ab-b Hyundai readying Juke rival with 'edgy, dynamic styling' for 2017
 

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Love it or hate it, the Nissan Juke has drawn attention to itself and to its maker. Little wonder, then, that Hyundai wants to follow a similar formula.



According to our compatriots over at Edmunds, Hyundai has a whole raft of new products in the works - as you'd expect from the world's fourth-largest automaker - including replacements for the current Tucson and Elantra sometime next year, but also a subcompact crossover to target the Juke, not to mention tiny softroading rivals like the forthcoming Chevrolet Trax. Details at this point are few and far between, but it appears Hyundai is committed to making it as zany as the Nissan it will target. The Korean automaker revealed the Curb concept (pictured above) along similar lines at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show.



Hyundai Motor America CEO Dave Zuchowski tells Edmunds not to expect a mini Tuscon, but to "Think of maybe something that looks like a Juke or something that has edgy, dynamic styling." Considering how off-the-map Hyundai went with the Veloster and its unconventional array of doors, we know the Korean automaker can think outside the box for this Gen-Y crossover. Whether the edge tiny CUV market has space for more than the Juke, however, is another matter. One way or another, look for the tiny Korean crossover to arrive sometime in 2017.Hyundai readying Juke rival with 'edgy, dynamic styling' for 2017 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Needs to make over 200HP, have an available manual trans and be offered with AWD, or it's not a Juke competitor.

I've tested the Juke several times. You can fart under the hood of just about anything and it'll be a Juke competitor.

The Juke was a cool concept but the execution was crap.

I owned one. Highly underrated. Twice, I smoked the same Veloster Turbo owned by a tech at our sister Hyundai store. Mine was rated at 188HP at the crank but made 192 at the tires... stock. If Hyundai builds a 170 HP fwd CVT car, it'll be more of a Nissan Cube competitor.