GOING ROGUE GETS SAFER, SWANKIER
The Rogue is Nissan’s best-selling vehicle, ranking No. 3 on the sales charts in the white-hot compact SUV segment behind the new-for-2019 Toyota RAV4 and new-for-2017 Honda CR-V. That’s an amazingly strong showing given that the current Rogue came out in 2013, is less powerful, and has a smaller back seat than nearly all its competitors. For 2021, Nissan is finally poised to right those wrongs and attempt a sales surge.
The third-gen Rogue is based on a significantly revamped version of the current CMF-C/D architecture, which now shares some basics with the new Sentra, less with the Altima. It’s cloaked in adventurous styling that was previewed by the X-Motion concept from the 2018 Detroit auto show.
Hallmarks of the design include the “floating” roof (now available in contrasting black) and a double V-Motion grille that sweeps up to meet a higher and brawnier-looking hood. In a refreshing change from the norm for most SUVs, it does not get
