When it comes to extreme production cars, the limited run Nissan Juke-R takes the cake, and rightfully so since the Japanese automaker essentially dropped the body of its small crossover over the (shortened) chassis and powertrain of the supercar-slaying GT-R sports car.
In prototype form, the Juke-R uses the MY10 GT-R’s 485hp V6, but the actual production model, which will carry a base price of $590,000 (about €473,000), will get the even more powerful 545hp turbocharged engine from the improved MY12 (2013MY in North America) GT-R.
There’s no doubt that the Juke-R is fast, something that Nissan tried to prove itself by racing the test car against several supercars in Dubai including the Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ and the Ferrari 458 Italia.
Car&Driver magazine decided to perform a test of its own and compare the craziest crossover model in production against an equally insane sports car, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS on the track.
The most powerful road-going Porsche 911 ever built sports a twin-turbocharged flat-six delivering 611hp (620PS) and 516 lb-ft (700Nm) of peak torque linked to a six-speed manual driving the rear wheels for a factory 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint time of 3.5 seconds.
To see how the two cars compare, hop over the break for the video.
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