Nissan: Juke Unveiled at Geneva

[Lord-Hydro]

Originally Posted by VIP BRZ

If i could afford a second car id have a juke

I love it!

[n8dog11914]

My wife owns a Juke Nismo 2013. Unfortunately it came with the AWD but CVT transmission. Actually, it's a fun car but suffers from decent turbo lag and a crappy transmission. Get the FWD version with the stick. Ours has 40,000 miles on it with literally no problems. Overall, I would recommend it.

[why?]

i'd wait to see what the CX5 diesel really looks like. It is supposedly officially coming out next year and could be really interesting.

Nissan cvt's seem to be way too hit or miss for me to trust them. Some go in 60,000 miles or less and some last well over 200,000. If they were reliable it would be nice, because I do like the transmission.

[Vracer111]

Originally Posted by Lord-Hydro

honestly one of the last things I expected to hear, I have no time behind the wheel of the ND, I own a NA still on stock suspension and that thing has body roll for days. I would love to try as NISMO RS around some corners now.

ND has the most body roll purposely built in of any generation miata.... they really softened the suspension to make it 'fun'... what they did was make it annoying to drive to me.

See Everyday Driver's all 4 generation MX-5 comparison video:

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Vracer111

ND has the most body roll purposely built in of any generation miata.... they really softened the suspension to make it 'fun'... what they did was make it annoying to drive to me.

See Everyday Driver's all 4 generation MX-5 comparison video:

Yeah I test drove a new Miata before I tried the BRZ.. the roll was bad. It felt as bad as like driving the Mustang. Even the Mini Cooper S cornered better. (Or at least felt better to me)

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[p1l0t]

Also have you considered the Range Rover Evoque?

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[Lord-Hydro]

Originally Posted by Vracer111

ND has the most body roll purposely built in of any generation miata.... they really softened the suspension to make it 'fun'... what they did was make it annoying to drive to me.

See Everyday Driver's all 4 generation MX-5 comparison video:

Very nice, I haven't seen a decent side by side review. I have had some time behind the NB and did enjoy that. They are awesome and pretty fun cars.

[Re_Invention]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Also have you considered the Range Rover Evoque?

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Haha that's a bit of an $11,000+ jump...

The $21-31k (zing!) range is rich with lots of cute-utes and entry sporty luxo rides. So many options!

OP - have you checked out the Mazda CX-3? Supposedly very fun to drive and a good awd system. The loaded Touring model has some nice kit and is cheaper than the Nismo model. Or a Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk which you can probably get some 15-20% msrp on that sucker. And there's the MINI Countryman/Paceman/Clubman lineup with stick and turbo 4 with plenty of aftermarket support & motorsport activity, hell they'll even pay you if you win:

http://www.miniusa.com/content/dam/m...m_Bulletin.pdf

Then VW golf GTI or alltrack/tiguan for more space. I had a 2013 Wolfsburg GTI for two years, was a great daily but sounds like you could use a bit more practicality. Shame they don't make the Tiguan with the DSG 2.0T pairing.

Infiniti is coming out with a QX30 that looks pretty sharp, should be priced around $30k. Of course you have the Benz GLA, Audi Q3 and BMW 1 series in that grouping. I'd recommend the Lexus NX but those damn things don't sell for $30k>, at least around here, they are more like $36-38k cars.

[DAEMANO]

Originally Posted by Re_Invention

Haha that's a bit of an $11,000+ jump...

The $21-31k (zing!) range is rich with lots of cute-utes and entry sporty luxo rides. So many options!

OP - have you checked out the Mazda CX-3? Supposedly very fun to drive and a good awd system. The loaded Touring model has some nice kit and is cheaper than the Nismo model. Or a Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk which you can probably get some 15-20% msrp on that sucker. And there's the MINI Countryman/Paceman/Clubman lineup with stick and turbo 4 with plenty of aftermarket support & motorsport activity, hell they'll even pay you if you win:

http://www.miniusa.com/content/dam/m...m_Bulletin.pdf

Then VW golf GTI or alltrack/tiguan for more space. I had a 2013 Wolfsburg GTI for two years, was a great daily but sounds like you could use a bit more practicality. Shame they don't make the Tiguan with the DSG 2.0T pairing.

Infiniti is coming out with a QX30 that looks pretty sharp, should be priced around $30k. Of course you have the Benz GLA, Audi Q3 and BMW 1 series in that grouping. I'd recommend the Lexus NX but those damn things don't sell for $30k>, at least around here, they are more like $36-38k cars.

Not sure if a Juke or QX30 (seen a 'S' model on the road, looked nice) has more usable interior space than a 5 door GTi.

[rice_classic]

Same vehicle in the Juke segment is the CX-3.

I would take a CX3 over a Juke for several reasons. I like that you can get 3 pedals in a CX3, but not if you choose AWD. If they made an AWD CX-3 with 3 pedals, I'd probably have one.

[MarkR171]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

I would take a CX3 over a Juke for several reasons. I like that you can get 3 pedals in a CX3, but not if you choose AWD. If they made an AWD CX-3 with 3 pedals, I'd probably have one.

You can get 3 pedals with a FWD Juke too.

My friends Juke Nismo RS consistently shames a lot of faster sports cars on track and autox. They're surprisingly light, responsive to mods, and can fit a lot of tire (he runs 295 wide hoosiers all around!) I haven't driven it, but I've rode along in autocrosses and the car is surprisingly flat in corners and grips quite well. All the weight is low in the car, so it feels more like being in a fwd sports car with high seats than it does an SUV/CUV. Granted, his is lowered, but has stock sway bars. The Recaro Sportster CS seats are damn good in that car too.

All that praise said, it's fucking ugly... lol

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0TRxmftms"]2014 Nissan Juke Nismo RS Autocross 11-8 2015 Run 2 - YouTube[/ame]

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by MarkR171

All that praise said, it's fucking ugly... lol

That right there. Too many other quality competitors to consider something that looks so awful.

[p1l0t]

Wait what FWD?



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[Lord-Hydro]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Wait what FWD?



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To be fair, only the FWD comes in manual and I have 2 other RWD vehicles. are there any RWD options? from my bit of looking around it is either AWD or FWD.