A hybrid option was available for the previous model year but appears to be discontinued: Nissan doesn't have any on its press fleet and you can't configure one at its website.Īll Rogues get the same Xtronic automatic gearbox, but there's a choice of front- or all-wheel drive. It's not the clever new variable-compression turbo engine from the Infiniti QX50 or new Altima rather, it's a naturally aspirated, port-injection four-cylinder unit that provides 170hp (127kW) and 175ft-lbs (237Nm). The mechanical bitsĪll Rogues get the same 2.5L engine.

MY2018 Rogues got an added bump in the way of Nissan's latest infotainment system and more advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) up to and including ProPilot Assist-depending on the trim level-that help the car get top marks from the safety raters IIHS. The Rogue-known elsewhere as the Nissan X-Trail-has been around since 2013 with a mid-life refresh in 2017. And the hybrid version that was available for model year 2017 is missing in action. The steering is so light it's almost disconcerting.

A week with one of America's best-selling vehicles once again proves I'm out of the mainstream, or too many people are happy to settle. Yet if that sounds like I'm damning the Rogue with faint praise, I am. All of which is to say, it's not a bad vehicle. IIHS rates it highly, and I even think it looks pretty good, if a bit fussy. It's pretty good value for money even the cheapest $24,800 front-wheel drive Rogue S comes with a lot of standard equipment. It's spacious, easily carrying four large humans-or five, if some of them are smaller-and their stuff. It's easy to see why vehicles like this have displaced the sedan as America's go-to for driving a family around. That makes it the fifth best-selling vehicle in the US, narrowly losing out to the Toyota RAV4 (407,594) and the trio of domestic trucks that always sweeps the podium. In 2017, Nissan sold 403,465 Rogue crossovers.

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