• Pros

• Great Visibility.
• Comfortable, quiet. Ride is on the softer side, which is what most people want.
• Easy to drive and maneuver.
• Intuitive controls for heat and audio. Very little you have to use the touch screen for.
• It’s got a four-cylinder engine with a continuously-variable transmission, and it had plenty of power for a car this size and weight. The engine really impressed us, and is more than adequate.
• Mileage was a very decent 23 city/32 highway. Be aware that Nissan also sells the previous generation of the Rogue, under the name Rogue Select (as in, “Select a cheaper alternative”) that gets far poorer mileage, and lacks other upgrades.
• “Birds Eye View” backup camera is the best in the business. We wish all cars had this. It uses four cameras on all sides of the car, and stitches the images together so it looks like you’re looking down from the sky, and seeing the car from that view. It works really well. Few cars are easier to park than the Rogue with this feature.
• Lane departure warning and a lane-change warning, which illuminates a light on the side-view mirror if a vehicle is in the next lane. Nice to see features like this and the Birds Eye View camera on moderately priced cars.
• The backseat is comfortable, with plenty of room for adults.
• Rivals include the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV-4, which are all roughly the same price. The CR-V does have one of our favorite features, a nice side-view camera.

• Cons

• Dull, in a way that nearly-perfect cars can be.
• It’s the Toyota Camry of small crossovers. There’s nothing to complain about. It does everything well, but there’s absolutely nothing exciting about this car. It’s a transportation appliance. But an excellent transportation appliance.

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