Nissan has announced that it is going to build last year’s Nissan Juke-R concept. The concept combined the body of the Juke crossover with the GT-R’s twin-turbo V6 engine and the GT-R’s all-wheel-drive system.
Nissan has announced that it is going to build last year’s Nissan Juke-R concept. The concept combined the body of the Juke crossover with the GT-R’s twin-turbo V6 engine and the GT-R’s all-wheel-drive system.
Fans of the Juke-R concept will be excited to hear that the biggest change for the production version will be that it will actually be even more powerful. The Juke-R concept packed 485 horsepower, but the production version will get the updated 2013 GT-R engine which now packs 545 horsepower.
Nissan decided to put the Juke-R into production after the positive response the concept received. “The Juke-R was originally intended as a one-off concept to marry two of Nissan’s most innovative models,” said Gareth Dunsmore, Marketing Product Manager for the Juke. “But the reaction we had to the car in Dubai was amazing – people were making offers for the original on the street.”
Nissan is only going to produce the Juke-R on a limited build-to-order basis. Official pricing hasn’t been announced, but it’s estimated that it will cost around $200,000. Nissan has already reportedly received three orders for the Juke-R.
“With such a strong reaction, and with three genuine offers on the table, we decided we had to make the car a reality,” explained Dunsmore.
