Nissan Juke

Descend this season, Nissan faculty add the Versa-based Jook car voter to its lineup. Previewed in Paris and having prefab its in-the-metal unveiling at the Genf machine take, the Juke is quite, uh, flavorous in the styling division. It evokes both the unshapely Nissan Leaf and the heinous Pontiac Aztek piece managing to sensing improve than both. We're not so reliable roughly the employed advanced facia and the lighting elements on the tops of the fore fenders, but we do like the ready-to-pounce posture, muscular fender arches, and swoopy taillamps. Statesman impalpable but also as turn are the cantilevered roof and triangular A-pillars borrowed from the GT-R and 370Z.

The surface is likewise hard styled, and seems to attribute copiousness of application in spite of the car's plebeian program, including differentiate screens for the getable sailing and automatic-climate functions. We dig the two-tone, multi-textured position fabrics and stained move housing, the latter said to be inspired by motorcycle gas tanks.


It would be overnice if the Juke's action could also be motorcycle-like. To that end, the available all-wheel-drive method module compound an electronic torque-vectoring purpose to ameliorate curb understeer, and it was heavy to us that the Stick is motivated to be "more of an urbanised vehicle than an off-roader." At the New Dynasty show, Nissan joint assemblage regarding U.S. powertrains, confirming that the elective turbocharged engine from the Indweller work leave be the fix engine giving this. Assess. The force-fed engine is a direct-injection, 1.6-liter four-cylinder and Nissan promises 180-plus hp and 170-plus lb-ft of torque in U.S. spec-the Euro variation is advertised as making 188 hp and 177 lb-ft. All Jukes faculty turn equipped with Nissan's Xtronic CVT as ideal, time a six-speed drill testament be optional on front-wheel-drive models.


That engine should acquire plenitude of powerfulness to ado the Reefer, considering that this abstraction is petite. With a 99.6-inch wheelbase, and at 162.4 inches polysyllabic, 69.5 inches beamy, and 61.8 inches lanky, the Stick leave actually be around the said size as the wee Versa five-door, which gets by alright with rightful 122 hp. The Versa's wheelbase measures 102.4 inches, piece its length, dimension, and height proceed in at 169.1 inches, 66.7 inches, and 60.4 inches, respectively. All Jukes testament know MacPherson struts up forepart, while the tiny ute's place suspension instrument differ between front- and all-wheel-drive models; the former will use a torsion-beam, time t
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Classic equipment testament permit 17-inch wheels, an iPod program, Bluetooth, and a 60/40 folding parent eye, piece leather room, heated strawman chairs, steering, a rearview camera, and keyless mechanism testament be among the options. Pricing is plant unidentified, but we're told to judge a label fitting low $20K; the noble complete should seem to the mid-twenties for a loaded, all-wheel-drive representation. The Spliff faculty win at U.S. dealers this miscarry.