Juke
Cars
Nissan
Makes Its Mark Nissan Middle East has announced the launch of the Nissan Juke, baby brother to Qashqai and Murano, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Aimed at a younger market bored with lookalike hatchbacks, Juke combines attitude, irreverence, modish style and energy with a mischievous sense of fun.
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Juke brings a sense of adventure to the car market. It’s light, nimble, urban, reactive: qualities designed to grab a younger audience. It offers something entirely new to the traditional B-segment vehicles and cements Nissan’s reputation as a car maker prepared to do something different.” said Declan McCluskey, Automotive Group General Manager at Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons.
a top portion that is unadulterated sports car, with a high waistline, slim visor-like side glass graphics and a coupé-style falling roofline. The coupé effect is further underlined by the rear doors which have their handles hidden in the frame of the door. Reflecting the exterior’s blending of SUV and sports car attributes, the interior provides a higher eye-point position of an SUV, but with all the attributes expected of
“The combination of direct injection with a turbocharger provides the power and responses expected from a 2.5-litre engine.” Overview
Like its bigger brothers Murano and Qashqai, Juke is a distinctive combination of SUV toughness and sporting style. Conceived to inject some masculinity and dynamism into the small car market, Juke combines a number of seeming contradictions beneath its highly individual lines. From a design standpoint, the lower portion of Juke is pure SUV. It combines chunky wheels, wide tyres, extended ground clearance and a robust stance with
a sports car. Practicality is assured by the rear-opening hatch and versatile luggage area with hidden storage opportunities. Juke is offered with a choice of two Petrol engines – the 1.6-L (litre) Gasoline Engine unit and the 1.6L Direct Injection Gasoline Turbo Engine with the option of manual or CVT transmissions depending on the engine. The new turbocharged petrol engine with direct injection is one of the most powerful in its class, developing 140kW and 240 Nm with low fuel consumption. The combination of direct injection with a turbocharger provides
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 16-valve unit now has a unique dual-injection system allowing finer metering of the fuel sprays for better combustion and develops 86kW. Just about the only traditional aspect of Juke is the model line-up, which follows Nissan’s established S and SL lines. Standard equipment across all grades includes integrated control system which gives the driver the chance to optimise the car’s dynamic functions to suit their needs, two airbags, ESP, full auto air conditioning, electric windows front and rear, Bluetooth, 60/40 split folding rear seats and a CD/radio. In addition, a full range of accessories has been developed for owners who want to personalise their Juke still further ■ The new Nissan Juke is now on display at the Nissan showroom in Sitra and customers are invited to experience it with a test drive. More information on the car is available by contacting the showroom on Tel. +973 1773 2732.
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