Nissan Updates Rogue, Adds Tech and Tweaks Styling

Matthew Guy
by Matthew Guy

As the calendar flips to 2024, Nissan is throwing some revisions at its bread-and-butter crossover. Appearance, in-car tech, and cabin materials are all getting a critical eye.


Most of the B&B will call these changes part of a midcycle refresh, and that’s entirely accurate. New front and rear fascias – you know, the parts that don’t require wholesale changes to expensive-to-alter hard points – crop up for 2024, as does a massaged version of the corporate ‘V-Motion’ grille. Certain trims get new wheels and subtly different badging as well. We know, heady stuff here, folks. Feel free to take a breather if necessary.


Interior changes are more meaningful in terms of livability and usability. Bringing more value to the model’s popular SL trim are a newly standard wireless device charging pad, a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, and an equally sized digital instrument cluster. An addition of USB-C ports helps futureproof the thing for at least a few years, while different material textures add a bit of visual interest compared to past efforts.

Snazzier trims like the SL and Platinum get Google built-in tools, permitting users to spill their beans to our machine overlords utilize maps and the like without pairing a device to the car. It’s a decent addition for anyone whose digital footprint is squarely in the Google camp; one could build a route whilst signed in to their Google account on another device or at home and then access those directions in the vehicle. But if Larry Page and Sergey Brin suddenly appear with information about your whereabouts, that’s on you.


This model represents a huge chunk of Nissan's sales volume in North America, with just over 211,000 of the things finding homes through the first nine months of 2023. That’s head and shoulders above the brand’s next-best-selling model, the Altima, which shifted around 92,000 units. In fact, very nearly one out of every three new vehicles sold at a Nissan dealer so far this year has been a Rogue.  

The revised 2024 Nissan Rogue goes on sale in American dealerships early next year. 


[Images: Nissan]


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Matthew Guy
Matthew Guy

Matthew buys, sells, fixes, & races cars. As a human index of auto & auction knowledge, he is fond of making money and offering loud opinions.

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  • Dukeisduke Dukeisduke on Oct 16, 2023

    Meanwhile, in other news, it's still a Nissan.

    • Tassos Tassos on Oct 16, 2023


      Exactly. Its biggest problem (if you don't mind a breadvan instead of a looker)

  • Jeff Jeff on Oct 16, 2023

    Nice looking but my issues with this would be the Jatco CVT and the turbo 3s and 4s. I actually like the interior.

    • Jpolicke Jpolicke on Oct 16, 2023

      My feelings exactly. Zero confidence in this powertrain. Offer me a 120/120k powertrain warranty and I'm interested in what's otherwise a nice vehicle.


  • Redapple2 Front tag obscured. Rear tag - clear and sharp. Huh?
  • Redapple2 I can state what NOT to buy. HK. High theft. Insurance. Unrefined NVH. Rapidly degrading interiors. HK? No way !
  • Luke42 Serious answer:Now that I DD an EV, buying an EV to replace my wife’s Honda Civic is in the queue. My wife likes her Honda, she likes Apple CarPlay, and she can’t stand Elon Musk - so Tesla starts the competition with two demerit-points and Honda starts the competition with one merit-point.The Honda Prologue looked like a great candidate until Honda announced that the partnership with GM was a one-off thing and that their future EVs would be designed in-house.Now I’m more inclined toward the Blazer EV, the vehicle on which the Prologue is based. The Blazer EV and the Ultium platform won’t be orphaned by GM any time soon. But then I have to convince my wife she would like it better than her Honda Civic, and that’s a heavy lift because she doesn’t have any reason to be dissatisfied with her current car (I take care of all of the ICE-hassles for her).Since my wife’s Honda Civic is holding up well, since she likes the car, and since I take care of most of the drawbacks of drawbacks of ICE ownership for her, there’s no urgency to replace this vehicle.Honestly, if a paid-off Honda Civic is my wife’s automotive hill to die on, that’s a pretty good place to be - even though I personally have to continue dealing the hassles and expenses of ICE ownership on her behalf.My plan is simply to wait-and-see what Honda does next. Maybe they’ll introduce the perfect EV for her one day, and I’ll just go buy it.
  • 2ACL I have a soft spot for high-performance, shark-nosed Lancers (I considered the less-potent Ralliart during the period in which I eventually selected my first TL SH-AWD), but it's can be challenging to find a specimen that doesn't exhibit signs of abuse, and while most of the components are sufficiently universal in their function to service without manufacturer support, the SST isn't one of them. The shops that specialize in it are familiar with the failure as described by the seller and thus might be able to fix this one at a substantial savings to replacement. There's only a handful of them in the nation, however. A salvaged unit is another option, but the usual risks are magnified by similar logistical challenges to trying to save the original.I hope this is a case of the seller overvaluing the Evo market rather than still owing or having put the mods on credit. Because the best offer won't be anywhere near the current listing.
  • Peter Buying an EV from Toyota is like buying a Bible from Donald Trump. Don’t be surprised if some very important parts are left out.
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