Nissan has built some pretty iconic cars that car nuts love, starting with the 240Z, to the 240RS Group B contender, the Nissan Pulsar GTI-R, to the series of Skylines and now the GT-R. But its latest build, the Juke-R, has the motoring world agog with its insane spec. For how else would you describe shoehorning the R35 GT-R’s drivetrain into one of its smallest production cars, the Juke?
Built in conjunction with RML (which has built works-backed Le Mans and BTCC race cars for Nissan), Nissan and RML engineers fitted a slightly shortened GT-R drivetrain into a Nissan Juke which had its innards literally gutted – the floorpan had to be removed and rebuilt with the twin turbo V6 and AWD 6-speed transaxle drivetrain in position.
The exterior now features huge wheel arches, 20-inch wheels, racy-looking side skirts and a rear wing. Inside, racing buckets, 5-point harnesses and a full cage ensure safety if the driver gets caught out by this wild ride. With this car, you know that that aggressive look has the guts to back it all up. All the electronics that the GT-R carries to control and monitor the engine and drivetrain are also being reinstalled into this monster Juke. With 1700 kilos to propel, this advanced torque-vectoring drivetrain catapults the GT-R to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. Imagine the performance in a car that weighs 450 kilos less. Horsepower calculations indicate that 0-60 can be achieved in just over 2 seconds.
Nissan (make that RML, actually) will build two super Jukes, one left-hand drive, the other right-hand. If Nissan sees that these test vehicles will create as much impact with the rest of the motoring world as it did with the hardcore enthusiasts, then there’s the chance that we’ll see a production version of this insane factory build in the future.
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