Nissan Juke - An honest review of a controversial car
Nissan Juke - An honest review of a controversial car
The Juke has been described as a ‘marmite’ car. But is it actually any good?
Full review of a 2016 Mk1 Nissan Juke Tekna.
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0.64 -> The Nissan Juke's gonna be an
interesting car for me to review because
4.4 -> I don't know if you've noticed, or actually had
a look at any of the reviews of this car online
7.92 -> it's not the most highly regarded car on the
internet. I just wanted to know - is it
12 -> true? Or is it just one of those cars that people
like to get on the bandwagon of hating the car?
20.48 -> So the Nissan Juke came out way back in 2010 - it's
a compact crossover car and it's the very first
25.84 -> of the really small cars that are basically jacked
up on stilts. You're obviously higher up than your
30.96 -> average car which gives you a commanding
view of the road. It's got very light steering, so it
35.68 -> feels like it's very easy to maneuver around
town. It does feel like a little
39.76 -> city car in that regard. The clutch is actually
quite stiff, which is a unexpected for a city
46.24 -> car. It's not very long - it's only slightly
longer than a Nissan Micra, so although it looks
51.92 -> like a big car - it isn't. The bonnet you can
see in front of you, and you can see
56.32 -> the lights which are designed by Nissan to
give you a position indicator of where
60.72 -> the front of the car is - and it does work. And at
night time you can even see the indicator working
64.8 -> so they look pretty cool. You've got
huge wing mirrors, in that you can see the
69.68 -> bizarre shape of the car - the rear arches which
protrude from the back of the car and give it that
74.96 -> haunched look. The Juke is a strange
looking car, and I actually don't mind how it looks.
80.4 -> I think it's quite an interesting design, and at
least they tried to do something with it, but I can
85.2 -> certainly understand why some people think it's
strange looking. The side of the car with the glass
89.36 -> that pinches back and gets smaller - that's
supposed to look like a motorcycle helmet visor.
94.72 -> Trying to make it a bit like a coupe style design,
you've got the the rear door handles which are hidden
99.6 -> in the back plastic part of the top of the
door - I thought that was a recent trend but
103.44 -> Nissan have been doing it since the 80's with
their Pathfinder. I like this general layout
108.88 -> of everything in front of me,
you've got these two big obvious dials for
114.24 -> the revs and speed, you've got this little screen
in the middle which puts everything condensed into
118.32 -> this one little screen, so you've got all your
information which you can switch between on
122.16 -> the steering wheel - MPG and miles remaining. Nice
steering wheel in front of you, it's got all of
127.36 -> the controls you need on it including radio and
phone and your cruise control as well which
132 -> I always like cruise control on the steering
wheel because it's easy to just flick on and
134.88 -> off. The centre console here - surrounding the
gear stick - is supposed to be like a fuel tank
138.96 -> on a motorcycle, and then you've got these weird
like ring pull type door handles on the doors.
148.24 -> True to form of the the crossover class, this
car is front wheel drive. Now you can get it as
154.24 -> all-wheel drive but so few are available with
that system. In terms of its off-roading ability
160.4 -> of course it doesn't have any, but what it does
have is some ground clearance which means that
164.96 -> when you're coming up to potholes and curbs and
things that you would otherwise be fairly
170.32 -> fearful of in your regular hatchback, you can just
kind of go over it in this. You've got quite a good view
175.44 -> out the back window, there is a
blind spot and the rear three quarter c-pillar
180.72 -> of the car - it's quite fat. The ride comfort
is the first thing I noticed that I'm not
186.4 -> so impressed with, and it's because it feels
quite firm and uncomfortable really in some
191.36 -> situations where you're hitting big potholes or
bumpy bits of road, and you'd think with it being...
196.08 -> *hits a pothole* woah there we go...
197.932 -> raised up off the ground and with
lots of suspension it'd be more comfortable but
200.96 -> I think that's because Nissan wanted to build
a crossover car that had a high centre of
204.8 -> gravity but they still wanted to make it handle
all right as well. There were a few different
208.24 -> engines available - this one's got the 1.5 diesel
which is a good all-rounder if you want a diesel.
213.68 -> It's got enough performance - over 150
miles in this car I got 65 mpg which is really
220.08 -> impressive. It's £20 a year to tax if you
get a car that's pre 2017 in the UK. But of course
225.36 -> there were also petrols available - initially a 1.6
litre and a 1.6 litre turbo, which was actually
230.4 -> quite quick! Later on - and it became quite a popular
engine - was the 1.2 litre turbo petrol as well.
236.353 -> With this being the Tekna model, it's quite
a high-spec one but the Juke did come with all
241.12 -> sorts of interesting kit on it. This one's got four
cameras - one at the front, one at the back and one on
246.24 -> each wing mirror. It's got lane keep assist, blind
spot monitoring, it's got keyless entry. Most
251.04 -> systems you have the key in your pocket and you get
in the car, with this one you have your key in your
254.48 -> pocket but you have to press a button on the door
to open the door, and I quite like that because
258.72 -> you can use the button to lock it as well, and it
means that you know that the car is locked and you
262.64 -> don't have to like walk away wondering if it's
locked itself or not. In all but the lowest spec
267.28 -> Juke you'll get this thing called the I-CON climate
control system. Now it's in 'Climate', all the buttons
272.56 -> are for the climate control, but then when you
switch it into 'Drive Mode' all the buttons change
276.56 -> and you've got these different drive modes
like Normal, Eco and Sport - Nissan GT-R style stuff,
282.32 -> like being able to see the G-force and the torque
of the car which is just... it's pointless.
