Nissan took the covers off of the Juke Nismo at the recent 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, and will be taking Japanese orders for the car from February 1. Juke Nismo, the first model in Nismo’s new brand strategy (announced at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show) focusing on creating premium high-performance sports vehicles, has also arrived in Europe.
We first saw the Juke Nismo as a concept at Tokyo 2011, before Nissan brought along the production car to last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours race.
Under the Juke Nismo’s bonnet is a reworked version of Nissan’s 1.6 litre Direct Injection Gasoline Turbocharged (DIG-T) petrol engine. Apparently, the engine features the same technologies as the unit installed in Nissan’s experimental DeltaWing race car, although they didn’t elaborate.
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Both power and torque have been increased in comparison to the standard DIG-T engine, but boosts in output don’t come at the expense of emissions and efficiency. Power rises by 10 PS to 200 PS, and torque is up by the same amount to 250 Nm.
Two models – front-wheel-drive with a six-speed manual and an 4WD with CVT and seven-speed manual mode – are available. The 2WD model does 0-100 km/h in 7.8 seconds and has a top speed of 215 km/h, while the 4WD model manages 8.2 seconds and 200 km/h.
Along with added speed, the Juke Nismo has 37% more downforce compared to the stock Juke, thanks to aero parts such as a reshaped front bumper (both ends made wider to redirect air around the front tyres), new spoiler, new side skirts (prevents air from flowing to the underbelly) and roof spoiler (extended and positioned at an optimum angle).
Like the standard Juke, the 4WD model gets Nissan’s ALL-MODE 4×4-i with torque vectoring system (TVS). As well splitting torque front to rear – up to a maximum of 50:50 – TVS can also shift torque from side-to-side across the rear axle.
Information collected by various sources (measuring wheel speed, steering angle, yaw rate and lateral G-force) is interpreted to anticipate the driver’s intention. TVS actions are relayed to the driver via a real-time graphic display on the instrument panel. In addition, Nissan Dynamic Control System lets the driver alter throttle maps, steering effort and CVT shift schedules, among other things.
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At first Japanese spelt wrongly, joke instead of juke. Haha…
I don’t know why d ppl think this car is weird and ugly ?! i saw one in real life and it’s so special and cool looking car unlike those boring looking cars…
It’s a cute car. It has some of the nicest sets of lights on its front BUT they just don’t complement each other somehow, just don’t flow. It reminds me of Fiat Multipla.
one word. Damn ugly. What’s with the red side mirror?
Well, i call that unique.
I call that trying too hard.
When is this coming to M’sia? Just bring in this, skip the normal version.
Why Tan Chong does not bring in this model to here? Lets Juke here
Saw one of the rare junk on the Malaysia road last week.
this unique car with 2-tiered headlamp remind me of fiat multipla (which was voted Ugliest Car in the 1999 Top Gear awards)…
anyway, kalau jual kat bolehland, rasa minat gak nak beli…
I don’t remember the ugliest car awards by Top Gear, but I know the Fiat Multipla did win the 2000 Top Gear overall Car Of The Year Award
Top gear sarcasm at its best!
They seem to skip the Proton Wira.
Anyways, they seem pretty serious about their choice, no sarcasm there. It’s weird, it’s ugly, it’s stupid and it’s honest about it. And that’s why I like the Multipla, the Juke and the new Lexus IS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVSzqYfsunw
There is another video with Jeremy Clarkson on it. But I’ll let you find it yourself, a mad car that is for the family, unconventional and lovely.
It looks like “katak puru”
An ugly car that I actually want
Impressive 7.8s, considering its cheap price.
pretty sure malaysian nismo version would be some ugly bodykits with no performance upgrades. oh yea rims will be stock.
7 speed manual gearbox? Cant really expect this in M’sia. If TC dare to bring it to Msia market, for sure my name will be on top in booking list.