2025 Nissan Rogue Reviews, Pricing & Specs

In Canada, the Nissan Rogue begins the 2025 model year with six trims: the base S, SV, Midnight Edition, SV Premium, SL, and range-topping Platinum. Of these, the SV has often been the volume model since it maintains an attainable price of $40,685 (including a $2,030 destination charge and other fees) and adds sought-after features like an eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, two rear USB-C ports, a subscription-based Wi-Fi hot spot, dual-zone climate control, adaptive cruise control, and a power liftgate. All-wheel drive (AWD), heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, keyless entry, remote start, and dual-zone climate control are standard on every Rogue sold in Canada.

The new Rock Creek trim will join the Rogue line-up later in 2025. This trim was originally destined only for the U.S., but Nissan had a change of heart and decided to bring it to Canada. Pricing and arrival date details were not available as of this writing, but it’s expected to begin deliveries sometime in 2025.

As for us, our recent test drive was of the top-of-the-line Platinum trim, which has just about anything and everything that can be loaded onto the Rogue. Standard fare consists of semi-aniline leather seating surfaces, a power-adjustable front passenger seat, heated rear seats, a panoramic sunroof, and 10-speaker Bose audio system.

Perched on the dashboard is a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen with Google built-in capability. Found in both the SL and Platinum models, it comes packed with tech goodies like satellite radio, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Amazon Alexa. Of course, it also unlocks a wide range of Google-based apps, including extremely precise and user-friendly Google navigation. This proved its worth on the unfamiliar and mostly rural roads we navigated during our test drive.

Finished in Champagne Silver Metallic (one of nine available exterior colours) our tester also came with the two-tone colour combo, which is required with this paint but optional with others. This primarily consists of a black roof to lend a sportier and more aggressive look. It’s a handsome design flourish, though we think the Rogue is attractive without it, too. A blocky shape, large grille and thin headlights lend the Rogue a bit of attitude in a vehicle segment not usually known for bold styling. Our test vehicle also rode on a sleek set of 19-inch alloy wheels finished in a combination of black with silver accents.

But wait, our Rogue Platinum also included the optional Tech Package ($4,400). This brings along ProPilot Assist 2.1 highway driving assist, rain-sensing windshield wipers, a driver attention monitor, and an upgraded surround-view parking camera.

So, our Rogue tester came with everything short of a flame paint job along its flanks and underbody LED strobe lighting (for the record, these are not on Nissan’s option sheet). One thing sorely missing — not only from our test vehicle, but every Rogue trim — is a dollop more horsepower to provide stronger acceleration.

As it stands, the 201-horsepower turbocharged 1.5-litre three-cylinder provides decent grunt for routine driving, so long as you’re not in a hurry. And yes, the three-cylinder arrangement is one cylinder short of the compact SUV norm of a four-cylinder engine lurking under the hood. Only Ford offers a similarly sized turbo three-cylinder as the base engine in its Escape SUV. So long as we didn’t ask too much of it, the drivetrain got the Rogue up to speed without too much fuss or engine noise. It comes paired to a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) that feeds power to all four wheels as standard in Canada.

Nissan has years of experience working with CVTs and, to its credit, the one in the Rogue proved smooth and nicely faded into the background during our drive. Too often CVTs help to provide better fuel economy, but at the expense of refinement and engine noise. We were pleased to discover this isn’t the case in the Rogue.

Also deserving praise is the light and accurate steering. It doesn’t offer the last word in driving excitement (the Mazda CX-5 has livelier reflexes, for example) though we doubt many compact SUV shoppers place scalpel-sharp steering high on their list of priorities. Braking was also a no-nonsense experience. Pedal feel is smooth and without any hint of grabbiness at lower speeds.

Sliding behind the wheel of the Rogue, it’s immediately clear Nissan has done its homework in terms of creating a quality driving environment. Yes, the quilted leather seating and other upmarket trim pieces in our Platinum model help sweeten the deal. Yet, even in base format, the cabin of the Rogue wouldn’t look out of place in a vehicle costing considerably more.

We’re particularly fond of the chunky and slightly flat-bottom steering wheel, and the fact Nissan opted not to bury every conceivable control within a touchscreen interface. Want to quickly adjust temperature and fan settings? There’s a handy row of HVAC controls within easy reach, directly below the infotainment touchscreen, along with buttons for the heated seats and heated steering wheel.

