Designed to deliver a breath of fresh air to the B-segment, Nissan Juke is a particular combination of SUV toughness and sporting style. Conceived to inject some masculinity and dynamism into the small car market, Nissan Juke combines a lot of seeming contradictions beneath its highly particular person lines.
"It takes the very best elements of an SUV and sports car and combines them," says Pierre Loing, Vice President, Product Planning, Nissan Europe. "It's roomy but compact, robust yet dynamic and sensible but playful. These are qualities that seem to contradict each other, yet come together in Nissan Juke to create something that's genuinely unique."
Nissan Juke was created at Nissan Design Europe (NDE) in the heart of London, and refined at Nissan's Design Centre (NDC) in Japan. Precept engineering occurred in Japan with vital European enter and Juke will probably be inbuilt Nissan's manufacturing unit in Sunderland within the north-east of England.
"The design shows real optimism. By combining design elements from two genres to create a small, but placing Crossover that displays a real confidence and style. And people are qualities we additionally expect to find in a Nissan Juke buyer," mentioned Shiro Nakamura, Senior Vice President for Design and Chief Creative OfficerFrom a design standpoint, the decrease portion of Nissan Juke is pure SUV, with chunky wheels, huge tyres, extended ground clearance and a sturdy stance. However the top portion is unadulterated sports activities car, with a high waistline, slim visor-like facet glass graphics and a coupé-fashion falling roofline. The coupé effect is additional underlined by the rear doorways which have their handles hidden within the body of the door.
Inside, the sports activities automotive theme continues with a driver-targeted cabin dominated by a centre console design impressed by a bike fuel tank. Completed in a particular high gloss color, the 'bike' console provides a sense of fun to the car. Practicality is assured by the rear-opening hatch and versatile baggage space with hidden storage opportunities.
Based mostly on the Renault Nissan Alliance B platform, Nissan Juke has a 2530mm wheelbase. On entrance-wheel drive variations, suspension is by MacPherson struts on the entrance with a torsion beam at the rear whereas four-wheel drive models have a multi-link rear suspension modelled on the system found on Qashqai.
The All-Mode 4x4-i is a brand new development of Nissan's respected digital all-wheel drive system and now options torque vectoring technology to boost agility and reduce understeer when cornering.
In Europe, three different engines will be available when gross sales begin later within the yr (UK sales start in October): one diesel and two 1.6-litre petrol models, all absolutely Euro 5 compliant. On the high quality is a new turbo-charged petrol engine (MR16DDT) with direct injection. The engine is one of the most powerful in its class, developing 140kW (190PS) and 240 Nm. The mix of direct injection with a turbocharger offers the power and responses expected from a 2.5-litre engine with the economy of a smaller engine.
The second petrol engine is a newly developed version from Nissan's trusted HR-family. Designated HR16DE, the lightweight, low-friction sixteen-valve unit now has a singular twin injection system allowing finer metering of the fuel sprays for better combustion and develops 86kW (117PS). The K9K 81kW (110PS) 1.5-litre dCi widespread rail diesel provides wonderful driveability - thanks as a lot to its heady 240 Nm of torque - with good financial system and emissions.
When it comes to transmissions, the 2-wheel drive turbo-charged 1.6-litre petrol engine is out there with a six pace handbook, whereas a CVT transmission with a six-speed manual mode will likely be accessible on the range-topping all-wheel drive version of the turbo-charged petrol engine.
The naturally aspirated 1.6-litre petrol is offered either with a 5-velocity guide or the updated XTRONIC CVT and the 1.5-litre diesel engine is obtainable with a 6-pace manual.
Trim and tools choices will follow the established Visia, Acenta and Tekna lines whereas a full range of equipment has been developed for homeowners who want to personalise their Nissan Juke still further.
"Nissan Juke isn't a traditional B-segment automobile, and that's fairly deliberate. It was born in an city atmosphere and that is where it'll spend most of its life. Fittingly, its combination of agility and toughness make it one of the vital streetwise cars around.
