Showing posts with label Nissan Concepts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nissan Concepts. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Watch the Nissan Juke-R Pawn a Ferrari 458, a Mercedes SLS AMG and a Lamborghini Gallardo


There's no question that the Nissan Juke-R is wickedly fast, but is it actually fast enough to give a lesson to exotic supercars like the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, for example? Well, there's a lot to take into consideration including the place and the person driving (let's not forget that any car is as fast as its driver is), but for whatever reasons, this time the Juke-R came out as the winner.

In the video clip from Carsandspeed that follows, we see the 485HP-strong Juke-R winning a race against the three aforementioned supercars on a tightly designed makeshift track in Dubai as part of a promotional event on the sidelines of the local 24hrs Endurance Race, in which it took part as the official pace car.
We managed to find out that the man behind the wheel of the Juke-R was 26-year old Lucas OrdoƱez from Spain who was the winner of the 2008 PlayStation GT Academy competition.
Professional race-car driver Christian Vann from New Zealand sat in the Lamborghini, which finished in second place, while professional race driver Michael Mallock from Britain drove the Mercedes that came out last. We haven’t managed to find out who was driving the Ferrari model yet, but we'll post an update if/when we do.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Juke Nismo Concept gets its Video Debut, Nissan Says it may Enter Production


Nissan has big plans for its in-house motorsports and performance arm, Nismo, as the Japanese company announced earlier today that it wants to use the sub-brand's expertise to create a variety of sports cars based on the company's mainstream models on a larger scale. We're going to get a taste of what this means for Nissan with the presentation of the Juke Nismo concept at this week's 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. 
 
Along with the first details and pictures that we shared with you on Monday, the Japanese company also published two videos that explain the idea behind the creation of the Juke Nismo while also offerings us a better look at the car.
In the video, Shoichi Miyatani, president of Nismo, also confirms that if the feedback for the modified Nissan Juke Nismo is good it could spawn a production version in the very near future 

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Nissan Juke-R Video No10: Shakedown and Testing

Nissan's quest for Youtube views continues with the 10th installment of its web-based video series that follows the development of the most awesome and powerful Juke made to date, the GT-R-powered Juke R project car.
 
Having done showing us the styling aspects and the building process of the Juke-R, the Japanese firm is now focusing on the fine-tuning and the testing of the 485-horsepower crossover on the track.
In the video after the break, you can catch a glimpse of Nissan's engineers working out the street-legal Juke R at the MIRA's proving ground in England, and rest assured that the Japanese brand has a lot more videos coming our way…

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