2011 Nissan Juke Turbo: Regular Car Reviews

This week on Regular Car Reviews, Brian drives the 2011 Nissan Juke SV! A joint venture of Nissan and Renault, this subcompact crossover SUV has been discontinued in the United States. But why did it get the ax? Is this secretly a hidden gem? Or does it deserve all the bad press it
gets? Join us for a test drive and an honest review, as RCR drives the 2011 Nissan Juke SV!

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[leggeddog]

Nissan Juke: The official car of "your aunt refuses to accept she's 50 now"

[Eric_Hunt]

If the Juke eats all its greens and takes its vitamins like a good little boy, it'll grow up to be a Qashqai

[Bigoleboi]

Taking the kids to Williamsburg and not visiting Busch gardens is diabolical

[AdventuringwithMeech]

I was left in a situation where I NEEDED a car... I had just started a new job and didn't have the luxury of shopping around. I went to a dealer to look at a civic that ended up being a gross piece of trash. The salesman, looking to salvage the situation before I ran away to my back-up asked what I was looking for. I mentioned I wanted a smaller car. I'd prefer it to be a hatchback, but I'd settle for a sedan. My biggest must-have has a manual. He said he'd be right back, skipped away, and returned a few minutes later in a maroon 2012 Nissan Juke.

I asked if he was joking, and he said it technically checked all my boxes. I drove it, and much like your friend here, I was surprised how much I enjoyed driving it. This was 2015 and I got that Juke with a little under 70k miles, and it came in well under budget. I drove it for eight years. I hit two deer with it, and the second one did it in at just shy of 190k. Taught my little brother, a co-worker, an ex-girlfriend, and a friend all how to drive stick in it. Over the years I owned it the only repairs I had to do were the front wheel bearings (One of them twice.) and replacing the muffler after it rusted off. That's probably more Ohio's fault than the Juke's. Outside of that just brakes, tires, and oil changes.

I used to defend my purchase, talking about how I was in a tough spot, and it was a good deal. I used to joke that I couldn't see how ugly it was from the inside.

I loved my Juke. That was a great little car.. And honestly.. I grew to love the way it looked even. I think the rear 3/4 view if especially handsome.

[PlatinumNath]

Reminder that not only that the Juke is still available for most other countries even after all this, Nissan forced Nismo to somehow make the Juke fast and "fun" in both FWD and AWD drivetrains.

Juke GT-R is cool tho, but thats due to the absurdity if it, and its basically a super limited GT-R R35 with weird Juke body on top of it.

[terryrds]

This episode hit home. You clearly didn't like it, but I used to have a 2014 Juke Nismo 6-speed. This episode brought back memories. Bought it with 7k miles on it back in January of 2018. I was 29, about to turn 30 later that year. For me, it was my last (unconscious) attempt to hang onto my youth. I was still single, lived by myself, and work was going great. I had a blast when I had that car, a lot of memorable trips taken. Definitely not the most comfortable car to take extended drives in with those alcantara seats, but I did not care.

Then the pandemic hit, and looking at that car parked in my garage, with literally nowhere to go, was my sad, daily reminder of all the fun I couldn't have. Then in October of 2021, I had made a short trip to my local Target to pick up a few things, and on my way home, an elderly woman failed to yield on an unprotected left turn. I ended up colliding with the passenger's side of her 2015 Ford Taurus. I walked away from that crash with minor injuries, and a short stint in physical therapy for my lower back, but that was unfortunate end of my Juke. It had a stupid name, and a look that only a mother (or in my case, a father) could love, but in the time I had it, I had a blast driving it. Good times.

[Dankturboz]

I was shocked when this wasn’t a race to the bottom

[doctoroptical]

The first 1 minute and 18 seconds of the intro made me want to kick start a land mine just to get away from it.

[Chungleas]

They're everywhere in the UK, more of a "my first SUV" here, bought by junior estate agents, people that dream of a Porsche Cayenne, who have no need for luggage space or friends. They've started on the road to being terrible people, they just haven't attained the wealth to support that lifestyle yet...

[Stavrss]

12:40 good to see some of the crazy make a comeback

[upgrayedd]

Reaching for a WRX but settling for a Juke.

Hopefully the kids pay off.

[NoodlesExtraMSG]

Its Fugly, I love it. Also useless fact, almost no Nissan Dealership knows how /wants to work on these things.

[logicerrormusic]

Here in Italy you can see thousands of them, but somehow if I have to think if I know someone that owns one my mind goes blank. Also since most of them have tinted windows so you don't even see the driver. Jukes are such NPC cars, no one drives or ownes them, they just spawn in traffic for making it worse or on parking lots for making them more crammed. And not seeing the driver of this one just reinforces my belief that this car just spawned in front of you.

[sentiencepsn]

I know a few Juke owners. They were all women, and bought it because they liked the way it looked. In short, it’s got the same appeal as a VW Beetle, Mini Cooper, or CJ/TJ Jeep, minus the history and price tag of any of those brands.

And yeah, I know. I think it looks like a pug. But that’s the thing about pugs. Some people actually like the way they look. It’s a free country, I guess.

[lifeisgood]

The colored peice of plastic around the shifter was designed to look like a motorcycle tank, they wanted you to think you were riding a motorcycle when you were actually driving a Nissan

[FinSane]

Fun fact.
The Nissan Juke actually won Grand Tour's: "Nissan Juke award for the worst car of the year"
It was up against a Mitsubishi Phev, Renault Kadjar and the Mini Countryman

[DeltaEcho]

Threatening to lift that outhouse seat was scarier than any horror movie in years 😂.

[TheVaultIsMine]

These are everywhere here in the UK, its the official car of people named Leanne who own three chihuahuas and rarely smile

[racermigs]

"Like a tattoo artist checking one last time before etching SKIBIDI TOILET into a frat boy's ass cheeks."

I almost spat out my drink 🤣

[fhujf]

These are everwhere in Europe. An alternative name is Nissan Puke.