

But it’s still one of the best you’ll find for under $22k to start. It may not be the only genuinely sporty compact crossover on the market anymore. And there’s less in the way of suffocating “safety” gewgaws like the annoying belt-minder buzzer that virtually every new vehicle – other than Nissan vehicles – now comes with. It’s also got some things going for it you can’t get in other vehicles of this type for any money – such as an available 360-degree bird’s-eye-view camera system.


Since then, competitors have come online, including most notably the new Kia Sportage, whose starting price of $18,500 undercuts the Rogue’s base price of $21,850 by three thousand three hundred fifty hard-to-ignore dollars.īut the Rogue’s still a contender on the merits – including the strongest performance for the dollar (more on this below).
