2020 Nissan JUKE teased again

Another tease of the all-new second-generation Nissan JUKE has been released ahead of its official unveiling on the September 3.

The latest darkened image of the Nissan JUKE gives us a front-on look at both the star-shaped headlamps that and the thin LED daytime running lamps that sit above them.

It's hard to make out any other details, aside from the next JUKE employing striking styling yet again, rather than blend into the SUV crowded segment.

We expect it to have a large prominent grille, and to keep its rakish styling and squat muscular proportions.

Nissan didn't release any new information with its second tease, but we already know the next JUKE will be based on the Renault-Nissan CMF-B platform that underpins the new Renault Clio hatch and Captur small SUV.

Under the bonnet, the MkII Nissan JUKE is expected to be powered by the same small turbo-petrol engines as the Clio and Captur, with all-wheel drive reserved for more expensive automatic variants. Replacing the current JUKE’s 1.2- and 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engines will be 1.0-litre three-cylinder and 1.3-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engines from Europe’s QASHQAI.

Once again, a NISMO RS halo model should eventually be offered, alongside the first plug-in hybrid version.

Australian specifications are a long way off, since the new Nissan JUKE is not expected to go on sale globally until early 2020.

Unlike in Europe, where it found more than 100,000 customers annually, JUKE sales have always been slow in Australia, where registrations are down more than quarter in 2019.

So far this year the Japanese car-maker has sold just 266 JUKEs which pales into insignificance when compared with the 10,435 Mitsubishi ASX that found homes.