Juke-R + Street Race

[JamesBryan]

Reckon the other cars are trying.... or is it really that quick?

 

[Skeeter]

Its basically a Nissan GT-R with a Juke body, so I can believe its that fast.

 

[JamesBryan]

I know that but against a Lambo and Ferrari 458? They weren't even close...

 

[Waitey]

Oddly the Juke R is slower than a GTR.

Its 1800kg!

 

[JamesBryan]

Oddly the Juke R is slower than a GTR.

Its 1800kg!

That's what i thought, it's a bit of a tank.

Wouldn't mind a go though

 

[edde]

Being as its a Nissan sponsored day Id recon the driver might have had some more help or least the course better suited to the car than the other supercars.

 

[Knuckles]

still ugly as f**k. it looks like a tent on wheels.

 

[benniboy]

I personally would put it down to the car suiting that track better. Appeared in the video to slide around the bends better than the rest. Also am I the only one who thinks it actually looks quite good? The look of the juke has massively grown on me.

 

[Englebert]

Oddly the Juke R is slower than a GTR.

Its 1800kg!

It has a rollcage, that wouldn't help.

Imagine it is far from a stock GTR underneath.

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

i've got massive respect for this car and the engineers that created it makes you be proud to think it was bodged together in england,

and the out come is a crossover that pretty much d!cks some of the most expensive supercars,

i was excited about this when it was in development its EPIC now, but when i watch that video it looks like a pig to drive that fast hands flailing around but cant imaging how much fun it would be to have a go

 

[rbrocky]

IIRC that juke has been tuned by nissan themselves, the only part of that that is juke is the shell, the rest is from a GTR?

there was a long build thread on PistonHeads a few months ago

(may still be on there)

 

[Mr Burns]

I can't stand the normal Juke, but that is something else!

 

[JamesBryan]

IIRC that juke has been tuned by nissan themselves, the only part of that that is juke is the shell, the rest is from a GTR?

there was a long build thread on PistonHeads a few months ago

(may still be on there)

Yeah the shell is just the Juke. The running gear, computer electronics is all R35 GTR that has been tweaking amazingly

 

[Leeds_VTO]

I rekon on a real track it would get pissed on by the others, all the corners look to be 90 degrees

 

[Mr Burns]

...And dusty as fook.

 

[Wests Renault]

does look quick but doesn't look like the other cars are pushing hard to me ??

 

[Darren S]

Flol. That's the car equivalent of Nora Batty with the assets of a pole-dancer under her apron.

The Puke-r is epic however, for the fact that it even exists. Hat's off to the engineers for even attempting it. But I would much, MUCH prefer to have a standard GTR....

D.

 

[R1XPH]

They were using it as the course car at the 24hr race. Had a good look round one that was parked in scruteneering, under the bonnet looked proper factory (was expecting it to look a little thrown in). Their ugly as f**k but the 'R' is so bonkers, I think the looks suit it in this case.

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

theirs a video on youtube somewhere showing how it was getting modified/built.

duke shell married to a shortened wheel base gtr. new drive shaft/prop shaft ect had to cnc'd to fit.

iirc the cage is their because of its bus like appeal of steering....

 

[alexr19]

Lets be honest on a small track like that you aren't going to go full tilt in a Lambo or Ferrari just incase

The jukes fast but id like to see it on a proper track with run offs etc

 

[Wick]

Cool car.... BUT, a pointless marketing exercise in my opinion. Unless it is running silly silly silly power there is no way that boat could out handle any of those around a track.

 

[leeds_182]

That juke is awesome!

 

[Chris n nic]

That's what i thought, it's a bit of a tank.

Wouldn't mind a go though

Isn't the GTR pretty near 1800kg anyway?

 

[Tombola]

The course is suited to the Juke and as said, its a short wheelbase GTR, so pretty agile I should imagine!

 

[Skeeter]

Its clearly a Juke R marketing video.

But, does that matter? Nissan still helped create a totally bonkers Juke, so they deserve credit for that at least, especially given the tree hugging hippy crap nature of most car makers nowadays.

 

[Ian_182]

That must be a good 600bhp to make a meal of those other cars.

Looks quite funky...

 

[BoatNonce]

I'd bet that the supercars were running the cheapest tyres Nissan could find, and the Juke was on slicks or similar.

I like the Juke-R, but not the normal one.

 

[r900smp]

Want that juke....

 

[ukaskew]

Love it, I would hazard a guess that this has given Nissan, the Juke and the GTR more exposure per pound than signing up a factory team in some national race series.

Things like the Clio V6 will never happen again, so it's nice to see one-offs like this still cropping up occasionally.

 

[R1XPH]

Cool car.... BUT, a pointless marketing exercise in my opinion.

You say that, but it's working, as here we are discussing it. So from a marketing point of view, it's working.