-spec Nissan Kicks looks similar to the Thai-assembled Kicks down to its signature V-Motion front grille. It also appears that there could be at least two different variants for the Chinese Kicks based on the features which include chrome door handles and darkened headlamps.

Unlike the Kicks that is sold in South East Asia and Japan, the Chinese Kicks is powered by a 1.5-litre 4-cylinder naturally-aspirated petrol engine which produces up to 122 PS. That engine is mated to a CVT automatic gearbox.

Meanwhile, the Malaysian-bound Kicks could be using the same e-Power hybrid-electric powertrain as its neighbours which uses a 1.2-litre 3-cylinder petrol engine that acts as a generator. Combined with the electric motor, the Kicks has a power output of 129 PS and 260 Nm.