Nissan has revealed pictures of the latest
in a long line of go-faster models with the Juke-R, a variant of the
Juke small crossover car creating the first ever Super crossover. The
vehicle is a mashup of the Juke and the GT-R. Although Nissan
is building two road-going versions of the Juke-R (one left and one
right-hand drive) to be finished in November, it will be “a one-off,
road-legal concept car”. So far, there is no production plan and no
plans to sell it to the public. Rather, it is being built purely for
promotional purposes.
Under the hood, the Juke-R will be powered
by a version of the GT-R’s 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged V-6 that sends
480 horsepower through the GT-R’s six-speed gearbox as well as its
four-wheel drive train and six speed transaxle. Although no official
figures have been released, the GT-R manages 196mph and 0-62mph in about
three seconds. The bodywork of the Juke-R is blistered and extended in
different directions to accommodate its new powertrain.
If the car is never actually going to be sold then why are they
building it? A Nissan representative simply answered: “Because we can.”
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