#AllWheelDrive

With the new-for-2025 Kicks, Nissan isn’t just pushing the model up the ladder. Like most companies, it’s asking if you wouldn’t mind going ahead and doing the job of two people now that one has stepped out the door.

There is ample competition in the mainstream compact crossover segment, so any updates by a mass-market brand to its entrant in this field is worth talking about.

No, really – there aren’t any. Not even to its price.

While there will surely be a flood of headlines today making snarky cracks at the 2025 Rogue Rock Creek and the propensity of its target market to keep the thing firmly on pavement, we actually think it is a smart move by Nissan – with a dash of retro reference thrown in for good measure.