"Juke joins Murano and Qashqai to cement Nissan's place because the leading model in the crossover market," mentioned Simon Thomas, Nissan's European Senior Vice President for Gross sales and Marketing.
Exterior design
First revealed as the Qazana present automotive - unveiled on the 2009 Geneva Motor Present - Juke was created at the London-based mostly Nissan Design Europe and refined at Nissan's Design Centre (NDC) in Japan. Qashqai, additionally created at NDE, is sold in Europe, Asia and Australia whereas Nissan Juke will be marketed in Europe, Japan and the United States.
"The end result of this global collaboration is a automotive that comes from the place East meets West, with vital contributions from NDE and NDC being key to creating such a putting design," stated Shiro Nakamura.
Its extremely particular person traces are carried over virtually intact from Qazana. The boldness of the design reflects the importance of the B-phase in the European market: Europe is anticipated to take the lion's share of gross sales ahead of the other major markets, together with North America and Japan.
The design staff drew inspiration for Nissan Juke's design from a variety of unusual sources. They seemed again at a number of autos synonymous with an active and sporting life - and that list included rally cars and motorbikes. It's clear to see the place those concepts have influenced the design.
The outcome combines various completely different themes, however with Nissan DNA threaded through. It has a troublesome solid physique to reflect the SUV ingredient, yet is a really sensual automobile, too, with complex curves and a coupé profile accentuated by the slender aspect glass and hidden rear door handles which assist give the impression of two moderately than 4 doors.
But there is additionally clear Nissan family DNA in the design - the boomerang rear lights, for example, from the 370Z - however none of the components are slavishly copied so whereas retaining Nissan DNA, Juke stands alone as a unique, virtually maverick, design.
This can be a key theme running via Nissan designs. Alfonso Albaisa, Vice President, Nissan Design Europe, says: "Nissan Juke has elements impressed from different vehicles in our range resembling 370Z and even Cube, but our intention is never to make apparent hyperlinks between our vehicles but pure ones. Cube is a cool automobile, for example, and that coolness will also be present in Nissan Juke."
With generous floor clearance, big wheels and tyres, a excessive waistline and a broad shoulder line, the bottom 'half' of the car seems to be pure SUV. The impression is accentuated by typical SUV features such as the contrasting black sill and wheel arch finishers while on the entrance and rear, the lower bodywork emerges from underneath the car, resembling underbody protection.
At the front, the 'sump guard' kinds part of the air consumption meeting however fairly than use a simple meshed grille, the design workforce have developed the moulding into a collection of circular slots… that are suggestive of biotic elements.
Above the waistline, nevertheless, Nissan Juke reveals its sporting credentials. A closely raked windscreen, full with Nissan's signature Crossover upswept flick to the rearmost aspect window - and sloped roof-line present a profile harking back to an aircraft's canopy.
The rear of the roof incorporates an integral spoiler to reduce aerodynamic raise to assist high velocity stability. The neat duck-tail ridge was perfected with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and assessments in the wind tunnel.
The lights also replicate the automotive's sporting agility. On the front these are split into two distinct elements. Framing the higher half of the bonnet, thin slashes contain running lights and turn indicators, while the principle and dipped beams mounted lower on the nose of the automotive were impressed by the auxiliary lamps fitted to rally vehicles within the sixties and seventies. At the rear, the tail-lights put their own spin on the boomerang formed lamps found on the 370Z.
In complete, a nine colour palette of exterior colors is planned, including two whites, a solid and a pearl, and three shades unique to Nissan Juke - Force Crimson, Haptic Blue and Machine Brown, although the full availability will depend upon region.
Seiji Watanabe, Associate Product Chief Designer: "We wish our vehicles, our crossovers specifically, to have a spirit of agility, to be seen as gentle, nimble, reactive. Nissan Juke displays all these attributes and delivers an actual sense of optimism."