Also worth praise are the comfortable and supportive front seats. Finding the right seating position took only a moment. Granted, pulling away and then discovering the side mirrors had been folded in wasn’t our proudest moment, but Nissan can’t be faulted for that journalistic oversight.

Rear legroom measures in at 978 millimetres, a competitive figure among compact SUVs. For comparison, a Toyota RAV4 offers 960 mm of rear legroom, while the Honda CR-V provides 1,042 mm. Behind the split-folding second row is 1,028 litres of cargo space. It’s not a class-leading amount, granted, though it's a wide and easy space to utilize. The cargo floor isn’t back-strainingly high, plus our tester came with the available Divide-and-Hide storage system. These are basically two compartments hidden in the floor of the cargo hold whose covers double as separators.

Storage space throughout the cabin is generous and creative. A particularly nice touch is a compartment located beneath the centre console, directly below the gearshift and front cupholders. It’s a perfect place to put a purse or other valuables, keeping them out of sight of prying eyes. Or, if you like to eat on the road, consider it a convenient (but hopefully temporary) place to toss a greasy burger wrapper and fry holder. Hey, you do you, we won’t judge.

Serving duty in the bottom four trims is an 8-inch infotainment touchscreen with wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability. It gets the job done, yet there’s no denying the extra fingertip acreage afforded by the larger 12.3-inch screen found upper trims makes scrolling through controls and menus easier. Better still, you can leave the phone cords at home because the bigger screen comes with wireless smartphone connectivity.

While not every Rogue will have the same degree of tech content as found in our Platinum test vehicle, it does help to assess which deserve praise and which could use tweaking.

By and large, the infotainment system was simple and familiar in operation. Response times to inputs are quick and the graphics are crisp. Spending more than an afternoon behind the wheel might reveal a few quirks but, during our time with it, the system never had us struggling to comprehend its interface. Google navigation was especially useful when opting to veer away from the designated drive route without turning a small detour into an hours-long delay.

Since the majority of our drive was on rural roads, time spent with ProPilot was for relatively short stretches of highway driving. It does allow for hands-free operation on pre-mapped roads and proved seamless while in operation.

A wireless charging pad at the base of the centre console provided a solid jolt of juice when needed. Its recessed design also kept mobile phones from flying when we got ambitious while zipping around tight corners.

The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) gave the 2025 Rogue a five-star rating, the highest possible score, for its results in crash testing. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) scores the Rogue with top marks of “Good” in all but one category, the exception being a mid-range “Acceptable” score for its side impact test.

In terms of standard safety content, the Rogue is fitted with forward and reverse automatic emergency braking, front pedestrian detection, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, intersection assist, lane departure warning, rear parking sensors, a driver attention monitor, and automatic high-beam headlights.

Notable options include a head-up instrument display, two versions of ProPilot (Assist and Assist 2.1), a surround-view parking camera system, and traffic sign recognition.

A lot of the Rogue’s cost-effectiveness depends on how high a shopper goes when considering the ideal trim. The base S trim has a temptingly low entry fee hovering around $37,000, except we’ve pointed out stepping up to the SV trim brings along a wide roster of features for not much extra cash outlay.

As for our Rogue Platinum tester, with all its bells and whistles the final Canadian price ends up at $53,465, including destination. That’s a pretty big ask for many SUV shoppers, except the final result certainly looked and felt very luxurious for what at heart is a mainstream compact SUV. The only non-premium aspect proved to be the modest acceleration provided by the turbo three-cylinder.

At least the drivetrain is kind to a fuel budget. The Rogue delivers a Natural Resources Canada-estimated 7.6 litres per 100 kilometres combined in a mix of city and highway driving, making it the most efficient non-electrified vehicle in its class.

At the end of the day, the Rogue left us impressed with its easy-going driving demeanour, supportive seating, robust and attractive cabin, and roomy cargo hold. It doesn’t deliver a knock-out punch to the competition in any one key category. Neither does it significantly stumble in any way that would prevent it from being well worthy of a test drive for anyone hunting for an attractive and well-rounded small SUV.

Note: Images show a US model.