The 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid is the redesigned compact SUV of the Year

What's up? It's Joe Rady from Rady's Rides. We are here at the home base because guess what? We have another redesigned vehicle to bring to you in this virtual unveil. What am I talking about? The all-new 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid. So without further ado, let's dive into this compact crossover SUV and see what's new all right there she is that is your 2027 Nissan Rogue and what's interesting is that they have really taken it to a new level not only aesthetically and you can see the front of this particular one the way that they did the style of the grille the LED daytime running lamps the new wheels new colors and wait until you see the interior now all new Nissan Rogues will be standard hybrid but it actually has a very unique segment first setup the hybrid engine is actually a generator and what's actually powering the four wheels are two electric motors this isn't a plug-in so you don't have to worry about that it's literally put gas in the tank press the power on button and you drive and wait until you hear the fuel economy so this one in the video is the top platinum trim but of course you'll have SV SV premium SR SR premium and the top platinum trim now like i said segment first e-power and what e-power is when we're talking about Nissan is having those electric motors drive the wheels so all Rogues come standard with all-wheel drive because all Rogues for 2027 model year have two motors a motor driving the front wheels a motor driving the rear wheels now this whole idea of having a generator an engine that's a generator to generate power for recharging the battery that then powers the electric motors is not new i mean think back to Chevy Volt the Volt was really ahead of the future it was like seeing a glimpse of the future back then and it was interesting how Chevy killed off the Volt but i think you're gonna see more vehicles like this because it kind of is bridging the gap a little bit more something that we kind of stressed when all these brands we're going full EV it bridges the gap between the regular internal internal combustion engine cars and the full-out EVs and with this you don't have to worry about range anxiety you don't have to worry about charging it finding a charging station none of that now with this setup what is actually powering it that generator what is it it's that 1.5 liter turbo charged in line three but like i said it's specifically there for recharging that battery and getting those electric motors going so you're looking at a combined 225 horsepower with these two electric motors when it comes to the interior look at the new updated materials of course they went and worked with NASA once again to develop those zero gravity seats and i can attest from other Nissan vehicles going in long media drives the seats are comfortable so i'm going to expect to see that once again with this vehicle nice large cargo area look at how much room you have of course that's something so important for a crossover SUV and this vehicle i mean check out the dash that really is going to put it in front of the competition you have a 12.3 inch infotainment system screen combined with a 14.3 inch digital gauge cluster so I like the way they made the digital gauge cluster larger than the infotainment system and not the other way around because the gauge cluster really is the most important thing for when it comes to driving not you selecting what you want to do in the infotainment system now with that being said it has a 1.67 kilowatt lithium-ion battery pack. And here's the big crescendo, the numbers. 40 mpg's in the city and 36 on the highway. If you get out your abacus, if you count on your fingers and your toes, that equates to 38 mpg's miles per gallon average between city and highway. The vehicle weighs 4,100 pounds and if you want to do some light towing it will tow up to 1,500 pounds now you'll notice the updated wireless charging ambient lighting I really think Nissan did a great job with their single spoke steering wheel and this of course is going to go against that RAV4 it's going to go against the new redesigned Hyundai Tucson the Kia Sportage the Chevy vehicles like the Equinox and the rest of the bunch. I mean, this is a very big segment. Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5 and Mazda CX-50. So really a hot segment. Just so you know, the Rogue is Nissan's best-selling vehicle of all time. They have sold over 4 million of those Rogues worldwide. And this vehicle will be built in Japan which is interesting so you actually get a Japanese car company making a Japanese product in Japan and then bringing it to the United States now this will have e-pedal so just like you've seen in some of my EV reviews where you could have that one pedal operation that equates in this vehicle just like a regular EV even though this is something like I said totally different with that e-power setup now what about pricing right that's always a big big thing well first of all let me tell you this this is a 2027 model year vehicle all the trims except for one will be available at the beginning of 2027 but there's going to be one that's available at the fall time just around this time now at the end of 2026 let's start with the base so your base is an SV that starts at $35,000 and like I said all of them are all-wheel