Interior design
Nissan Juke's active, sporting exterior is matched by its inside… where the dominant characteristic also displays a sense of fun: the centre console, finished in a excessive gloss paint, resembles a motorbike gasoline tank.
"It's surprising," says Alfonso Albaisa. "And that provides the interior a sure sexiness."
Reflecting the outside's mixing of SUV and sports automobile attributes, the inside provides the commanding driving position however with all of the attributes anticipated of a sports car. The gear shift sits on the highest of the 'motorbiketank' to guarantee slick modifications whereas the tank itself is not any mere styling statement but also offers a bracing point for the driving force's knee during spirited cornering.
Equally, the central stack - which contains the new Nissan Dynamic Management System - is ergonomically designed to ensure the driver has instant entry to the knowledge and drive mode controls.
Attention to detail is evident everywhere. Chrome fittings and prime quality materials are used throughout whereas the inside colors - pink or gun metal grey for the central console can be found, relying on the grade; black, silver or pink accents to the leather-based or honeycomb 'sports' fabrics - underscore the automobile's sporting attitude. Even the door arm rests, shaped like flippers utilized by scuba divers, reflect an active outlook.
Despite its total compact dimensions, the roomy interior provides aggressive ranges of house inside: front head room and rear knee room can be sufficient for most occupants. Not like the Qazana show car, Nissan Juke is a full 5 seater.
The practical luggage area is giant enough to take a 9 inch golf bag or a maximum dimension suitcase and it additionally contains an underfloor storage area (4wd versions excepted) which takes its potential capacity to 251 litres (VDA). In addition, the rear seats cut up 60:forty, and also fold in one easy movement to provide a totally flat loading floor.
To cover luggage away from prying eyes, the trunk area has an integral tonneau cover which differs from the traditional by being attached to the tailgate and rises with the door when the trunk is opened.
"The inside displays numerous attributes which actually sum up the complete car. There's a variety of emotion right here, an actual sense of fun and a real quality," says Albaisa.
Platform
Nissan Juke relies on Renault Nissan Alliance B-Platform and has a 2530mm wheelbase, is 4135mm lengthy, 1765mm extensive and 1570mm tall. To allow the high quality to make use of 17-inch wheels and 215/fifty five R17 tyres, the track entrance and rear is 1525mm, the widest but seen on the Alliance B-platform.
As new fashions evolve so a platform will endure a variety of changes, and Nissan Juke's underpinnings are not any exception. For its application on Nissan Juke, it has been lengthened, widened and significantly strengthened and lightened to reinforce safety, refinement, and gasoline efficiency.
Although the basic suspension system mirrors that discovered on different B-section cars, with MacPherson struts at the entrance and a torsion beam at the back, a brand new cradle-type front subframe has enhanced the lateral stiffness of the assembly. Together with revised front suspension geometry, this has helped to promote higher dealing with and experience comfort together with higher refinement.
The 4 wheel drive variations of Nissan Juke further benefit from a brand new multi-hyperlink rear suspension. When coupled to Nissan's newly developed torque vectoring 4-wheel drive expertise to restrict understeer, Nissan Juke's handling is at the prime of the class despite its greater floor clearance while comfort has been preserved.
In an urban setting, the mix of higher floor clearance and enormous tyres imply that velocity bumps and poor highway surfaces won't cause as much discomfort - or harm - as they'd to a traditional sports activities hatchback.
Despite its SUV appears to be like and the comparatively excessive eye-level, Nissan Juke's front and rear roll centre heights are as little as doable - nearer to a standard hatchback than a typical SUV - to reduce physique roll in corners.
Agile dealing with can also be helped by velocity delicate electric power steering, commonplace on all models, and by elevated higher physique energy and stiffness. Nissan Juke incorporates a newly developed ring construction which connects the higher body to the rear suspension, thus growing torsional rigidity.
Engines and drivetrains
In Europe, there will probably be three engine and manual or CVT transmission decisions when Nissan Juke gross sales start within the second half of 2010. At the high quality is a newly developed 1.6-litre Direct Injection Gasoline turbocharged engine which develops 140kW (190PS) and 240Nm.
