Nissan Horrifies Automotive Media With Lack Of Juke-R Long-Term Testers

Nissan sent a blow to the automotive press today, with the announcement that none of the upcoming limited production Juke-R crossovers would be allocated for long-term testing. Tom Barnard of Nissan GB made a brief announcement via Twitter stating "Just announced that we're going to put the Juke R into limited production. No, we won't be doing long termers. Or company cars." The announcement was felt across the automotive media industry, with journalists issuing last-ditch attempts at persuading Nissan to lend them a Juke-R. Some even resorted to effusive, sycophantic praise in a desperate attempt to establish enthusiast credibility by professing undying love for the pointless engineering exercise. An anonymous observer noted that producing the Juke-R isn't particularly "courageous", since it counts as a mere marketing exercise using existing components to create a halo vehicle. The same observer also noted the vitriolic hate for the car's design and packaging when it first debuted in 2010, despite the fact that it's a great vehicle. Auto journalists have strangely suspended their irrational group-think hatred of crossovers when reporting on the Juke-R, despite the fact that it looks sillier than the standard Juke and may in fact be more of a rolling nerd magnet than Nissan's GT-R sports coupe. With files from Frank Bacon from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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