It's been far too long in the making –let alone the endless teasing- but here it is in the flesh: Nissan's outrageous Juke-R project car that blends the eccentrically styled body of its small crossover with the proven mechanical hardware of the almighty GT-R sports car.
The result is a vehicle that defies logic and proves once again that Nissan has the guts and the will to experiment with crazy ideas. And judging by the Murano Convertible, we wouldn't be one bit surprised if someone at Nissan gave the green light for a limited production version down the road.
However, for the time being, Nissan Europe and its technical partner RML, are saying that the Juke-R is a special, road legal concept car, of which only two examples will be built, one in left-hand-drive and the other in right-hand-drive.
The new images and videos give us our first detailed look at the Juke R. On the outside, Nissan's designers applied a matte black finish to the small crossover before adding a host of aero components, the styling of which was inspired of course by the GT-R.
The car's bad-boy looks with the flared wheel arches that cover the GT-R-sourced 20-inch RAYS forged alloy wheels, widened front bumper with large air vents, sculpted side skirts, prominent rear bumper with a diffuser and the split rear wing, leave little doubt that this ain't your ordinary Juke.
Same goes for the interior where Nissan's engineers ditched the rear seat bench and added a race-spec roll cage. The crossover also gained a pair of race seats up front along with GT-R-sourced steering wheel, pedals, dials and 7-inch touch-screen display.
But the most amazing changes take place under the skin where the Juke adopts the GT-R's 3.8-liter bi-turbocharged V6 engine with 480-horses as well as its all-wheel drive system, gearbox and suspension, all of which were modified appropriately. Nissan has not yet announced performance figures.
The company said that the project cars will enter testing in late November before "they are unleashed on the world to take on the urban playground".
Until then, hop over the jump to check out the pictures and watch the three videos on the Juke-R.
23 Comments:
This is the most ugly thing I've seen.
Say what you will, this is badass...I wish GM did more halo/concept/nonsense like this...throw a ZR1 engine into a Sonic.
Nice to see a car company with some balls!
Just likeyou big balls no brains.
It's like a giant cockroach!!!
Real-world driving vids?
If only nissan made a less ugly crossover to put that mighty 3.8 in.
I have to agree man. And that exhaust note, wow. I seriously hope they plan to do a special edition production model based on this.
This thing is so freakin stupid! If this came out on April 1st, everyone would think it was an april fools joke... Instead it's just a joke. What a waste. I'm kinda mad at myself for wasting 2 minutes of my life commenting on this P.O.S.
Your screen name has a great ring to it. Well done.
Sort of like Joan Rivers with giant implants and a enhanced butt.
Still ugly and useless.
Good for you.
That's a moronic thing to say really.... you seem like the moron with your comment because not only does this Juke have the muscle it also has the brains. As in the same electronic system that GTR has. Including the all wheel drive system. So who's the moron here?
And I'm mad for wasting my 2 minutes reading your worthless message.
i like it. its something different just image all the super cars you could destroy in this. i want it!
SuperStriking!
Bad-Ass! Seems to be the standard response, that I had as well
I think I would rather have this then the GT-R
Son of Godzilla :]
PS I feel sorry for some of the commenters here who seem to have had their ideas of beauty spoon fed to them by... American car companies perhaps, I can just imagine the type of women they find attractive as well. No mystery as to how such ignorance gets perpetuate, that suborn old dominant inbred red-neck hillbilly cracker gene rearing its ugly head here at Carscoop. hahaha :D
As long as limp dicks like you think of a car as an extention to his Johnson we will continue to hear this nonesence and ecitement of useless automobiles created for publicity that have no practical use. One thing they do achieve is to lure brain dead Americans to spend their dollars on overpriced, overpowered foreign cars to drive on roads that are more suited to American cars. All at the expense of American workers.
You are such a pompous asshole that views usless cars as an extention to his limp dick.
If you like this junk you must like your women lumpy.
BADASS SUPERSTAR!
Heir to the Mighty!
Nissan made one miss step. If this car is a two seat coupe, then why didn't they remove the rear doors. all they had to do was seal the doors and remove the handle and door seam.
...just how did this P.O.S make it past the sketches!...some fellows should be fired.
I like it.
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