In reply to forzav12:
On performance alone, I'd rather have a Tata then a King Midget. 
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Oct. 18, 2011 9:11 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork
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Oct. 18, 2011 2:36 p.m. jstein77 Dork
4cylndrfury wrote:
jstein77 wrote:
I wished before that Nissan would put that drivetrain (with a 6 speed manual, of course) into something more normal appearance-wise.
Altima coupe!
Altima is kind of heavy for a 180 hp 1.6 liter. I was looking for something smaller like the Versa, if it was just a bit less awful.
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Oct. 18, 2011 3:21 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
jstein77 wrote:
4cylndrfury wrote:
jstein77 wrote:
I wished before that Nissan would put that drivetrain (with a 6 speed manual, of course) into something more normal appearance-wise.
Altima coupe!
Altima is kind of heavy for a 180 hp 1.6 liter. I was looking for something smaller like the Versa, if it was just a bit less awful.
oh, thought you meant the R37 drivetrain, not the Juke DT...my bad.
Carry on...
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Oct. 18, 2011 5:53 p.m. forzav12 Reader
bravenrace wrote:
In reply to forzav12:
On performance alone, I'd rather have a Tata then a King Midget.
touche!
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Oct. 18, 2011 6:54 p.m. irish44j Dork
Conquest351 wrote:
I'd roll it. Who cares how it looks, it will smoke anything on the street and leave the other driver looking at it like "WTF is that?"
If I can afford to make a Juke really really fast, I can afford to make something better looking really really fast. And "something better looking than a Juke" means "any car on the planet not named Aztek."
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Oct. 18, 2011 8:19 p.m. Vigo Dork
If not for CVT i prefer cube to a 1st gen xB. to be clear, i will probably never buy one of either.
If I can afford to make a Juke really really fast, I can afford to make something better looking really really fast. And "something better looking than a Juke" means "any car on the planet not named Aztek."
Cube eh?
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Oct. 18, 2011 8:27 p.m. bigdaddylee82 Reader
I've put 220 miles on the Altima with the CVT, I can't wait to get my ancient Volvo back tomorrow.
As for the Juke's looks, I despised them at first, then after starring at one hours on end for about 2 weeks it kind of grew on me. One day I tolerate it, the next it's hideous. Driving the 6 speed Juke is slightly entertaining, though, not having a 6 speed with AWD and a face only Helen Keller could love, ruins any chance of me ever considering one.
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Oct. 18, 2011 10:16 p.m. Feedyurhed Dork
Vigo wrote:
I just want them to put the factory Juke motor in a Cube. The Juke-R doesnt do ANYTHING for me. It's not because it's a juke. It's because its completely irrelevant.. anyone with the ability to do such a thing should probably be doing something WAY cooler with their time.
Ahhhhhh a fellow Cube lover (liker?). I guess that makes two of us. I love the Japanese box vans because they are so weird. Needs a better motor for sure. Like Mazda should drop in the MS3 motor into the Mazda 5, Nissan should drop in a sweet little turbo mill into the Cube.
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Oct. 20, 2011 1:50 a.m. The0retical New Reader
On a side note Nissan does have build and tech videos of the building of this car. Its mostly hype but sort of cool tidbits of info.
I actually would consider buying one of these if they put them into production despite the looks, though those spoilers would have to go for daily driving.
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Oct. 27, 2011 8:03 a.m. turboHLS30 Reader
Here's video 4
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Oct. 27, 2011 8:41 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
meh...still as pointless as a football bat.
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Oct. 27, 2011 9:06 a.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork
Feedyurhed wrote:
Like Mazda should drop in the MS3 motor into the Mazda 5
Yes. Yes they should. And the wife and I would have bought one had they sold it a year ago when we bought our '5.
She wants to go turbo once we're done paying it off, but everything I hear is that the 2.3T swap is for some reason way unnecessarily difficult and not many people have successfully done it.
Maybe there's a CARB-approved S/C for the Mazda 2.3L out there somewhere...
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Oct. 27, 2011 2:45 p.m. GTB_ZR1 New Reader
The car is so ridiculous, that's it's ultimately cool. I'm wondering if there's a weight advantage over the GT-R--there's certainly a size advantage.
I'd drive & race the pi$$ out of it...
