Nissan Juke-R 2.0 - a Matt Black Marvel at Goodwood

You can always rely on the Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal a few surprises from a plethora of car manufacturers and as marketing ideas go, such events offer a fantastic platform for worldwide publicity.

The new Juke-R 2.0 is one such vehicle to make its debut at this year’s festival, echoing the all-powerful NISMO (Nissan Motorsport International – the performance arm of Nissan) equipped Juke. The Juke-R 2.0 can be seen here sporting a fantastic street racer-style matt black paint job and looked every inch capable of the 600bhp Nissan say it can muster.

With a top speed of over 200mph and 0-60 in around 3 seconds (yes, 3 seconds) the Juke-R 2.0 is looking to be an even more exciting prospect that its predecessor.

All that power needs some heat control, and the Juke-R 2.0 features a carbon fibre bumper with strategically placed inlets to channel air to the engine to take some of the heat away. In fact, much of the bodywork is the same as the 2014 face-lifted Juke model.

Inside, the Juke-R adds bucket seats – rather reminiscent of the original ‘wipe clean’ style that the model I saw on display at the original Juke launch was sporting.

Over the weekend, the Juke-R 2.0 became more than just a static beauty to be marvelled at, as Jann Mardenborough, GT Academy winner and LM P1 driver, put the V6 twin-turbo Juke through its paces over several runs of the infamous Goodwood hill climb.

This Juke model retains the connection with the GT-R and borrows the supercar’s wheels as well as the uprated engine itself.

Nissan have not confirmed that this matt black marvel will be put into production as yet, but knowing the way Nissan do things, I would be surprised to not see this vehicle make an appearance on the marketplace in one form or another in the not too distant future.

Images: Nissan UK

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