2024 Nissan Juke unveiled with tech overhaul, due in Australia this year

The Nissan Juke city SUV has received its biggest update since this generation was unveiled nearly five years ago – with a significant interior upgrade – due in Australian showrooms at the end of this year.

It is the mid-life update for what is Nissan's least-popular SUV in Australia – and the second-slowest seller in the 'light SUV' class – with just 1256 Jukes reported as delivered last year, compared to nearly 16,000 Mazda CX-3s.

Australian showroom arrivals are due at the end of 2024, pending any delays. Prices are expected to rise beyond the $28,390 to $36,890 plus on-road costs of the current model introduced here in mid-2020.

Exterior changes are focused on a new yellow paint colour, as Nissan claims «the question we were asked most frequently» by customers since the latest Juke launched was «will there be a yellow one».

It is said to be paler than the yellow offered on the original Juke – while the black and white paint options have been revised, and there are new alloy wheel designs on more expensive models in Europe.

The most significant changes have occurred inside, where there is now a pair of 12.3-inch screens – for instruments and infotainment – compared to the previous 8.0-inch touchscreen and 7.0-inch driver display with analogue dials of the outgoing model.

The infotainment touchscreen has been tilted by eight degrees towards the driver for easier reach.

It runs Nissan's latest software with wireless Android Auto now joining carry-over wireless Apple CarPlay, plus improved voice recognition, and in Europe an updated satellite navigation system which now includes speed camera locations and fuel prices.

The digital instrument cluster – as seen in the Qashqai, X-Trail and other new Nissans – offers multiple views, and can display a map between the dials.

There is a new dashboard to accomodate the enlarged touchscreen, plus a reworked centre console with a longer armrest, a slot for credit cards, USB-C ports (in addition to USB-A), and an electric parking brake as standard.

There is now a wireless smartphone charging pad in some models, which Nissan says «can accommodate a smartphone as large as a iPhone 12 Pro Max» – a phone which ended production three