Nissan Juke or Ford Ecosport

[niky]

Don't like the ATs on either car. Thankfully, the EcoSport Trend variant is available with an MT.

[Sleepcare]

^ Sir, can you tell us why? Specifically for the Juke. Because I was expecting Altima or Sylphy smoothness for its transmission.

[niky]

^ Sir, can you tell us why? Specifically for the Juke. Because I was expecting Altima or Sylphy smoothness for its transmission.

It's smooth enough, but a 1.6 AT in a car that weighs 1.3 tons is not going to go anywhere fast.

It's like driving a 1.6 Focus. Nice around corners, but it takes an excruciatingly long time to get there.

[Egan101]

It's smooth enough, but a 1.6 AT in a car that weighs 1.3 tons is not going to go anywhere fast.

It's like driving a 1.6 Focus. Nice around corners, but it takes an excruciatingly long time to get there.

Thank goodness, Ford finally ditched that 1.6L engine in the Focus.

[Walter]

Ignore the advice of the speed demons here regarding the transmission ...

[niky]

Ignore the advice of the speed demons here regarding the transmission ...

Hehe. The only time I ever drove the EcoSport at anything above the speed limit was when we covered a Mustang trackday. There, it does fine, but it's in traffic where it shows its weaknesses.

The Nissan, I never actually drove fast. Stuck to 80 km/h on the highway when I had it. The sluggishness isn't actually as big a deal at high speed, anyway... it's when you're crawling from a stop that it feels heavy and unresponsive.

[Egan101]

*niky - would the 1.8L engine of the Sylphy be a better fit for the Juke? In the case of the Ecosport, maybe Ford should put a 1.0L turbo option just like what they did to the Focus in the US and EUR where they changed the base 1.6L motor with the 1.0L turbo.