Nissan Motor has shown off its redesigned, sleeker Note ahead of Japanese introduction next autumn and production and sale in Europe from 2013.

The Note will have claimed class-leading fuel efficiency and emission levels, combining advanced engine technology, a lightweight platform and improved aerodynamics.

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It also includes the automaker’s advanced around view monitor for the first time in a compact car, helping to take the stress out of reversing and parallel parking in tight spaces.

Two new engines will be available to customers in Japan: I3 supercharged HR12DDR (DIG-S) and the HR12DE from the March/Micra.

All three trim levels in Japan will have a compact, lightweight next-generation Xtronic CVT with an idle stop system on 2WD versions.

Nissan has sold 940,000 units of the current Note built both in Japan and Sunderland, UK.

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Japanese-market Notes will be made at Nissan Motor Kyushu and Sunderland again will produce models for Europe for launch in 2013.

Nissan plans to sell over 350,000 units of the new Note worldwide per year, Kyodo News reported.

Speaking at a world premiere event held in Yokohama, Nissan chief operating officer Toshiyuki Shiga said, “I am confident this Note will help us achieve the commitment of maintaining an annual domestic output of 1m units.”

With the new model, Nissan will stop remodeling the Tiida compact, which is bigger than the Note, and concentrate resources into the Note, in hopes the latest product will rival Honda’s Fit [Jazz] and Toyota’s Vitz [Yaris] compact cars, the automaker said.