The Face Only a Mother Could Love: 2011 Nissan Juke

Get used to that face because you will be seeing it around your local neighbourhood this fall.

Nissan has confirmed that it’s new crossover, the Juke, will be arriving in Canada this September. Apparently, Nissan just couldn’t stand all the attention that the Pontiac Aztec was getting for its ugliness, so they just had to show them up.

The crossover will feature both 1.6 and 1.8 engines and will slot below the Rogue.

After the jump is more pics if you can stomach them.

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BREAKING: Three Employees from Tesla Motors Die In Plane Crash *

Three executives employees from Tesla Motors are dead after a small Cessna airplane crashed into a power line in Palo Alto, California this morning.

It is reported that the plane split in half with one half crashing into a house, and the other into the road. The three executives employees were the only ones on board. No one on the ground was killed or injured in the accident.

We hate to quote Fox News, but given that it’s actually a bit of good news in this tragedy, we’ll add that Fox has reported that founder Elon Musk was not on board the plane.

Tesla Motors is best known for it’s electric vehicle technology and being the among the first to popularize electric vehicles such as the Tesla Roadster.

*UPDATE: It is now being reported that it was ‘mid-level engineers’ that were aboard the plane, not executives.

Oh Hi: 2011 Volkwagen Polo GTI

After all the success from the Golf GTI, including winning the 2010 Canadian Car of the Year, Volkswagen figured they could repeat the magic in the much smaller Polo.

The Polo GTI will share its engine with the Seat Ibiza Cupra which develops 178 horsepower and 184 pound foot of torque. The engine will feature a turbo 1.4 litre 4 cylinder. It’s expected to make the 0-100 sprint in 6.9 seconds and has a top speed of 262 kph. Not too bad at all. There is only a mention of a seven speed DSG which concerns us. A GTI with no manual option? Let’s hope that it was mistakenly omitted from the press release. That being said, VW’s DSG is probably the best shifting automatic in the business.
Right now VW is still on the fence on bringing the Polo to North America, but should they pull the trigger, expect the GTI version to make the cut.

More pics after the jump.

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Bentley Continental Supersports vs. Nissan GT-R

Motor Trend had the opportunity to put these two rare breeds of sports cars against each other. If this seems like an odd comparo, well, it is. The Nissan GT-R has a starting price of around $80,000, while the Bentley will set you back $323,000. Seriously.

The Bentley is a whopping 1,000 pounds heavier than the GT-R, but it also retains the horsepower advantage with 631 bhp. On paper, it seems like they could be comparable.

Find out who won after the jump

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