Nissan Juke test drive since 2010 SUV

Nissan "velik"

In my opinion, only the lazy did not sleep on the name and design of Nissan Juke. The explosive emotionality of the indifferent is not unusual here unites all connoisseurs.

Oleg Bogdanov, born in 1948, editor -in -chief of the site 5 wheel, driving experience since 1967.

With equal expression, it is claimed that it is: a cutie, a mixture of a plug with a rhino, an insect, a bunch of shit but, as you know, do not argue about tastes and each of their own. I believe that the design is checked by time. Wait and see.

The same confusion occurs in the interpretation of the name. Free translators claim that Juke means bad, evil, random. The creators believe that the verb Juke bypass/overcome the obstacle in combination with the meaning of the word Nissan (Japanese industry) forms a peculiar symbol - Japanese industry, overcomes obstacles. And also, they say Juke simply very expressively and sounds good in different languages.

There are many more options for the solution of the name of the crossover: a bar with a musical automatic machine, a feint of a football player or basketball player, when the player, moving away from the persecution, sharply changes the direction of movement, and the like.

I must say that the names have always been interested in me. In this, in my opinion, there is some kind of mysticism. No wonder there is a half -joke with a great degree of truth as you call the ship, so it will float. For example, Abramovich did not just occur to him to name his mega -yacht Eclipse - an eclipse. A couple of years ago I had to pass through this monument vice in the Hamburg port. I remember on the way I thought, well, a yacht and a yacht. Yes, big, so what? But it was from afar. When, a minute later, a modern military corvette was caught with it and the opportunity appeared to scale the object, I appreciated the size of the yacht Corvette seemed to the baby. Half a billion euros in steel and aluminum: a mini-submarine with 12 seats; missile attack warning system; bulletproof glass; two helicopters with runways and hangars; four walking boats; 20 motor scooters; Photosensors capturing fosovs. Admiral Kayta with an area of \u200b\u200b500 square meters. m. with stage and royal; personal deck of the owner 56 m long; Guest apartments 15 luxury classes designed for 30 passengers/guests; gymnastic hall with a sauna; Pool of 16 m long; cinema hall; dance hall (disco); wine Vault; two (large and small) kitchen; Premises for staff, designed for 100 people. Service staff 75 people. That, indeed, is full of Eclipse, this is not even an eclipse, but a clouding of consciousness, schizophrenia.

Sorry for the lyrical retreat of music inspired. So, I translated Juke into Russian as Nissan Vzhik and consonant and reflects the essence. Why? I'll explain now.

At the beginning of this year, information about the sports version of Juke Juke-R was held. Under the hood, it has a 3.8 liter V6 engine. with a two -stage turbocharging system, developing a power of 485 hp. Acceleration to a hundred takes only 3.7 s, and the maximum speed is 257 km/h. Then there was a video where this Juke-R quite easily wins city races. Moreover, in his rivals he is far from logs. And so what came to my mind. Apparently, it was not for nothing that Juke was chosen for the racing version, it should certainly be in it initially something that is from which you can fashion a rider. So it became interesting to me to get to the bottom of the bottom.

A week later, I was already sitting at the wheel of a 190-horsepower, all-wheel drive Juke with variator transmission, in the top version of LE for one million 65 thousand rubles: a leather salon, navigation system, a rear view camera, a system of non-clock access and light and rain sensors.

From the very first minutes, it became clear that it was to the extremity of the drive apparatus. I cheered up my memory, recalling which of the cars by emotions is commensurate with Juke. If you do not take into account monsters such as Ferrari and similar sportsmen, then, perhaps, only two recalled: Lotus Elise and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI. The first, albeit rear -wheel drive, but with a motor in 192 hp. A completely crazy lighter. The second (now deceased in Bose), an all -wheel drive, perfectly controlled, forgave almost any mistakes and allowed to do anything with him (if within reasonable limits and without fanaticism). All the same can be attributed to my owl. The acuteness of the sensation of acceleration dynamics was intensified by the fact that during the first acquaintance, back in the city, under the wheels, there was an incomprehensible slippery surface of a vile oily type and minus 25 Celsius. But this muck did not bother Juke at all, he started and went into a set of speed, as on asphalt. And on the asphalt he has 8.4 seconds to hundreds. In the city, as you know, you are not particularly walking around in terms of extremeness, but I had enough simple regular driving to make an assumption about the very remarkable abilities of this baby.

Most of all I liked the setting of the variator. You go calmly, he constantly holds the engine in the economical sector. The control computer immediately shook the activity of the maximum torque to the control computer slightly activity. And with a kik doward, the arrow of the tachometer immediately goes to the speed of maximum power and continues to live there until it gets tired of the driver. And further. The fixed gear rates of the variator in manual switching mode are very competently calculated. It creates a complete feeling that you have an excellent sequential gearbox at your fingertips accurate instant shifts, a dosed competent braking with an engine.

It soon became clear that further acquaintance with Juke had to be transferred to the training ground for the city exhausted its capabilities. And then I was very lucky.

Nissan Patrol has formed a 60th anniversary and all Nissan SUVs on this occasion, and with them the Corossovers found themselves on the ice of Lake Baikal.

Naturally, Juke was also flooded into the same company. But the most important thing is that I was also clogged there! Baikal. Under me, a meter layer of uniquely transparent ice, powdered by snow. Juke tires are winter, but without spikes. I get behind the wheel, I turn on the forced all -wheel drive button and start dancing. The controllability is perfect! If you want sideways, please. If you want cancer too, please. Do you want a waltz no problem. Yes, at least a quadrille! The car allows everything. It is completely adequate to the driver's desires. It does not bake like an unprotected horse and, most importantly, gives time to correct errors. Moreover, it is endowed with a quick reaction. The Baikal test set all the dots over I in my interest in juke is, indeed, a real owl.

And the last. Anticipating the mandatory question about the reliability of the variator, I will answer it. What a sin to hide I myself was very interested in this. Here's what the specialists answered me: yes, they worked well on the unit - and then they listed for a long time what was done, but I will not bore you, but will continue the quote with the final phrase. It was clearly said that the guarantee of three years or 100 thousand run also applies to the variator. And its real resource is more than 200 thousand, if you do not mock it. Well, time will tell.
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [March 2012]