289.2 -> It's kind of a quirky little feature, but there's no
real way of me looking down at that while I'm
293.36 -> driving around these corners. So because of that
firm suspension, it does feel quite good
298.4 -> to drive actually, for one of these
sorts of cars, it doesn't handle too badly. There
303.6 -> isn't much body roll like you'd expect there to be
on a raised up car. I'm gonna put it into sport and
310.16 -> see how the car behaves... oh hello! Pretty sure the
steering feels heavier! I'm just gonna
316.4 -> change it back to normal - yeah that's quite light -
and then sport mode, I really wasn't expecting that.
322.4 -> I thought it would just be a throttle thing -
makes the throttle more responsive or whatever.
330.16 -> Bloody 'ell!
338.034 -> Getting comfortable in this car, you
can adjust the steering wheel up and down
341.12 -> but you can't adjust it outwards - there's no
adjustment for like lumbar support or anything so
346 -> your back is just going to be in whatever position
your back's in, which over distance I find that the
350.08 -> the seats - especially these leather ones -
they're quite hard and uncomfortable.
353.52 -> Practicalities up front in this car - the fat bottomed
bottle, it sort of fits in the cup holders but
358.4 -> it doesn't fully go down to the bottom.
And again for the side door pockets it kind of
363.28 -> half wedges in to it. You've got this arm rest
here which gets in the way of the handbrake when
369.92 -> it's down, which is kind of annoying, and then
inside it it's got a little cubby hole.
374.96 -> Glovebox, which is on the smallish side. A little tray
here in the centre console, and then next to it
380.32 -> you've got aux-in and USB. There's a mirror in the
sun-visor, but there's no light around it so it's
384.8 -> not going to illuminate your face at night when
you're doing your makeup. It's now time to ask
388.64 -> Backseat JJ what he thinks of the back seats
of the Nissan Juke?
392.534 -> Yeah no problem mate! As you
394 -> can see I'm just about fitting, my knees
are just there, my head's just touching the roof
399.12 -> It is only a small car though remember?
400.999 -> Yeah
that's that's a good point actually.
It is a little
402.96 -> bit dingy, these are
tinted windows here, and they're quite narrow so
408.4 -> sort of a little bit claustrophobic. Also have you
told them about the safety features of the Nissan
412.72 -> Juke - it's a five-star Euro NCAP car, so it's a
pretty safe car. If you get a post 2015 facelift
421.28 -> Juke then the boot is actually bigger - you get
space underneath where you can
425.2 -> lower the floor and fit more stuff in, or you can
keep the floor where it is and have a flat load
430.48 -> lip so you can slide things in easier. The seats
fold 60/40 and when they fold they fold totally
434.96 -> flat which is really good, not all cars will do
that. So it's reasonably practical back here but
440.56 -> especially if you get the facelift model.
442.603 -> You don't
just get a reverse camera on this car - you get
445 -> a reverse camera, a camera on the front and
then one in each wing mirror so
449.28 -> you get four cameras and then Nissan stitch it all
together into this like 360 degree surround view
456.08 -> of the car. So when you are in reverse
it will automatically put it on and if you press this
461.84 -> camera button here it will also bring it on. It
kind of looks like you've got a drone flying
465.84 -> above the car that can see everything around
the car. It's really quite a cool bit of tech.
471.36 -> In the 80's and 90's Nissan was a byword for
reliability. It's not really the case anymore
478.08 -> - these are not unreliable - but there are some issues.
This one's got two of the quite common
483.2 -> problems that the Juke can have - on the infotainment
system, the radio the volume fades out to nothing
488.96 -> now and again. Apparently a software update
might sort that out. The aircon condenser is down
494.96 -> at the bottom in front of the radiator, there's
a great big hole in front of the car to let air
498.88 -> in and it's known as the wine rack because of the
shape of the bumper. A stone will chip the condenser
504.56 -> and then all of your aircon refrigerant will just
come out and then your aircon doesn't work anymore.
509.12 -> Sadly for this diesel engine, it's not known
as the most reliable - it was ranked 30 out of
513.52 -> 35 for this kind of car with What Car. The petrols fared
518.48 -> a bit better - 9th out of
35 so that's pretty good...is that an F355?
525.6 -> yeah, wow!
527.125 -> Generally speaking, I think that the
the boys up in Sunderland who built this car
531.12 -> they didn't do a bad job - this is of course a UK
built car. Problem is, because the ride's quite firm
535.84 -> I can hear a bit of rattling coming
from the back. Is the Nissan Juke as bad as some
540.48 -> people make out? I'm gonna just tell you now -
no it isn't. It's not a bad car,
546.96 -> the only real things that I'm not a big fan
of are the ride comfort and the seats - these
551.84 -> leather seats in this Tekna version at least,
are quite firm. The design of the whole car,
556.8 -> I quite like it. It's different at
least, okay you see them everywhere now so
562.32 -> it's not as interesting as it might have once been.
What do you think about the Nissan Juke? Whether
566.88 -> you've got one, or you're thinking of getting one,
or you've just watched this video out of curiosity,
571.44 -> do you like the car? Do you like the style of it?
A big thank you to Natalie for lending me the car,
576.64 -> and uh if you want to see a review of the Vauxhall
Mokka which was a direct competitor to this car
582 -> click up here. It's definitely worth looking into
that car if you if you're interested in this one
586.32 -> and I'll see you in the next video
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tEBrj8f4wE