Nismo unleashed on the Juke
Like the Super Juke but slower and uglier, Nismo styling 'upgrades' hint at future performance Nissans
This is the Nissan Juke Nismo concept, set to be unveiled at this week's Tokyo motor show. It is, says Nissan, part of a "bold new future" for its Nismo performance arm (we'll leave it up to you as to whether or not that's a good thing).
With visual and aero tweaks including revised bumpers, arch extensions and side skirts the Juke Nismo Concept certainly looks, er, tough. In fact, the styling mods even include a revised tailgate spoiler with side elements to control airflow more efficiently and lift-reducing door mirrors. It says here.
NISMO styling 'upgrades' now available
Inside, the steering wheel, pedals, gauges, shifter knob and door trims have been redesigned to provide 'greater involvement when driving'. No, nor us.
"As the Concept shows, Nismo brings new levels of individuality to mainstream Nissan cars like Juke," says Nismo President, Shoichi Miyatani. "The future for Nismo is to develop premium sports designs for an ever-widening range of customers."
Jolly good. But can we see the finished Super Juke now, please?
I saw one squinting at me in a multi-storey in Winchester on Sunday. I thought it was the result of some competition to design the world's ugliest car.
No doubt the heinous form houses some great Japanese engineering. I've often wondered, however, why it is that far-eastern car manufacturers don't employ some European designers to make their cars more aesthetically attractive to us over here. Or do we represent such a small, skint corner of the global market these days that they don't actually care what we think?
I saw one squinting at me in a multi-storey in Winchester on Sunday. I thought it was the result of some competition to design the world's ugliest car.
No doubt the heinous form houses some great Japanese engineering. I've often wondered, however, why it is that far-eastern car manufacturers don't employ some European designers to make their cars more aesthetically attractive to us over here. Or do we represent such a small, skint corner of the global market these days that they don't actually care what we think?
I hate it, it's a collection of weird angles and odd design decisions wrapped around a silly car - but it's clearly enormously popular as I can't move without seeing 2...
As for the Nismo version - it's just stripes and slightly different spotlights isn't it?
Anyways, you can't polish a turd (Juke)...
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