The perfect score was just missed by margins, owing to poor ratings of standard headlight set up in the base trim, and child seat anchors. The 2018 Nissan Rogue has also scored excellent in the crash-worthiness tests by both NHTSA and IIHS. The 2018 Nissan Rogue can be divided into three different trims and each adds more safety and driving assistance aids for better safety. The list includes an advanced airbag system, blind-spot monitoring, Rear cross-traffic alert, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, and more. The standard suite of features is hi-tech and helps avoid possible crashes or collisions. In the suck-squeeze-bang-blow department, all trims come with a 2.5-liter engine, an aspirated four-pot that cranks out 181 horsepower and 181 pound-feet (245 Nm) of torque.The 2018 Nissan Rogue is a popular vehicle in the Japanese automaker’s lineup, hence safety is a top priority with both performance and practicality. Speaking of which, the Rogue S is pretty well equipped thanks to goodies that include 17-inch aluminum alloys and an 8.0-inch touchscreen multimedia system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.Īt the other end of the spectrum, the Platinum Intelligent AWD will set you back $36,830 plus freight for add-ons such as ProPILOT Assist with Navi-link, quilted semi-aniline leather seats, a digital instrument cluster, door-to-door navigation, and wireless CarPlay integration. The entry-level trim, which is called S, can be spruced up with all-wheel drive for $1,400. Turning our attention back to the Rogue, the smaller brother of the Murano and Pathfinder is available to purchase from $25,750 excluding destination charge. The Japanese automaker received three stars from the NHTSA for the Sentra sedan, and the IIHS downgraded the Titan extended and crew-cab pickup truck from “good” to “acceptable” for the 2021 model year. Looking at the bigger picture, this worrying result for passenger-side protection in the event of a frontal crash is nothing new for Nissan. Speaking to The Car Connection, a representative made it clear that “Nissan is aware of the rating and has applied updates to the front passenger-restraint systems.” These updates, whatever their nature, have also been applied to the Rogue assembled at the Smyrna plant in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

According to the safety agency, the woeful score applies to vehicles manufactured before January 28th at the Kyushu facility in Japan. The NHTSA awarded the 2020 model year Rogue four stars out of five, which is a fairly reasonable rating, but the newcomer couldn’t do better than two stars.

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