Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Nissan’s latest driving aid, ‘Active Trace Control’.
Usually I don’t like these new “aids”, but this one was alright.
Filmed in the all-new 2014 Rogue, down in Nashville, TN.
Here’s my review (called it a segment leader), and here’s the post about that trip. And good video-bombing, Mark Richardson.
Read my full review here on Autonet.ca. Liked it a lot.
It’s the finishings, though, where the Rogue outshines the competition. The instrument plastics are smooth, and the fake-o carbon fibre looks sharp, but it’s the soft-touch material found on all surfaces that really makes a difference. It may not translate in print, but it does in real life.
It’s a 2.5 L engine producing 170 hp and 175 lb-ft of torque, and the vehicle will tow 1,000 pounds (like a jet ski).
To call it sporty is a stretch, but it’s not supposed to be; the Rogue is a utility vehicle, and it does that well.
Buy the SV trim, the middle one, and forget the third row, it’s too small to be functional. As I said in my review, “It’s tiny; I barely fit, and I’m the size of a troll doll”.
But why I declared it the leader of the compact-SUV segment, is because of Nissan’s invention – the The Divide-N-Hide cargo area. Love it.
Bet this will be copied by the competitors.
I tested the Rogue in Nashville, here’s the post about that trip.
That’s their football stadium, LP Field.
And that’s Mark Richardson, photobombing my entire test video.
HAHA that’s good footage. Motoring TV has it right now, will link it up when it’s online.
Starting at – $23,498
Top trim – $33,098
Nashville, Tennessee – where the all-new 2014 Nissan Rogue is built; that’s why there.
I’ve always liked this city, here’s the blog tag.
Jeremy Sinek and I were drive partners again, I’ve introduced you before. We are hilarious.
We found this odd, movie-set-town inside the city; fake-land.
Not being a fan of music, the best of this city is lost on me.
Still fun night out with the auto journalist gang.
Some of us became obsessed with this street magician; he was so good, I’ll put him in his own post later this week. He put a cigarette out into my shirt.
Brand-new hotel, the Omni, it’s 2 weeks old new.
Which is how this came to be…
I’m laying on a hotel bed spread.
Cesspool! Usually soon as I enter the room, that thing gets ripped off and kicked in a corner.
Read my Nissan Rogue review here on Autonet.ca.
Loved it.
But I’m inclined that way (features clog up the ergonomics, are more to break, do they ever really get used).
That’s a keyless entry remote, but see there’s no push button? I still had to turn it over to start it.
It was strange…
Starting at – $23,978
This one – $30,160
