Nissan makes Juke, avoids tackle by dullness
22.05.06
Banality.
At some point, some bigwig at Nissan decided it's OK to be different. The company has some sharp, mainstream-styled vehicles (the Maxima and Altima come immediately to mind), but this is also the company that gave us the unsightly Cube.
But to my eyes from some perspectives, the Juke makes the Cube seem as sexy as Angelina Jolie. I'm not alone. The first time I tried to drive it out of a parking lot, the attendant wouldn't open the gate until he weighed in on it.
"I hope you don't mind my saying so, sir, but that's a very strange looking vehicle," he said.
I replied, "I don't think it's strange as much as plain ugly. At least from the front."
He smiled and said, "I agree. Totally. But I didn't want to insult you."
The 2011 Juke SV AWD was a test vehicle, so I wasn't insulted. But I am amazed that Nissan had the guts to deliver such a polarizing design.
No, that's being kind. The Juke's styling isn't merely polarizing, it's bipolar. The rear is sleek, swoopy, sporty and intriguing. The front is simply hideous, a combination of contrasting and contradictory bubbles and bulges that more closely resemble a mutant Mr. Potato Head than any other vehicle.
Source: Press Herald
