The Nissan Joke, I mean Juke, is a design disaster. I get that sometimes car companies want to the push the design envelope to move the industry forward, but the Juke goes a lot to far in the wrong direction.
The front of the Juke is a train wreck, or better yet, an alien wreck. I wanted to get some additional views of the Juke so I browsed over to Nissan's website only to find even weirder marketing bits. They call their new look "The Predator Approach" LOL, they weren't kidding, but I don't think we are thinking of the same predator! "Uniquely designed turn indicators stare you down from the fiercely sculpted hood" the hood is as flat as they come. The website goes on to say "The tight exterior frame shows off its muscular curvature and aggressive stance while maintaining a sleek sports car appearance", are you kidding me, sleek, what part of sleek and predator go together and were the heck did sports car appearance come from! Both the designers and the marketers at Nissan need to lay of the sauce.
The "turn indicators" do look like fangs so I agree with the predator comparison there. Next, however, you have very round head lights that give the Juke a VW happy go lucky feel, just like a predator??? Lower, you have three round holes in the bumper, I guess if you gone this far to look stupid you may as well go all the way. The grill is everywhere, but still has Nissan's weird shaped whatever in the middle.
The rear of the Juke is almost respectable. I like that Nissan gave the Juke tail lights that fit the format of the rest of their vehicles. The rear of the Juke is remarkably organized, tail lights, logo, reflectors, all seem to be in their traditional locations. It's almost a let down at this point. From the side the Juke is a mess. I wish I could get to the same place as the writer who thinks that this is a sleek design, to me it looks silly and disjointed. The Juke has no real lines except the rounded wheel wells. Per Nissan "Rear door handles are subtly worked into the design keeping them out of sight giving the Juke a sports-coupe sleekness". (WARNING: If you think that this is a sports coupe get help fast!). Nissan's attempt to hide the rear door handle has the reverse effect on the design. It looks like someone air brushed it out, leaving a void were it should be. If you going to hide the door handle maybe you should hide the rear door seam as well. Good luck with this one Nissan.
2011 Nissan Juke
Grade: 1
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