Refreshed for model year 2024, the Nissan Rogue has entered MY25. Two improvements need to be highlighted, namely the optional ProPILOT Assist 2.1 system and the Rock Creed trim level.
ProPILOT is the automaker's way of saying driver assistance technology suite. In the 2025 Nissan Rogue, customers are presented with three different systems, beginning with standard ProPILOT Assist on the SV and newly introduced Rock Creek. This base system offers Intelligent Cruise Control and Steering Assist.
Stepping up to the optional ProPILOT Assist 1.1 of the SL and Platinum gets you a software-based update that enhances the driving experience by using sat-nav information to adjust the vehicle speed ahead of freeway interchanges/curves. ProPILOT Assist 2.1 is new for model year 2025, with this version enabling hands-free operation on single-lane freeways. ProPILOT Assist 2.1 utilizes Google built-in and can handle acceleration, braking, and steering assistance.
This range-topping spec is available on the SL and Platinum, which further sweetens the deal with a more advanced version of the Around View Monitor 360-degree camera system. Vehicles equipped with the optional Technology Package add two additional camera angles, enabling a 176-degree front view and the so-called Invisible Hood View mode. As you might have guessed by now, Invisible Hood View should help the driver avoid hard-to-see curbs.
Scheduled to reach dealers later this summer, the 2025 Nissan Rogue is much obliged to embrace the great outdoors as long as you opt for the Rock Creek edition. You can easily tell it apart from other trims by means of Lava Red exterior and interior accents, the gloss-black front grille and mirror, and the 17-inch wheels in satin black.
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Said alloys come with Falken Wild Peak all-terrain rubber measuring 235/65 by 17 inches. A tubular-style roof rack is also standard, as are the 12-volt power outlet in the cargo area, water-repellant leatherette seating with ballistic nylon, Intelligent All-Wheel Drive with Hill Descent Control, and HD Intelligent Around View Monitor with Off-Road View. But that's not all...
An upgrade pack sweetens the deal with luxury touches that include a heated steering wheel to complement the standard heated front seats, a wireless charging pad for your phone, four-way power adjustments for the passenger seat, memory for the driver's seat and mirrors, a reverse tilt-down function for said mirrors, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, LED accent lighting, and a motion-activated power liftgate.
Four exterior colors are offered, beginning with the pictured Baja Storm. The remainder comprises Everest White, Super Black, and Boulder Gray. Unfortunately, the Rogue Rock Creek features the very same 1.5-liter turbo as every other grade available for 2025. The KR15DDT is an overly complicated three-cylinder engine, for it flaunts a mechanism that changes the compression ratio from 8.0 to 14.0 as needed. The VC-Turbo technology is what prompted the federal watchdog to look into engine failure reports in December 2023.
NHTSA preliminary evaluation PE23023 concerns the 2021 to 2023 model year Nissan Rogue, followed by the 2019 to 2021 Infiniti QX50 and the 2019 to 2021 Nissan Altima. If this investigation leads to a safety recall, the Japanese automaker may be required to fix an estimated 454,840 vehicles.
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