Still, not every driver will consider the van. I’ll preach it from the mountaintops: the minivan is the ideal family vehicle, full stop. Nonetheless, it was a disappointing figure. This, and perhaps my heavy foot, may have affected my mileage. It was barely broken in, with fewer than 2,500 miles on the odometer. Over my week, the Rogue achieved 23.2 miles per gallon over mostly city driving – somewhat shy of the 25 mpg city and 27 mpg combined EPA ratings. I soon found that pulling the shift lever to the left and rearward twice to select a lower ratio allowed more immediate acceleration, though I’m certain fuel economy suffered a bit. The only time I noticed the lack of traditional gear ratios was when I mashed the throttle to accelerate in passing maneuvers there was a perceptible hesitation before I could confidently make my move. The 2017 Rogue, however, feels almost as good as a traditional, torque-converter automatic. I drove a 2008 Sentra for about a year as a company vehicle – that was an unfortunate, miserable driving experience, where the CVT answered my calls for a change in road speed with more sound than actual progress. I can say, however, its latest CVTs are immensely improved over earlier models. Yes, Nissan persists in using the continuously variable transmission it pioneered among mass-market vehicles. I heard no rattles, even when center-punching a poorly marked speed bump at something over the speed limit. Those 19-inch alloy wheels, paired with 55-series tires, should have given a jarring ride, but the drive was quiet, even over pockmarked Ohio side roads and interstates. It’s a minor annoyance, but it bugs me.ĭriving the Rogue was uneventful - in a good way. I had to press the SXM button on the center stack if I wanted to move to the next six. In most vehicles I’ve driven, I can toggle easily between all the presets across all three selections via the steering wheel controls, but the Rogue would only allow me the six presets per SXM set. I set 14 preset stations for the SiriusXM satellite radio, but there are only six “slots” for stations per media selection - SXM1, SXM2, and SXM3. My only gripe about the infotainment comes from the interplay between the steering wheel controls and the row of media selection buttons to the left of the touchscreen.
The nine-speaker Bose premium audio system was distortion free when I cranked the knob to wake the kids. The 7-inch display on this SL trim was bright and clear, offered great surround views when parking, and warned me of a possibly suicidal black cat napping in my driveway.
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