Nissan JUKE-R: Tough-R than the rest

What do you get when you cross a Nissan Juke with a Nissan GT-R? The answer is, "The fastest, most exciting compact crossover in the world."

Not content with reshaping the new car market by inventing the crossover sector - a success reflected in the soaring sales
of its Qashqai and Juke models - Nissan has now created the JUKE-R, the first ever super crossover.

From the outside, it is clearly a Juke, but the subtly-flared wheel arches, revised front and rear bumpers, unique split rear wing and sinister matt black paintjob hint that this is no regular Juke.

And with good reason, for this Juke thinks it's a GT-R. Under the bonnet is a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 engine taken from Nissan's flagship GT-R supercar. The result is a 485 bhp car that will do 0-62 mph (100 kph) in 3.7 seconds, before continuing on to a top speed of 160mph (257 kph).

The boot floor hides the GT-R's six-speed transaxle, with the GT-R's front and rear ends joined by a modified GT-R 4WD driveline and propshaft. Chunky 20-inch RAYS forged alloy wheels fill each wheel arch.

The interior merges racecar, supercar and crossover. Juke's dashboard has been transformed to accommodate the gauges, dials and 7-inch customisable LCD display from the GT-R. The Juke's iconic centre console, inspired by the fuel tank of a motorcycle, remains while the rest of the interior has the look of a machine bred for the track. Twin race-seats with five-point harnesses sit inside a visible roll cage that complies with FIA safety standards and offers enhanced rigidity to provide the ultimate performance.
Best of all, JUKE-R is completely road legal, though there are no plans for series production. It has been created by Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTC-E) and two versions - one right-hand drive and one left-hand drive - were engineered and built for Nissan by one of the world's leading motorsport teams, RML.

"Nissan Juke is one of the most exciting cars on the market today. Its bold crossover design has captured the imagination of car buyers all over Europe, after just a year on the market, we are celebrating sales of more than 136,282 units," said Paul Willcox, Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing for Nissan in Europe.

"Juke lends itself perfectly to a sports derivative and JUKE-R explores that territory. Equally at home on road and track, JUKE-R showcases two of the most exciting cars in our range and highlights the technical innovation that drives Nissan. JUKE-R more than lives up to the dynamic experience we engineer into all our cars."

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