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Nissan Juke-R – GT-R powered Juke?

By Alborz Fallah |

How often have you wondered what it’d be like if a car company put a ridiculously powerful engine from its supercar into a normal car? Maybe a Ferrari 458 engine in an Alfa or a 911 Turbo engine in a Golf? Well, Nissan have just released details of the Juke-R. A Nissan Juke powered by a Nissan GT-R.

Apart from the Volkswagen Golf GT W12-650 we saw a few years back - these sorts of wild experiments are generally rather rare. Much like the concept Golf, the Nissan Juke-R is being made to test the public’s reaction to a hyper-Juke.

Beneath those huge flared wheel arches sits 20-inch GT-R rims which are powered by a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 taken straight out of the GT-R production line. The Juke-R is indeed using a modified version of the GT-R’s 4WD system, so chances are it will have some seriously impressive ride and handling capabilities.

On the inside it’s also a case of GT-R meets Juke. The supercar’s gauges, dials and LCD display are transplanted across whilst the original Juke centre console (inspired by a motorcycle fuel-tank) remains unchanged.

If you’re keen to see how Nissan is going about developing the Juke-R, check out their facebook page. And whilst you’re on facebook, make sure you “like” us too.


 

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  • camaro

    nissan joke is proper name. Think if they remove frog headlights on hood, it will look better.

    • kejovi

      not joke it’s the nissan puke

      • kazuo

        actually looks good in the flesh,seen it in Japan,nice little car considering it only cost 16k AUD

  • Bangel

    MAGIC love the conversion , would scare a few STI boys .

    My tuner had a late 70′s BMW 3 series with a nissan twin turbo 6 , nasty , very quick .

  • Technofreak

    ouch!! :)

  • Vince

    Nissan – too much money or too much time?

  • IfItAintARotorItAintAMotor

    I LOVE this. This is seriously the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. I like that Nissan is still prepared to do something a little bit crazy. While they don’t always have the best of ideas (Murano cabriolet) at least they’re not boring!

    • CRS200

      Simply their owners Renault, won’t let nissan loose their Sport’s pedigree it has.

      Because if they stayed in the Japs hands they might of gone the same way of Toyota and Honda.

      Still waiting on that Honda CR-Z Type R!

      • IfItAintARotorItAintAMotor

        Wouldn’t it be fantastic if this idea just took off?

        Sticking the best drivetrain in the most standard-issue car around?

        Gallardo engine & AWD system in a Tiguan?
        SS Commodore engine etc. in a Cruze?

        The new car industry would be cool all over again!

        • Harry

          I have always liked the way the little Suzuki Swift looks (better than the Juke), it would make a fantastic little car to go nuts on – anything they want, AWD, or MR it could be awesome, get some help from their motorcycle division like when Toyota got help from Yamaha with the 2JZ. I’d definitely consider buying one.

          • IfItAintARotorItAintAMotor

            I’ve heard of (but not seen) a Swift Sport with a 500hp Evo 6 drivetrain slotted in. That would be a little bit of fun…

  • “James”

    It’s great to see a mainstream manufacturer enjoy the idea of tweaking current concepts to create new ideas.

    to the idiots who think this is “silly”, There is a definate market for high powered suburban 4×4′s ie look at the massive increase in luxury sports 4×4′s (ie Posrche, Masarati, Lambo, and the various BMW incarnations).

    this would be in esence a more mainstream version of this “style” of car. It’s a growing market. BMW does it best, they create a niche and then sell it.

    It’s forward thinking which makes great companies otherwise we would all still be driving an incarnation of the model T ford design.

  • HJP

    I don’t mind owning that car and I don’t care on how the car was styled.

  • JooberFPVGT

    Maybe a somewhat rebirth of babyzilla …. Pulsar GTIR, for its time that was the most menacing hot hatch there was

  • theillestlife

    Nissan Joke-R

  • what was that

    saw this car on the highway today, it was a steel blue colour, good thing we were on a 4 lane so I could get a look at the front too. I like it didn’t know it had that size an engine but I could really enjoy driving it. Very cool lines and shape to it.

  • red devil girl

    Love it so much , got Hubby to buy me 1 xxxxxxxxxxxx