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Videos: Nissan Juke-R goes around a wet Silverstone

Personally, I think those long Nissan Juke-R teaser videos are a bit boring so I was pleased to finally see two videos showing the 485-hp crossover in beast mode on a wet Silverstone track – and the videos aren’t even from Nissan. Spanish automotive magazine AutoHebdoSport,were given access to the Juke-R on a rainy day [...]

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Unofficial: 2013 Nissan GT-R tackles 62 mph in 2.84 seconds

The Nissan GT-R is undoubtedly a performance icon. And to maintain that, the Japanese brand is making sure that their halo car remains blazingly fast for a relatively affordable price. That said, a new video was released featuring the revised 2013 (2012 in Japan) GT-R at Japan’s Sendai Hiland Raceway, completing a spring to 62 [...]

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2013 Nissan GT-R could lap Nurburgring in less than 7:20 (w/ Video)

Nissan Chief Vehicle Engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno presented the 2013 GT-R supercar at Japan’s Sugo International Race Circuit saying that it may be able to beat previous model year’s Nurburgring lap times. The GT-R has been continually beating its previous times, with the 2011 model clocking in at 7:26.4 and the 2012 model year taking that [...]

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2013 Nissan GT-R gets an extra 15-hp, retuned suspension

So everywhere else in the world the new Nissan GT-R carries a 2012 model year designation, but not in the United States. Here, Godzilla carries a 2013 designation, but those numbers are of little interest for every country across the world. For the new model year, the Nissan GT-R has received engine and suspension refinement. [...]

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Report: Club Track edition Nissan GT-R coming to the UK

Report: Club Track edition Nissan GT-R coming to the UK

Nissan of Europe, which is currently busy building the super Juke-R, is reportedly working on an ‘extreme GT-R’ for the United Kingdom. The model is rumored to be another version of the Club Track edition that is currently on sale in Japan. The head of the Nissan GT-R project Kazutoshi Mizuno says that model could [...]

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Video: Nissan Juke-R makes surprise appearance at media event

At a media event in Malaga, Spain focused around crossovers, Nissan surprised its guest with the first viewing of the Juke-R. While the company has yet to reveal official high-res photos and details of the new GT-R powered Juke, this video gives us the best look at the high-performance crossover. Nissan says that it only [...]

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Father of the Nissan GT-R: 2013 model will dock eight seconds off of Nurburgring lap time

Father of the Nissan GT-R: 2013 model will dock eight seconds off of Nurburgring lap time

When the Nissan GT-R first came out, there was controversy as to how fast the GT-R truly was with inconsistencies in lap times on the famous and most difficult racetrack in the world: the Nurburgring. As a result, Nissan has been hard at work to make sure that the GT-R remains a vital player in [...]

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Videos: Nissan begins build process on Juke-R, transfers engine from GT-R

We’ve already seen the first official image of the Nissan Juke-R – but what’s more interesting to us are the videos Nissan of Europe has been releasing along with the development of the GT-R powered crossover. Nissan has already shown us how technology is transferred from the GT-R to the Juke. Having tested that the GT-R’s systems [...]

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Nissan Juke-R makes first real-world appearance, only two to be made

Here’s something surprising for a Tuesday. At a crossover media event in Malaga, Spain, Nissan surprised its guest with the first viewing of the Juke-R, which is (was) scheduled to make its full debut at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. “Just two versions of the Nissan Juke-R are being created, one in each of left-hand [...]

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Video: Nissan shows the building process of the Juke-R

Following the release of the first video, Nissan today released video 3 of the ongoing development on the Juke-R – a Nissan Juke powered by the engine from a GT-R. Click here for our original post on the Nissan Juke-R. In video 2, Nissan shows how the engine and drivetrain from the GT-R was transferred into the [...]

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