Would you pay 590k for a souped up Nissan Juke?

EndersShadow
EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
edited May 2012 in The Clubhouse
Looks pretty cool, but 590k? C'mon....

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/05/07/nissan-to-build-insane-50000-juke-r-cute-ute/


Last year, Nissan introduced the Juke-R, a one-off custom that combined the bullfrog body of the little cute 'ute with the high performance running gear from its GT-R supercar. Designed by Nissan?s European technical center, and built by British racing team RML, the engineering exercise turned the economical and fun to drive Juke into an all-wheel-drive piece of insanity powered by a 485 hp twin-turbocharged V6 so technologically advanced that it is hand-built in a clean room the way a satellite is.

Created as a promotional stunt, the Juke-R made its public debut as the pace car for the Dubai 24 Hour race, where it apparently more than earned its keep. The folly proved to be such a hit that Nissan is now building a limited number of customer cars, expected to be on the order of 20-25 units, with a price tag of $590,000. That?s the equivalent of 28 of the already fun-to-drive 181 hp Jukes, or six $97,820 GT-Rs, and a high enough sticker to make it one of the most expensive cars in the world.

The customer Juke-Rs will get the latest 545 hp version of the GT-R?s drivetrain, and will be available for order in the United States.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited May 2012
    STU PID.......

    If I wanted the performance of a GTR, I'd buy a GTR, not an ugly Juke......
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited May 2012
    In a word, no...
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2012
    There's about 20 other cars I'd buy 1st, and put the extra money into a house!
    None of them would be anywhere near as butt ugly.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2012
    Why not? People paid $120 million for a loudy painting.... :cheesygrin:
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2012
    I have to admit..for how hideous that car looks on the lot, it cleans up rather nicely on the track.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited May 2012
    It looks just like some of my intestinal sculpture !!! (painted black):lol:
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited May 2012
    amulford wrote: »
    In a word, no...

    Ditto.....
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited May 2012
    I'm going to get two
    design is where science and art break even.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited May 2012
    The micro bat mobile.....

    juker1.jpg
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,615
    edited May 2012
    You have to admit that car, in that form, looks bad ****. 590k bad ****? No, maybe 30k bad ****
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited May 2012
    Almost 600 k ??
    I can buy a house, a big house, and have money left over for a Ferrari or Austin Martin.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited May 2012
    Can I get it in any color then "Graphite Black"?

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited May 2012
    VR3 wrote: »
    You have to admit that car, in that form, looks bad ****. 590k bad ****? No, maybe 30k bad ****

    Tinted windows, maybe some different fog lights and tinted head lights...a little bit of red accents - that car would look pretty awesome.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited May 2012
    The driver is in the wrong side in that car... Is that why it's up on three wheels? Awful job of weight distribution, just awful.



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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2012
    I'd do maybe 50K for it.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited May 2012
    I think I'd buy an Audi R8, and then a house with a garage to keep it in for that price. If it's 1/2 a mil, it better be Italian or German in my little world.
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited May 2012
    Personal opinion of course, but I wouldn't take the Puke even if someone offered it to me for free.
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