drive and all of them have this e-power setup next up will be the SV premium so basically you're adding an extra package to the SV and that's how it works for the next trim as well that's going to be $37,500. Then you have SR, which is $37,400. The reason why, if you're tilting your head or shaking your head, you're confused, is because remember, I just told you SV with the premium package. If you go standard SR, it's a little bit cheaper than SV with the premium. Now, if you want SR with the premium package, the tech that's going to be 37, excuse me, 41,000, so the SR Tech the premium tech is going to be the one that they bring to you first because they think that's going to be the sweet spot Nissan thinks that that's going to be the sweet spot in their lineup and that's why it's $41,000 compared to the SV premium, which is $37,500. Do you see where I'm going with that? And then of course the top trim, which is the platinum, which comes with all the goodies is an MSRP of $43,000. So let's recap that real quick. Entryway is 35 grand. Top of the line is going to be 43 grand. And then you have some differentiation between those two goalposts, depending on what spec you want to go with. Now, when you go with the higher trims, you're going to be able to get a 10-speaker Bose sound system, those zero-gravity seats, and all the other goodies that have been added. You know, you have this updated Google system that's usable with your Rogue. You have 8.4 inches of ground clearance, which is a decent amount, so you're not bumping into curbs or driving over anything. but you'll notice that you do have access to functions in the car through the infotainment system which that's like I said the 12.3 inch but you also if you notice in this video right now you also have the physical buttons as well and that to me is really the most important because it's nice to just have those easy access buttons you can see the different modes sport standard you have a personal mode eco snow and off-road a little too busy on the modes but with that being said I do know from driving Nissans in the past each of the modes are very unique upon itself but it's where the style you know you look at Alfonso over in Japan at their design studio look at the colors the textures I think this is what's going to help separate the Rogue from the rest of the pack the one thing that I still can't believe and if you look at that screen there's no ventilated seats even on a platinum trim that really bothers me a platinum trim that's $43,000 should cool my rear end and I'm sad to see it's heated seats not ventilated seats but I do like the way on the center console they didn't put a bunch of gloss black you do have the push button transmission like they've been using in the Armada and I think you'll see that for all their vehicles nice panoramic sunroof that's available but i am a little dumbfounded that they don't have ventilated seats because that's one of the things that kind of bothered me on the current generation of the rogue how they have a button there but even on the platinum trim you can't get it of course nissan does their two tones very well so you can get that black roof with all the pillars blacked out and then the body color or you can just get full body color if you choose I know that's not everybody's uh cup of tea like my grandmother used to say but I'm a little taken aback by the style up front I I don't I'm hoping I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll look better in person but um it kind of is blending a little bit of what we know about Hyundai and Kia together so very I do like the back I think the back actually looks better than the front so maybe if you just drive it backwards all the time people will give you a thumbs up but uh yeah i just don't know what the the decorative daytime running lamp but you can see how they brought in that v motion grill uh with the lighting and everything but i'm very curious to you know it's one thing what i think about it but what do you think about this i mean this is really a departure power wise from the current rogue yes it's got the 1.5 liter turbo charged engine the three cylinder but it's only there to power up the battery and then of course you have direct drive there's no cvt guys no cvt because of the direct drive transmission on the electric motors the two electric motors so i i'm dying to hear what you have to say about it i think that uh you know if if this style looks a looks a little bit better in person i mean they may have a super home run because nobody else is doing this in the segment nobody but with that being said let me know down in the comment section how are you you feeling about this new rogue let me know if you like it you don't like it you don't care uh you don't even like nissan let me know in the comment section but if you're new to the channel and you're on your way out hit that subscribe button i promise you it's worthwhile come back for more if you are a subscriber thank you for being part of the Radies Riders family gotta thank latte Lori she just got done i just heard her brewing a little barista bar that she has here at the the home base for Radies Riders she's just making some nice lattes and stuff so thank you Lori and of course thank you Frankie and Oscar they had their dinner and uh they didn't even make a peep so thank you guys for your support and just like always i'll see you on the next ride