A low friction and light-weight design, the sixteen valve engine makes use of direct injection to enhance combustion to optimise power and torque, economic system and emissions. The addition of a turbocharger and intercooler helps to boost energy - this engine is likely one of the most powerful in its class - whereas variable timing management for both consumption and exhaust cycles (twin VTC) improves low end engine response. A level of overlap allows exhaust fuel recirculation.
Low friction strategies embrace the adoption of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating for the valve lifters and mirror end camshafts. The result is an engine delivering the efficiency levels of a usually aspirated 2.5-litre engine but with the fuel economy of a smaller engine.
The Direct Injection Gasoline engine in two-wheel drive variations of Nissan Juke can be coupled to a six-velocity manual transmission. On the four-wheel drive version, it will be mated to Nissan's XTRONIC CVT transmission, with six-velocity handbook mode.
The second petrol engine, which also displaces 1.6-litres and has four valves per cylinder, is an extensively reworked member of the HR family. Designated HR16DE, it has undergone numerous important changes with a larger exhaust manifold, a retuned consumption manifold, twin VTC, improved consumption tumble circulate and new catalyst with a hexagon cell formation.
New pistons with revised crowns and integral oil jet cooling have been adopted together with low friction strategies reminiscent of diamond-like carbon coating on the valve lifters.
But essentially the most vital change has been the event of a twin injector system - a world first - which has two injectors for each cylinder, every with smaller nozzles to ship finer, extra intently targeted sprays of gasoline into the cylinders for more environment friendly atomisation and more full combustion.
Together the modifications have led to significant improvements in power, torque and fuel economy. The engine produces 86kW (117PS), representing a six per cent enchancment over previous variations of the engine. Torque has improved by three per cent to 157Nm while economy figures show a 5.6 per cent improvement. The normally aspirated petrol engine powers two-wheel drive versions only, and might be out there with either the 5-velocity guide or the up to date XTRONIC CVT transmission possibility, a distinct CVT transmission to the one used with the DIG engine.
The final engine choice is the familiar Alliance developed K9K 1.5-litre dCi turbocharged common rail diesel. The 1,461cc eight-valve engine delivers good fuel economic system, low emissions and working prices with excellent driveability.
With energy rated at 81kW (110PS) at four,000 rpm and torque at a formidable 240 Nm at 1,750 rpm this unit includes a gas return rail and control unit for improved gasoline efficiency. Injection stress is 1,600 bar. Improved glow plug efficiency hastens cold begin performance. Emission management programs include a diesel particulate filter (DPF), with a fifth injector for regeneration and cooled exhaust gasoline recirculation while the turbocharger structure altered to make the space between it and the DPF as brief as possible.
The diesel shall be accessible on two-wheel drive models with the six-velocity guide transmission. For Europe, all of the engines are absolutely Euro 5 compliant.
Whereas the guide transmission has been carried over largely unchanged from Qashqai, both XTRONIC CVT methods function numerous key technologies that promise important improvements in weight, packaging, performance and gasoline efficiency.
The up to date XTRONIC CVT unit, used with the conventional 1.6-litre petrol engine, is 10 per cent shorter than earlier than and thirteen per cent lighter while inside friction has been reduced by a exceptional 30 per cent. This unit is the world's first CVT with a sub planetary gear which allows a far higher transmission ratio - 7.3:1 - than previous Nissan CVTs. Smaller, lighter pulleys, a flexible lock up damper and a more efficient oil pump all promote nice fuel efficiency.
The XTRONIC CVT with 6-pace guide mode within the turbocharged petrol-engined Nissan Juke has been tuned for a more sporting efficiency with revised manual modes for sharper acceleration whereas the management system has been reprogrammed to enhance gasoline efficiency. Both CVTs have adaptive shift control techniques that may be selected through the Nissan Dynamic Control System.
