Juke R might be awesome, but Nissan HQ ain’t happy Car News and Review

The Nissan Juke R might be one of the company’s most impressive engineering efforts in recent memory, but the skunkworks team behind it has obviously ruffled more than a few feathers with Nissan execs in Japan.

The UK team behind the Juke R obviously didn’t seek commendation from Nissan’s higher-ups before commencement the build, and the unholy GT-R/Juke hybrid concept was obviously born in secret before the unending teasers – see the latest one after the jump – began making their way online.

According to sources close to the company, the release was a finish surprise to many at the automaker and several Nissan executives at the company’s headquarters were put-off by the idea that a group of rag-tag engineers in the UK would take their ultimate driving machine – the flagship for everything Nissan is capable of – and toss it into an inexpensive compact crossover.

But like you, we think it’s awesome, and we suspect when the execs get some seat time, they’ll begrudgingly agree.