The crazy Juke Nismo RS that showed up on Twitter the other day wearing a set of Mattracks isn't a Photoshop job. Nissan says that the company's European arm actually built the damn thing using an AWD Xtronic CVT-equipped Juke as the base vehicle. And they're going to take it to northernmost reaches of Finland—ice- and snowbound Lapland—as a support vehicle for an ice-driving event. (Because of course; this is coming from the same company that built and sold the 545-hp GT-R–powered Juke-R to the public.)
Surprisingly, creating a tracked Juke didn't require a lot of modification; the front and rear fascias were altered slightly before bolting on the tracks, probably to prevent the new gear from tearing them right off. The company also had to reprogram the torque-vectoring AWD system (all-track system?) slightly so the car knew what the hell was going on. After all, tracks are a lot different than wheels, and nobody likes a confused AWD system when getting out of Lapland alive requires the vehicle to actually, you know, move.
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. Introducing the #Nissan #Juke #NISMO #RSnow. #Snowmageddon2015 http://ift.tt/1zUAsZn
— Nissan (@Nissan) January 27, 2015
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Nissan thinks it will top out at around 62 mph as it sits now, and the conversion cost roughly $15,000 on top of the price of the Juke itself. We're expecting more video of the Juke in action shortly, but here's a little taste:
Winter: 0 / Juke NISMO #RSnow: 1. To be continued… http://ift.tt/1CegCZQ
— Nissan (@Nissan) January 27, 2015
This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com.
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