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Originally Posted by coltrain
I think it's funny how Nissan originally got pissed that the Juke-R and build videos were labeled as Nissan, but weren't actually from the car company. The Juke-R was created by someone else.
Now that the Juke-R has gained popularity, Nissan is backing them up now lol.
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Like MC said, it was the Nissan Europe arm that did this so still Nissan. Japan just didn't know about it until late into the project.
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AutoExpress-What do you think of the Juke R? Were you involved in the project?
Mizuno-No no, I was never contacted about this. The project is nothing to do with the GT-R, it’s a Nissan Europe project. In fact the team that works on the GT-R and the Juke team don’t know each other at all.
AE-So were you angry when you heard about it?
Mizuno-A little bit because I’m proud of the GT-R team, they are all well trained and work hard and honestly. It’s a pure and precious project, not one that needs to be publicised by putting the engine in another model.
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I find it funny that he is upset over this, even a little bit. I would have been exstatic if I were in his position. To have another branch of the company take my work and adapt it to work in another form would be a prtty big compliment imo.
Also, I think the Juke-R was more about promoting the Juke, not the GTR.