The new 2017 Rogue Sport is designed to expand the market in the US for Nissan's top-selling Rogue crossover.
09 Jan 2017 | 4390 Views | By Autocar Professional Bureau
The new 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport, which is designed to expand the market in the US for Nissan's top-selling Rogue crossover when it goes on sale later this year, is set to make its show debut today at the North American International Auto Show.
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The new 2017 Nissan Rogue Sport, which is designed to expand the market in the US for Nissan's top-selling Rogue crossover when it goes on sale later this year, is set to make its show debut today at the North American International Auto Show.
The redesigned Rogue broke Nissan's all-time US single month sales record for an individual model in December 2016 with sales of 40,477 units. The Rogue also passed Nissan's longtime sales leader, Altima, for the 2016 calendar year Nissan US sales crown.
The new Rogue Sport will be joined on stage by a new Nissan sedan concept. Presenting the two new vehicles will be José Muñoz, chief performance officer, Nissan Motor Co; chairman, Nissan North America Inc, and Shiro Nakamura, senior vice-president, chief creative officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
"The new Rogue Sport is a perfect addition to the red hot Rogue lineup, which is also adding a first-ever Rogue Hybrid model for 2017," said Michael Bunce, vice-president, Product Planning, Nissan North America, Inc. "With Rogue Sport's slightly smaller dimensions and sporty maneuverability, it's ideal for singles or couples without kids – or empty nesters – who want a sportier vehicle and can live with a little less cargo capacity than the current Rogue offers."
The Rogue Sport has a 2.3-inch shorter wheelbase and a 12.1-inch shorter overall length than Rogue, helping make it more maneuverable in city traffic and an ideal size for tight city parking spaces. Other city adventure features range from up to 61.1 cubic feet of cargo space (second row seat folded) and available innovative Divide-N-Hide Cargo System to the Around View Monitor (AVM) with Moving Object Detection (MOD).
Rogue Sport offers available Nissan Intelligent Safety Shield technologies including Forward Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection, Intelligent Cruise Control, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Forward Emergency Braking.
Rogue Sport is offered with a standard 141-horsepower 2.0-liter DOHC 16-valve inline 4-cylinder Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG) system engine and Xtronic transmission. It goes on sale at Nissan dealers in the US – in a choice of S, SV and SL grade levels – beginning in mid-2017.