nissan juke - range likely to expand?

[insanojackson]

Mrs seriously considering a juke, think is a diesel,manual, 4 wheel drive version would be ideal. Thing is they dont make one! the only 4 wheel drive variant is the 1.6 turbo petrol auto.

Anyone know if the range is likely to expand in future?

[nsmith1180]

There is nothing in the press gumpfh about a Diesel AWD but I would expect one to come soon, unless they are expecting Qashqai to take the Diesel AWD sales.

[insanojackson]

nsmith1180 said:

There is nothing in the press gumpfh about a Diesel AWD but I would expect one to come soon, unless they are expecting Qashqai to take the Diesel AWD sales.

It would seem a logical step to me, I have emailed nissan head office to ask. Probably pointless asking dealers!

[nsmith1180]

insanojackson said:

nsmith1180 said:

There is nothing in the press gumpfh about a Diesel AWD but I would expect one to come soon, unless they are expecting Qashqai to take the Diesel AWD sales.

It would seem a logical step to me, I have emailed nissan head office to ask. Probably pointless asking dealers!

Pointless asking Nissan H/O too, they dont know whats coming until it gets of the boat. Email Japan.

[insanojackson]

Until it gets off the boat??? which boat would that be from about 15 miles away from me in Sunderland??

[nsmith1180]

insanojackson said:

Until it gets off the boat??? which boat would that be from about 15 miles away from me in Sunderland??

You know what I mean, Nissan UK are crap at knowing what is coming. When I worked for one of their dealers, geting information out of them was like geting blood from a stone.

[andy_s]

The petrol turbo AWD is built in Japan.

[insanojackson]

andy_s said:

The petrol turbo AWD is built in Japan.

seems they are, my error!!

[Engineer1]

Nissan is Japanese the Head office in head office in Japan they will make decisions as to what can and will sell, a 4x4 diesel may sell in the UK but it might not sell well enough globally to make it worth building.

[andy_s]

insanojackson said:

andy_s said:

The petrol turbo AWD is built in Japan.

seems they are, my error!!

I only know as my delivery has been pushed back 'til Feb as demand over there has far outstripped supply.

I was in a similar quandry - ideally I was looking for a diesel, manual AWD so one out of three wasn't bad!

[insanojackson]

cyder, ? are you in the know?? fill me in if you are

[Markytop]

Sales guy at local dealer did say once the 4WD ones were built in Sunderland (some point next year - cant remember when), the range might expand, and things like colours etc are standardised. Might just have been sales talk though, although being in Milton Keynes, he might have inside knowledge from the Nissan Development Centre (or whatever its called) just up the road in Cranfield, where the Juke was part developed.

I would be seriously tempted by a manual, 4WD petrol Turbo one. Trying to justify if I buy a 2WD one now, will I will forever want the 4WD?

[andy_s]

insanojackson said:

cyder, ? are you in the know?? fill me in if you are

No, no idea about their future - I'd have thought a diesel AWD would have appealed to be honest so who knows. They are selling like hot cakes apparently so I'm fairly sure they'll expand the range once they've seen the reaction to it I guess.


As for the AWD/4x4 bit, someone made an interesting post a while back which puts in a nutshell what the AWD/4x4 is on the Juke -

"The AWD version has two AWD settings. The "AWD" setting distributes torque evenly to all wheels (25% to each) and when slippage occurs the car diverts torque to wheels getting more grip. It will not divert all power off of a slipping wheel, nor will it apply the brakes to a slipping wheel. With traction control off it should spin all four tires as much as you'd like.

Juke also has a torque vectored AWD setting (AWD-V). This setting allows for better maneuvering on pavement by allowing 100% of rear torque (50% of total torque) to be put on the outside rear wheel in a turn. AWD-V isn't meant for snow and AWD isn't meant for the streets.

The Juke distributes torque via electronically controlled wet-clutch packs on the rear axle and not with viscous couplings. The Juke's AWD is generally much better than the one's that come in most cars, who's AWD systems are often mislabeled or poorly described. The Juke's AWD is more similar to S-AWC or Haldex systems."

Pretty much like the GTR system from what I understand.

[insanojackson]

Dear Mr Jackson,

REF: 1-1SV6A1

Thank you for your e-mail to Nissan regarding the Nissan Juke.

There is currently no plans to introduce a a diesel, manual, 4 wheel drive Nissan Juke.

I hope this information has been useful. If there is anything else that you feel we may be able to assist with, or if you would like a test drive in any of our models, please do not hesitate to contact us at Nissan Customer Support on 08457 669966. You may also visit us at www.nissan.co.uk for further details on any of our vehicles and for a selection of e-brochures.


Yours Sincerely,


Paddy Fegan


Nissan Customer Service GB

[Cyder]

I've driven the 4WD 1.6T and 2WD 1.6T, and have to say in the dry there is little difference, I've not driven one in the wet to comment though.

In Sport mode though it's a real hoot, not going to blow your head off, but with 190BHP it's still fun!

[Deva Link]

andy_s said:

The petrol turbo AWD is built in Japan.

If it's really done for the Japanese market (you can get Toyota Yaris and Honda Jazz in AWD in Japan so there's clearly worthwhile local demand for AWD) then there won't be a diesel version.