U.S.-Bound Nissan Juke Caught Testing in California

Is Nissan letting you guys stage spy photos for ALL their products? First the 370z 40th ann. car and now this.

I actually think it looks worse in these pictures then it did previously.

Good thing they covered the badges, wouldn't want the spy photogs to know what it is.

that thing is sweet.

Look honey, I shrunk my sense of style!

The front end, while being organic, has a striking resemblence to the Pontiac Aztek. Compare the pic below to the first pic of the Juke. Flash back and forth quickly and you'll see what I mean.

http://talkpower.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/pontiac-aztek.jpg

This is quite possibly the ugliest car I've ever seen, and that includes the Aztek.

That behild looks like J Lo and Kim Kardashian's lovechild.

Not gonna go into my full take on this vehicle yet, but the 6 lights is still bugging me out...

Juke, the new face of fugly.

Ribbit, Ribbit

Is there a tongue that flies out from behind the Nissan badge to catch flies?

Unconventional would be okay, but this has crossed the line and is well into ugly-territory.

Headlight arrangement reminds me of a Wolf Spider's eyes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Wolf_spider_focus_bracket02.jpg

Two on top, two bigger ones up front, and a series across the bottom. I think the spider looks better.

Dang that thing is hideous! Whoever at Nissan approved it better start looking for a new job, 'cause they wont sell more than 5 of 'em.

(Don't have the photo, but...) This is an Infiniti EX35, this Juke is an EX35 on drugs.

Did you ever have a practical joke get out of hand at the office and you never knew when to stop its progress and finally face the consequences. You never say anything as it works it way higher and higher through the corporation until one day you realize that it is too late to stop it. Someone is either dying of shame or of laughter.

It's a shame they cut the tusks off that warthog--oh, nevermind, it's a "car"~

For many years most people have assumed that small car styling was bland and had to be that way because of the lack of space to develop curves, etc. Well, Nissan got around that with deep cuts, curves, swoops, etc.

Come on, give them some credit for daring, and thinking outside the small box that most small cars are locked into.

I like it. It is better looking than the Qube. I guess this is the kind of thing Honda would never do-- unless you include the Element.

Give it a small turbo and I'd be pretty interested. I like the funky styling.

The love child of a Venza and a Neon perhaps?

I don't really like it or dislike it. Then again, I don't think this sucker is being marketing towards me (particularly since I can't stand crossovers). But the more I see it, the more it looks like a Rogue and a Cube got locked in a room for 9 months and this is the result.

And a lot of folks said the Crosstour is ugly!

Holy fncking ugly, batman! Given the commentary that the Terrain and Crosstour have generated, LTRTB should get one of these ASAP. Ugly cars are the only thing keeping the autoblogosphere alive these days!

I like it. Its about time we had a small car that didnt look like Corolla/Civic/Cobalt pieces of garbage.

Sign me up ill take two!

so every decade we have to deal with an extremely car produced...

"Holy fncking ugly, batman! "

Definitely. WHat an ugly, so FUGLY piece of............. nissan LOL
This car has to be the ugliest car I have ever seen.

Trying to gauge what the target audience was. It must have been the 'Is it uglier than crap? I'll buy it!' category.

Ugh, this is a real abomination, what is Nissan thinking with this thing?

If there was a Nissan car I wanted from Europe it would be the Nissan Qasqai... http://www.topspeed.com/cars/nissan-qashqai/ke1889.html

Although not visually appealing to me, this is an interesting/unique vehicle. I'll be looking forward to the test write-ups.

It looks wacky but cool. But come on guys what is it SUV, CUV, look how low is ground clearence is... I would rather by an all-wheel drive sedan and get the better gas mileage.

Hate to break it to you, mayoarceo, but your dream Qashqai is already over here. Change the front and rear styling and Hey Presto! It's the Rogue! The 2011 QQ redesign disguises it a bit, but if you look at the original Euro 2007 model, you'll see a Rogue. Apparently Nissan USA that Qashqai was a bit of an odd name for our market.

I like this thing, but then again I like the Vehicross, which apparently means I'm crazy. But this beats the hell out of another beige Camry.

Come on! I mean, it's only a few lines away from being interesting looking...when you are good and lit, that is!

Nissan spelled joke wrong.

In all seriousness though I think that some people will find it pleasing to look at. Most probably not... Depending on the drive train, feel and actual capacities it could sell enough to make a small profit, but could also turn into the next Aztek.

I like it. Much better than an aztec, whoever compared it to one should be shot.

How long before people start blacking out the top set of lights with lens-tint or spray?

@eltimbo-
I thought the exact same thing when I drove the Qashqui in Italy this winter (it was a diesel, pretty nice car). Then I came back and did a little research. Apparently the only thing that the Rogue shares is styling. Chassis, engine, suspension is all different. I thought it was really odd.

This is a fantastic looking small car. While the rest come out with femmy looking, no muscle utes, this is a breath of fresh air. Looks much better than alot of other small cars. Nissan is going to be the next cutting edge car manufacturer now that Toyota is having horrible quality problems and Honda has become boring.

"Nissan is going to be the next cutting edge car manufacturer now that Toyota is having horrible quality problems and Honda has become boring. "

When did Nissan's quality problems go away?

Wow. It's one thing to totally screw up the styling of a car to make it look dated, but this looks like Nissan's engineers didn't even try!

Cross a Leaf, Murano, and Versa, and THIS is what you got apparently...

come on, really Nissan, i mean really, what are your designers smoking???

This CUV would be okay if it was not for the four head lights. It would be like a woman having four breasts. You can have to much of a good thing.

i really like this car, I will buy one if it comes with Turbo

The bulky shape somehow reminds me of the Pontiac Aztec. also, the headlights rising above the top of the hood means they will be in your line of site at all times, and could add to eye strain during night driving (in addition to worsening your night vision).

I like the concept however.

@tehnighthawk says:
05:18 AM, 03/ 7/10
"I like it. Much better than an aztec, whoever compared it to one should be shot. "

Really? I should be shot? LOL

The Aztek reference in many cars today show that while the Aztek was a failure it did have some good design elements that were never seen all the way through. Look at how many 2010 Azteks are coming out...BMW, Acura, Honda, Hyundia...

But the smaller car segment is always more interesting. The #1 selling car is boring...because most people are boring.

iver_builder says:

11:58 AM, 03/ 5/10

Is Nissan letting you guys stage spy photos for ALL their products? First the 370z 40th ann. car and now this.

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That was the first thought that popped into my head.

And I've never seen any "Allen Photography" spy shots on the web before. What happened to Brenda Priddy?