TL AUTOS aáiifieds Nissan's Sales Leader Advantages of Rogue Crossover Make it Brand's Top Seller ProPilot Assist is available as part of the Platinum Package, a $790 option only available on the upscale Itima, Sentra and Maxima may be the Nissans with the best name recognition, but Other upgrades for the Rogue in 2018 include standard NissanConnect smartphone capability,featuring Apple CarMay and Android Auto -r-r- comparison to the one I'm driving along with a new Midnight Edition The midsize Rogue crossover has risen to become Nissan's top selling vehicle, easily surpassing the sedans that once served as the bread and butter for this lapanese brand. It been such a hit that Nissan spun ofl an ever-so-slighly smaller sibling, the Rogue Spot, last year to give buyers a subtly different twist and juice its sales numbers even further that offers a villainous, blacked-out look to the grille and emblems What was tested? 2018 Nissan Rogue SL AWD ($32,410). Options: Premium Package ($1,820), Platinum Package ($790), Platinum Reserve interior ($250). Price as tested (including $960 destination charge): $36,230 Wheelbase: 106.5 in. Why has the Hogue become sucha Part of it is sheer luck, as buyers ickle tastes have switched away from sedans and toward crossovers. If you want a trendy car for the family in The Rogue outsells more long-running nameplates including the Altima, Maxima and Sentra in 2018, you'll shop for somhng ke Nissan's lineup. the Rogue with its SUV-inspired looks, upright stance and hig honkin to oher vehicles parked next to it on which was focused on huge vehicles houghtfully tuned to mimic shift cargo door in back Width: 72.4 in. Height: 68.5 in Engine: 2.5-ter four cylinder (170 hp, 175 lbs.-ft.) your Nissan dealers lot. that guzzle gas and cost a small points like a traditional automatic It's also a big reason for the Ros Transmission: Continuously Another part is more logical thought. The Rogue oflers some key price or fuel-ecmy downside advantages and very few drawbacks, compared to a trad tional sedan. For one, it doesnt have much ofa fortune, today's crossovers are impressive fuel-burn numbers. The Rogue's hase price of $24.00 My picky car-nerd gripes about the Fuel economy: 26 city, drietrain are offset by a new feature 33 highway available this year: ProPilot Assist both compared to its competition and Unlike the SUV craze of the 1990s within spitting distance of the tima sedan, and its EPA fuel economy ratings of 26 mpg in the city n this class of vehicle, with an and 33 on the highway are miserly for as-tested price around $36,000 thanks to all-wheel drive and options that Performance: 6 That's not 10 say it's perfect. wish pumped the cost up, I've never dien it offered a power upgrade, seeing how its 170-horsepower, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine feels merely adequate at times. Its mediocrity is maintain a set distance from the highlighted by the power going through a continuously variable trans- perfectly centered in a well-marked mission (CVT), giving its acceleration a lane. It's also easy to use, with only markedly rubber-band Eike sound and two buttons needed to activate it feel when you stomp on the gas pedal Ifound it comparable to systems utonomous system. Handling: 7 ProPilot Assist can brake and accelerate in stop-and-go traffic vehicle in front of you and keep itself Comfort: 6 Quality: 6 Overail: 7 t.Why buy it? Handsome looks, a fa found on dramatically more esefiendly layout, affordable pricing Granted- and consider this a huge compliment given my loathingVolvos and Cadillacs, It offers a of CVTs the version in the Rogue id, ell-sorted semi-autonomous and good gas mileage The Rogue's interior features good visibility, ample cargo space andoo anwful. Many buyers wontdriving experience that I didn't expect compelling alternative to the a roomy cabin for passengers notice the difference because it's from a velhicle at this price point traditional sedan.