The Rogue's cabin isn't the most luxurious, but it is equipped well for the price you pay. However, the Rogue manages to always be within the meatiest part of its power band, making the most of its engine's abilities. Of course, the sound coming out of the engine gets progressively more grating as the rpm rises, so you won't want to get too lead-footed and it's not the sort of instant-on torque that will pin you to the seat like you'd get with an electric car. Rather than waiting for a gearbox to downshift, I was able to almost directly control the engine rpm with the accelerator pedal. The Rogue never felt breathless and never felt unresponsive. Acceleration is confident and strong, thanks in part to the 2.5-liter engine, but mostly due to the CVT's ability to stay out of the driver's way and give access to economy or power as necessary. Its engineers seem to have dialed out out almost all of the rubbery rpm-hunting that plagued the earliest generations of the technology. What most impressed me about my time with the Rogue is just how well Nissan has mastered the CVT. Don't turn your nose up at the Rogue's transmission Nissan builds the best CVTs in the business.
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