I was reading on the USA juke site the other day a discussion as to why the "JUKE" was so called there were a couple of possibilties for this so I thought I would ask Nissan if they could explain where the name came from and why they didnt stick with Qazana. I now from recent Nissan visits that Nissan consider that car names only work with a max of 2 syllables. Here is what I got back from Nissan.
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answer to you question. there's nothing officially defined per-se, but
essentially the Qazana name didn't work on
a global level due to pronunciation issues with some dialects. Nissan wanted a
global name for Juke, as unlike Qashqai the product would be universal in
positioning context around the world. (Qashqai in USA for
example is known as Rogue, and is positioned more closely to a product that
fits half way between the European Qashqai and X-Trail). The Juke name was
influenced by an American music/dance genre that was believed to deliver a
strong association to Juke's design ethos and positioning.
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In
answer to you question. there's nothing officially defined per-se, but
essentially the Qazana name didn't work on
a global level due to pronunciation issues with some dialects. Nissan wanted a
global name for Juke, as unlike Qashqai the product would be universal in
positioning context around the world. (Qashqai in USA for
example is known as Rogue, and is positioned more closely to a product that
fits half way between the European Qashqai and X-Trail). The Juke name was
influenced by an American music/dance genre that was believed to deliver a
strong association to Juke's design ethos and positioning.
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