Thursday 8th December 2011

Update: Nissan 'Super Juke' - Video 10

Shakedown time for the mutant Juke...

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There's a lot to cram in...

8th December.

"The moment has finally come for Juke-R to hit the track! With the build complete, engineers take Juke-R to MIRA proving ground to check all systems work correctly before heading to Silverstone to push the car's limits," says Nissan.

We say: Finally, a chance to see the Juke that thinks its a GT-R in action...

 

2nd December.

Another day, another Nissan Juke GT-R video. this time (for video 9) it's all about putting the finishing touches to the Crossover-meets-Godzilla special.

We're also promised that the next video will show some actual proper action, for the car's shakedown and testing...

 

23rd Nov.

we've been rather remiss in our Juke GT-R updates of late, so herre's a whole bundle of video shorts - numbers 5 through to 8.

Which, for those interested in such things, covers gearbox and drivertrain, seat fitting and ergonomics, body styling and handling. Enjoy...

Riggers

 

27th Oct.

The latest video concerns fitting the engine and dealing with cooling issues. Next week, the transmission... can you bear to wait?

20th Oct.

Nissan's project to create 'the fastest crossover in the world' continues to continue apace.

This is video number three, showing that fabrication is underway, and teasing us with a GT-R motor fresh from its crate...

12th Oct.

Nissan's project to stick a 480hp GT-R engine and running gear into the one-off Juke-R continues apace.

It's a 22 week project, and they're keeping track of progress with a series of videos on Facebook.

Here's the latest...

 

(Original PH article below)
480hp means you're not sniggering now... (or else!)

The GT-R powered Super Juke...

Occasional reminiscences aside from PHer Garlick (about his days as a young matelot and that Royal Navy Bangkok tour), transvestism doesn't get much of a look in here at PH Towers. It's not that we've any principled objections, but the results can be so implausible, don't you think? Let's just say we give it the swerve, apart from (mainly) at the weekends.

If 'crossover' is the automotive equivalent of 'transvestite' (can you see where we're going with this one, folks?) Nissan's revoltingly implausible Juke is a car that really would have been better off staying indoors. It's a Nissan Cube underneath the drag, which is the sort of car a chap would feel comfortable chatting about in the pub. The Juke meanwhile attracts derisory sniggers and insults, at least until the beer goggles go on....

Now, and apparently in a quest to add a dash of testosterone to its mixed-up metaphor for a lifestyle that hasn't been invented, Nissan Europe is building what it terms a 'Super Juke'.

... and a Juke looking, er, super!

This is it (in rendered form), and before anyone quips that it looks as if Godzilla has been lured into a drunken fumble with a giant radioactive guppy that he (she, or it) tripped over in a rock pool on the way home from the Karaoke bar in Fukushima - you're a bit too close to the truth.

Because underneath the Super Juke's, er, sexy body, will lurk an engine and running gear from the GT-R itself. Yep, we're talking about 480hp, a sub four second 0-60mph time, and an attitude that says 'who's sniggering now?'

Nissan has even put it on their Facebook page so you can officially like or loathe it. But as with Garlick and that Navy lark, we're conflicted...

[C2james]

I think this is the only time I have ever wanted one of those things.

[amoeba]

I do wonder if the Juke is one of those cars that 'grows on you' like the fat-bottom Megane.... Probably not.

[Beefmeister]

I thought the GT-R has 523bhp?

[Aizle]

In before the title (from general gassing at least).

[jbi]

hide the round lights at the front behind the grill and it would look good

[tinyh98]

If they hide the exhausts (or leave it with one anaemic looking one), and put crappy hub caps on the car (instead of monster alloys with a condom for a tyre), and leave it as stock looking as possible...........imagine the fun you could have?

Edited by tinyh98 on Tuesday 27th September 09:41

Edited by tinyh98 on Tuesday 27th September 09:42

[Transmitter Man]

That Juke looks like something out of the 80's Groub B stables.

Like.

Phil

[Rawwr]

So much want combined with so much vomit.

Confused.

[uncle tez]

The first picture looks like a giant inflatable to me

[Dagnut]

Beefmeister said:

I thought the GT-R has 523bhp?

Exactly what I was going to say, why would you put in the GTR engine in the old state of tune?

[RevOne]

Nissan 'Super Juke' aka Pulsar GTi-R Mk2...?

[Chris-R]

Dagnut said:

Exactly what I was going to say, why would you put in the GTR engine in the old state of tune?

That's what it says on the Facebook page. Maybe they don't want it to be faster than the GT-R?

[Wadeski]

wierdly, quite a lot of girls i know really want, or have bought, a Juke. Its like the funky alternative to a Mini now everyone has one of those.

[gruffalo]

It is just wrong on every level.

I don't get the current trend of making small cars overly tall and with bulge over bulge as a design concept it is just plain wrong, ugly doesn't cover it.

[handbraketurn]

Dagnut said:

Beefmeister said:

I thought the GT-R has 523bhp?

Exactly what I was going to say, why would you put in the GTR engine in the old state of tune?

Being turbo charged, I'm sure the power output is largely dictated by what kind of map the ECU has.

Possibly some kind of marketing decision not to be as powerful as the flagship?

[Mr2Mike]

Transmitter Man said:

That Juke looks like something out of the 80's Groub B stables.

Like.

Phil

Get outa here! The group B monsters were mean looking machines, ugly but in an aggressive, functional way. The Juke is just a revolting blob.

It does remind me a little of the Paris Dakar cars though, maybe the VW Toureg?

Edited by Mr2Mike on Tuesday 27th September 10:21

[laam999]

I think this sounds like a great idea, aslong as it's not much different looking it would be a total monster sleeper

[loveice]

Chris-R said:

Dagnut said:

Exactly what I was going to say, why would you put in the GTR engine in the old state of tune?

That's what it says on the Facebook page. Maybe they don't want it to be faster than the GT-R?

That may be true. Coz GT-R's 0-60 time is sub three sec, not sub four sec. Juke is a much smaller and lighter car. It may not be as quick at the ring as GT-R, or as fast in terms of its top speed. But if they do put the same 2011 GT-R drive train in Juke, it should at least be as quick 0-60 as the GT-R.

[Frimley111R]

C2james said:

I think this is the only time I have ever wanted one of those things.

+ 1

[loveice]

Mr2Mike said:

Transmitter Man said:

That Juke looks like something out of the 80's Groub B stables.

Like.

Phil

Get outa here! The group B monsters were mean looking machines, ugly but in an aggressive, functional way. The Juke is just a revolting blob.

It does remind me a little of the Paris Dakar cars though, maybe the VW Toureg?

Edited by Mr2Mike on Tuesday 27th September 10:21

Well, 80's Group Bs are usually based on B-Segment superminis. Despite being a small SUV, Juke is a B-Segment car just happen to have 4WD and a very curved body shell. How could you not see this 500bhp+ AWD B-Segment hatchback as the modern day Group B monster?

Personally, I'd prefer it to the real GT-R with it's five doors, proper rear seats, supermini exterior size and higher ground clearance. If people are all over the potential 4WD diesel M5 estate, surely this should also attract same kind of people who just want smaller cars.