2015 Nissan Juke - Autoblog (blog)

I didn't always like the Nissan Juke . When it launched in 2010, I just couldn't get over the way it looked – it came across as super weird, and kind of hideous at first blush. The Nismo and RS models that followed only increased my ardor for the turbocharged Juke, and now, I find myself smiling whenever I see one of these little guys bombing down the road. Following my first drive of the third-generation Nissan Murano in Napa Valley, I took the refreshed Juke for a spin to see if the 2015 model year improvements still make for a car that's good to drive and easy to use, while bursting with the same... Drive Notes Powering the Juke is the same turbocharged, 1. 6-liter inline-four as last year, with 188 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque on tap. Altering the drive modes between Normal and Sport heighten this, and honestly, the turbo/manual setup in this front-wheel-drive Juke was kind of hilarious – a real treat. Sadly, Nissan will no longer offer the manual transmission on non-Nismo Juke models for 2015, so you're. Source: www.autoblog.com