The old Juke-R was admirably bonkers. Thankfully the recipe doesn't change too much, except the good stuff gets a little better.
The Nissan Juke-R: alien larva spawn of CUV and Godzilla, beloved by some, to others a bemusing sideshow. In its second act, not much has changed. And that's good, because 600 hp AWD hatches are good.
The original Juke-R made 485 hp, thanks to a driveline swiped from the GT-R. The differences are minor, for the most part. The new Juke-R conforms to the 2015 model year Juke's facelift: new headlights, new mirrors, that sort of thing. The custom fascias are also revised to increase cooling to the 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V6. And like anything properly bonkers, there's a lot of carbon fiber.
But the big news is the revised power output, which now matches the top-flight GT-R Nismo—600 hp, a stonking 115 more ponies than the ur-Juke-R. So the real question, at this point, is: will Nissan sell the new Juke-R to anybody, like the company quite incredibly did with the previous car? Nissan's staying mum for now.
Source: www.roadandtrack.com
