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Not long after Nissan dropped the first photograph of the 2020 Juke, the second followed. The “keep your eyes open” caption is featured beneath the dual-headlamp design of the front fascia, which will definitely polarize opinion.
The Juke was always a love-it-or-hate-it affair, and Nissan didn’t care about the haters given the commercial success of the subcompact crossover. Replaced by the Kicks in the United States, the Juke numbers more than a million examples of the breed since the nameplate was introduced in 2010 for model year 2011.
Scheduled to premiere on September 3rd ahead of the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, the second generation comes with a slender lighting signature with LED technology for good measure. Plastic body cladding on the fenders and a sculpted hood add to the visual drama, which continues at the rear with hidden door handles and a steeply raked window.
The generous C-pillars and size of the rear window will make parking a bit of a handful unless the European model will ship with sensors or a reversing camera as standard. Five lug nuts for the wheels and the CMF-B platform are two more highlights of the Juke, which will be offered with a selection of electrified powertrain options.
Mild, hybrid, and plug-in hybrids are expected to make it into production, along with the usual suspects from the TCe and dCi families of three- and four-cylinder turbo engines. The TCe 155 could be the second most powerful of the lot, but it will play second fiddle to the Nismo RS.
As opposed to CMF-B models from Renault (think Clio and Captur), the Juke will rely on a CVT from JATCO instead of a dual-clutch transmission from the EDC family. This type of transmission is known for poor reliability, and the complaints filed with the NHTSA are testament to that.
On that note, do you expect the Juke to return to the U.S. for 2020?
Scheduled to premiere on September 3rd ahead of the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, the second generation comes with a slender lighting signature with LED technology for good measure. Plastic body cladding on the fenders and a sculpted hood add to the visual drama, which continues at the rear with hidden door handles and a steeply raked window.
The generous C-pillars and size of the rear window will make parking a bit of a handful unless the European model will ship with sensors or a reversing camera as standard. Five lug nuts for the wheels and the CMF-B platform are two more highlights of the Juke, which will be offered with a selection of electrified powertrain options.
Mild, hybrid, and plug-in hybrids are expected to make it into production, along with the usual suspects from the TCe and dCi families of three- and four-cylinder turbo engines. The TCe 155 could be the second most powerful of the lot, but it will play second fiddle to the Nismo RS.
As opposed to CMF-B models from Renault (think Clio and Captur), the Juke will rely on a CVT from JATCO instead of a dual-clutch transmission from the EDC family. This type of transmission is known for poor reliability, and the complaints filed with the NHTSA are testament to that.
On that note, do you expect the Juke to return to the U.S. for 2020?
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