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Old 01-31-12, 01:06 PM
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Default Nissan releases official footage of Juke-R supercar street race in Dubai

Nissan releases official footage of Juke-R supercar street race in Dubai



When is a Nissan Juke not a Nissan Juke? When it's the 480-horsepower, Godzilla-powered Juke-R, that's when. Then it's a supercar-beater. And to prove the point, Nissan UK took its one-off super-crossover down to Dubai for a little street racing action.

So what did Nissan pit its Juke-R against? No, not other crossovers, but a pack of the leanest, meanest supercars on the market: the Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. We first saw video footage shot from the sidelines a couple of weeks ago, but since the publicity stunt proved so popular, Nissan responded by releasing an official, high-quality version, complete with in-car footage and plenty of tire squealing.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3ZbffdYDpKg

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/31/n...r-street-race/
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Old 01-31-12, 06:47 PM
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Insane! I wonder how the actual GT-R would perform against these supercars...
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Oh, that is so sick.

I will be trading the Z in on a GTR in about 3 more years. But I'd love something like that as a DD.
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that's kinda a tight course for every car there except the Juke... put it on a more wide open track and see what happens... no doubt it'd still do well, but things would be evened out a little...
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GTR !!! Funny how it was understood that Nissan was not so happy about this project but now Im sure they are happy with the results
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