Some reading this might think the same as I do and thing "Good God! What was the idiot designing this possibly thinking!" While others may say "Oh look at that cute little car!"
This vehicle is just God aweful in pretty much every single way I can think of, but as I do with the other vehicles I write about I will give this one the detail and description as I should.
The Nissan Juke is what Nissan calls a "mini-crossover", meaning clearly it is smaller than the normal crossover such as the Ford Edge, Nissan Murano, and Chevrolet Equinox. This can be clearly noticeable by the matchbox car look with the Juke gives off and the obnoxiously tiny doors. While I haven't sat inside a Nissan Juke I can only reasonably assume that due to the fact that the car is extremely small that I could not sit in it comfortable.
Aside from the most likely uncomfortable interior for people over the height of 4' 11", the interior is obnoxiously overdone. It is clear to me that Nissan tried very hard to make this car successful and give it a sporty edge. The use of the exterior paint center console and the exterior paint color on the interior door handles is simply disgusting. Aside from this, its just plain and boring, nothing that stands out, and nothing unique. The Navigation screen is about the size of a Tom Tom; personally if I am going to have a navigation system in my vehicle I would like it to be larger than one which I could take with me and use anywhere and in any vehicle.
The engine in this vehicle is about the only thing that could be considered "decent." The Nissan Juke features a 1.6L Direct Injection Gasoline Double Overhead Cam 16 valve Turbo Charged 5-cylinder Engine. Phew, that was a mouthful.
The Juke has 188bhp and does 0-60mph in 6.8 seconds with a top speed of 125mph. So I guess I could be said that this is indeed somewhat fast for a mini-crossover, but why do you need to get to 60mph in 6.8 seconds in a crossover, nonetheless, a Nissan Juke.
Looks wise this vehicle is absolutely hideous, it looks like a matchbox car that was modeled after a bug.
Those sliver headlights, mounted on the hood and not the front bumper, then the over sized circle headlights AND smaller fog lights below. Wow. Headlight overload. It has the same "smile" shaped grill as its big brother, the Nissan Murano. However, the grill on the Murano looks incredibly better due to the fact that on the Murano the head lights are at the end of the grill, and the fog lights slightly below them. Besides the headlights, take a look below the license plate. There are three enormous ovals side by side, with no grill behind it or anything, just three holes. Idiotic. Maybe take some of the same material used to make the main grill and set it back behind those three ovals, OR JUST GET RID OF THEM! I just don't get it. There may be some reasoning for these that I don't know about, and frankly I don't care if this reason exists. Because I could think of about 1,001 different ways to make this concept look better.
Practicality of the Nissan Juke...non-existent.
I dont have anything else to say, this car was made by babies for babies. You could put your Ninja Turtle backpack in the trunk and nothing else, and that is with the seats down. But then you couldn't take your children to school because you cant drive it comfortably so it is up to your child to drive him or herself and their brothers and sisters to elementary school safely. "Good Luck Jimmy! Make sure you lock it before going into your first day of 3rd grade!"
Overall, I would recommend this car to no one. In fact I would recommend if you own one to trade it in to the dealership and get something better. Buy the Murano or the Rogue, it may still be a Nissan, but at least it doesn't look like a toy you used to play with in your childhood. The Rogue keeps you on the smaller side and starts at only $2,000 more than the Juke. The Murano is a little bit pricier but it is WAY more practical.
As a Nissan car owner, you know that your vehicle is a force to be reckoned with. But what happens when it needs repairs? You can take it to just any old auto shop and hope for the best, or you can bring it to a certified Nissan repair center. At a Nissan repair shop, you'll find technicians who are specifically trained to work on your type of car. They know the ins and outs of every model and can get your car back to running like new in no time.
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