Not sure if you’ll be happy or sad to learn your XFi only made 49 hp, not 55!  The XFi trim was a relatively rare “extra-efficient” model that had a different camshaft, ECU, pistons, gearing, and a few other changes. The non-XFi, garden variety Metros made 55 hp.

Nissan has axed the Micra in Canada - they’re just selling off leftover 2019's. We won’t be getting the K14, so the redesigned Versa sedan is taking the Micra’s place as the company’s entry level offering here.

Yeah, the tea leaves of your Audi TDI Super Fuel-Sipper Tedium Challenge saga foretold this Prius-as-performance-machine argument. (You just needed more duct tape & cardboard & you could have driven faster!)

“... one of those crazy hypermiler Geo Metros with the home-made wheelskirts and huge teardrop tail.”