The Nissan Juke has caused a war in the motoring world. Journalists, tv presenters and fans are vehemently arguing about whether the Juke is the ugliest car that Nissan has ever produced or whether its unique style and design are ushering in a completely new concept of vehicle design. Underneath the Juke’s unique skin is either a 1.6l petrol or a 1.5l dCi diesel engine that produces a respectable 86kW.
Usually. Until somebody at Nissan went insane and thought that it would be a good idea to put a GT-R’s engine in a Juke. Meet the madness named the Nissan Juke R.
The Juke R’s 406kW of power should be enough for anyone right? Not quite. Somebody even more insane at Shpilli-Villi Engineering in Russia thought that it would be a good idea to create a 515kW Juke R. That’s around 700bhp of pure unadulterated madness. Then somebody whose sanity is so far gone that it couldn’t be seen with a telescope thought that it would be a good idea to unleash this monster on the dragstrip against a Ferrari 599 GTO and then a Bugatti Veyron.
You can check out the race here:
Usually. Until somebody at Nissan went insane and thought that it would be a good idea to put a GT-R’s engine in a Juke. Meet the madness named the Nissan Juke R.
The Juke R’s 406kW of power should be enough for anyone right? Not quite. Somebody even more insane at Shpilli-Villi Engineering in Russia thought that it would be a good idea to create a 515kW Juke R. That’s around 700bhp of pure unadulterated madness. Then somebody whose sanity is so far gone that it couldn’t be seen with a telescope thought that it would be a good idea to unleash this monster on the dragstrip against a Ferrari 599 GTO and then a Bugatti Veyron.
You can check out the race here:
Beating the Ferrari 599 GTO is a fantastic achievement, but considering that they have roughly the same bhp, its not unexpected considering the massive acceleration of the Juke R. But the big news here is the Juke R beating the Veyron. The Veyron is one of those legendary cars that is seen as the pinnacle of design and technology – and it is! It is undoubtedly one of the greatest feats of engineering in the motoring world. This makes the Juke R’s achievement so much more epic!
Granted, the Juke R only beat the Veyron according to a later time trial, and this isn’t a standard Juke R. Rather than buying a Juke R, Shpilli-Villi Engineering decided that they were going to upgrade the Nissan Juke’s specs themselves and build their own by swapping out the standard Juke’s engine for a GT-R’s 3.8litre bi-turbo V6 and twin clutch gearbox. They also went a step further by upgrading the stock GT-R turbos increasing the power from 542bhp to 700bhp.
The standard Nissan Juke R might not have the same insane power that Shpilli-Villi’s had, but it more than makes up for it thanks to its looks! Check it out in this video from Auto Express as it takes on a GT-R at the test track:
Granted, the Juke R only beat the Veyron according to a later time trial, and this isn’t a standard Juke R. Rather than buying a Juke R, Shpilli-Villi Engineering decided that they were going to upgrade the Nissan Juke’s specs themselves and build their own by swapping out the standard Juke’s engine for a GT-R’s 3.8litre bi-turbo V6 and twin clutch gearbox. They also went a step further by upgrading the stock GT-R turbos increasing the power from 542bhp to 700bhp.
The standard Nissan Juke R might not have the same insane power that Shpilli-Villi’s had, but it more than makes up for it thanks to its looks! Check it out in this video from Auto Express as it takes on a GT-R at the test track:
Sadly the Juke R was a limited production, but you can still get a brand new Nissan Juke in Cape Town here.
Source: as posted on http://wikivillage.co.za/
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