Unusually in its class, Nissan Juke will be out there with the choice of four-wheel drive in addition to typical front-wheel drive. A newly developed all-wheel drive system relies on Nissan's ALL-MODE 4x4-i electronic technology however which now adds a lateral torque-vectoring functionality to its armoury.
As well splitting torque front to rear - upto a maximum of 50:50, it will probably now be break up from side to side across the rear axle, too. By monitoring vehicle speed, wheel velocity, gear place, steering angle, lateral G forces and now vehicle yaw rate, torque distribution could be increased to the skin rear wheel in corners to chop understeer and enhance the car's cornering ability. In whole, upto 50% of the total accessible engine torque could be sent to both rear wheel.
The new rear axle incorporates electrical couplings at either end plus a brand new last drive The inclusion of this innovation is a primary in the small automotive phase - a technology that has, until now, solely been found on prime-of-the-range, premium vehicles.
The new system is noticeably lighter and more compact than related methods used by some other manufacturers.
Equipment and mannequin strains
Nearly the one conventional aspect to Nissan Juke is the model line-up, which follows Nissan's established Visia, Acenta and Tekna lines. Lists of ordinary and non-obligatory equipment will likely be launched nearer the on sale date, however anticipated objects similar to climate management, leather-based upholstery, rear view digicam and Clever Key will all be available to Nissan Juke clients together with some extra uncommon features.
One such is Nissan Dynamic Management System, a central command and display module which permits the driver to change dynamic drive settings in addition to make adjustments to more apparent features similar to local weather control.
Cleverly, the module adopts completely different displays, colours and functions depending on how it is being used. In Local weather mode, the show reveals the interior temperature setting while the 'buttons' display air-stream preferences.
However in D-Mode, the buttons change to Regular, Sport and Eco driving modes, altering throttle maps, torque availability, CVT shift schedules, steering effort and even air con performance to swimsuit the conditions. The display, meanwhile, reveals engine and drive associated dials and information.
Automotive settings, such as the sensitivity of computerized headlights, can be adjusted via the system, while the display changes colour to suggest what kind of data is being displayed. Driving information incorporates panels giving average velocity, gasoline economic system, journey instances and so on. Total, the show is designed so as to add a feeling of cool, participating know-how to the interior.
Equipment
Although Nissan Juke has a protracted listing of standard tools, Nissan has developed a full range of accessories enabling homeowners to personalise their cars nonetheless further. Among the items on supply are different designs of alloy wheel in addition to entrance and rear underneath body protectors to intensify the SUV element of the design.
Other exterior options include exhaust finishers, a roof spoiler and wind deflectors on the doors, whereas inside an proprietor can add illuminated door sills and interior accent lighting. Practical touches include superior security systems as well as further storage opportunities in the entrance armrest and in the baggage area.
European Customers
"The unbelievable success of our Qashqai compact crossover - we have not too long ago handed half a million sales in Europe alone - has shown that prospects are fed up with conventional cars. Nissan Juke is even bolder, even more adventurous than Qashqai and is set to substantiate Nissan's position as a pioneer of crossover in Europe and, indeed, globally," says Simon Thomas.
Nissan Juke has been conceived with the precise intention to fulfil unmet buyer expectations by including much dynamism and masculinity to the sober, safe small automobile market. Who does Nissan imagine will purchase Juke in Europe?
Clearly Urbanite, male prospects are expected to be predominant but a major proportion of patrons are anticipated to be ladies - one third in keeping with Nissan's estimates. Nissan Juke will attract a youthful audience than common Nissan customers (under half will probably be beneath 40), these estimates reveals that Nissan Juke may have a broad attraction, supporting Nissan's research that there is widespread disillusionment on the lack of pleasure within the small automobile sector in Europe.
Gross sales of Nissan Juke will come largely from the B-phase and can be anticipating to attract C-section prospects, with people trading all the way down to take pleasure in something more radical and inspirational. As with the successful Nissan Qashqai, a big majority of Nissan Juke prospects will be new to the Nissan brand
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