The unveiling of the Nissan Juke-R prototype has been as slow and painstaking as the car’s actual build. First we received initial details, a rendering and video of the project under way. Over the course of the following few weeks, Nissan continued keeping us on our toes with a series of videos showing the project coming together. Now that the vehicle has finally reached completion, the Japanese automaker has released a solitary image of the finished product.

Those unfamiliar ought to be impressed: Nissan took the drivetrain from its top-of-the-line GT-R – including its advanced all-wheel-drive system, twin-clutch transmission and 3.8-liter twin-turbo 480-horsepower V6 – and shoehorned it into one of its smallest vehicles, the Juke crossover. Of course, it wasn’t as simple as all that, as the Juke had to be completely gutted down to its frame and rebuilt from the ground up to accommodate an engine more than twice the size of what it was designed for.

In the end, Nissan will build two of these prototypes: one in right-hand drive (for its own roads back in Japan and those where it was built in England) and one in left-hand drive (for the rest of the civilized world). The release of this solitary photo follows a surprise unveiling in front of members of the press at a demo event in Spain.

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If you’re a Porsche fan, there were enough precious metals at this weekend’s Rennsport Reunion IV to put a flutter of butterflies in the sturdiest of stomachs. The company naturally made sure to capture the moment, and just as naturally, it wasn’t any mere point-and-shoot affair.

For a gorgeous time-lapse look at how 40 vintage Porsche racers (including 911s, 935s, 917s, 962s and 956s) posed for the camera in the California sun, the rest of the story is in the video after the jump.

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A small throng of suspicious-acting people with a camo’d mystery car can’t help but attract attention. Expecting privacy in a public area near a busy shopping mall while shooting the unknown car is also rather presumptuous. Thus, despite the efforts of the staff on hand (including threats of lawsuits), bystanders managed to get photos of this Peugeot… something.

The small-statured vehicle with a bold stance may be well-covered in these photographs, but our money is on it being the EX1 concept that’s expected to debut at this year’s Paris Motor Show. It’s about the right size and shape to be the 2012 Peugeot 208, as well, but the heftier-than-normal wheels make the concept car a much more likely prospect. If the EX1 doesn’t appear in Paris later this month, we’ll just have to keep our eyes peeled for a Peugeot ad that looks like it was shot in an Icelandic parking lot.

[Source: Pressan.is (translated)]

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