It’s not every day that a manufacturer slots an engine from their supercar into a small crossover. Nissan has done just that in order to produce the mighty Juke-R. Promoted by Nissan as the world’s fastest, most innovative crossover, it is bound to be a pocket rocket. Frankly it’s a recipe for a huge amount of fun!
Just two versions of the Nissan Juke-R are being created, one in each of left-hand and right-hand drive. The cars have been developed by Nissan and are being built by leading motorsports outfit RML with input from Nissan Technology Centre for Europe (NTC-E). Testing of the car will begin this month.
This is the sort of exciting development that the motoring world needs to keep interest up and promote fresh thinking. Granted, it might not be the most sought after vehicle from the eco-mentalists, but a funky crossover with a 3.8 litre twin-turbo V6 GT-R engine and around 450+ horsepower has the rest of us salivating for a taste of it! Maybe Nissan should have made this an option from the start…
Nissan seem to be pulling all the stops out at the moment.
This one is a little beauty.
Grotesque or fantastic? You decide. I think a lot will decide on the price point.