Nissan Quietly Adds Rogue Hybrid and Sentra SR Turbo to Line-up
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Nissan Quietly Adds Rogue Hybrid and Sentra SR Turbo to Line-up
The Sentra SR Turbo shares the majority of the same components with the regular SR variant, but features a new 1.6-liter direct injection gasoline turbocharged inline-four motor. The engine raises power to 188 horses and 177 pound-feet of torque (up from 130 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque from models with the regular 1.8-liter inline-four and Xtronic gearbox). The engine can be matched to a six-speed manual transmission, which was previously only offered on the base S model, or the Xtronic unit.
The six-speed manual transmission, which should be the clear choice among enthusiasts, has been tuned to maximize the motor's powerband and torque curve. The Xtronic transmission is a bespoke unit for the Sentra SR Turbo that has also been tuned to bring out the best in the new engine with a wider gear ratio, smaller pulleys, and a sub-planetary gear.
In addition to the new engine and revised transmissions, the Sentra SR Turbo benefits from upgraded suspension including unique front and rear dampers, as well as enhancements to the independent strut front/rear torsion beam suspension. Nissan has also altered the compact car's electric power steering system to reduce the amount of steering effort at low speeds, while providing more feedback on "winding roads." Do Sentra owners take their cars on winding roads? We're not sure.
To ensure that drivers don't get too carried away with the Sentra SR Turbo's power, Nissan packed the sedan with larger brakes and calipers at the front and back. Understeer has also been tamed, with Nissan optimizing the car's active understeer control system.
The interior of the Sentra SR Turbo goes unchanged over the regular SR model. The refreshed Sentradebuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show with an exterior design that echoes the latest Altima and Maxim's V-shaped front end. The change to a turbocharged engine is most likely in response to Honda's move to put the 1.5-liter turbocharged engine into the Civic. There's no word on pricing for the SR Turbo, but it should be more than the $21,245 base price of the Sentra SR.
The six-speed manual transmission, which should be the clear choice among enthusiasts, has been tuned to maximize the motor's powerband and torque curve. The Xtronic transmission is a bespoke unit for the Sentra SR Turbo that has also been tuned to bring out the best in the new engine with a wider gear ratio, smaller pulleys, and a sub-planetary gear.
In addition to the new engine and revised transmissions, the Sentra SR Turbo benefits from upgraded suspension including unique front and rear dampers, as well as enhancements to the independent strut front/rear torsion beam suspension. Nissan has also altered the compact car's electric power steering system to reduce the amount of steering effort at low speeds, while providing more feedback on "winding roads." Do Sentra owners take their cars on winding roads? We're not sure.
To ensure that drivers don't get too carried away with the Sentra SR Turbo's power, Nissan packed the sedan with larger brakes and calipers at the front and back. Understeer has also been tamed, with Nissan optimizing the car's active understeer control system.
The interior of the Sentra SR Turbo goes unchanged over the regular SR model. The refreshed Sentradebuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show with an exterior design that echoes the latest Altima and Maxim's V-shaped front end. The change to a turbocharged engine is most likely in response to Honda's move to put the 1.5-liter turbocharged engine into the Civic. There's no word on pricing for the SR Turbo, but it should be more than the $21,245 base price of the Sentra SR.
The Rogue refresh is more than just new fascias and updated features: Nissan gave the crossover a hybrid model. It's available with both front- and all-wheel drive and features a 2.0-liter four-cylinder and a 30-kilowatt electric motor that produce a combined 176 horsepower, six more than the standard Rogue.
The hybrid manages 34 mpg overall with FWD and 33 mpg overall with AWD. Both versions have five mpg better estimates than the normal Rogue, which gets 29 overall with FWD and 28 overall with AWD. Impressively, the hybrid powertrain doesn't affect cargo space much. Behind the first row of seats, the hybrid loses just 0.2 cubic feet, and behind the second row, it loses 1.1 cu ft. You also lose the standard Rogue's Divide-N-Hide flexible seating system, and it's only available with two rows of seats.
We don't know how much the hybrid will cost over the normal model, since Nissan didn't release pricing for either version. Based on the pricing structure for the Murano and the Murano hybrid, the electrified Rogue could cost about an extra $3,000 over the regular gas model.
Even with the introduction of the hybrid, Nissan still made sure to add the new styling and features to the rest of the Rogue line-up, too. Outside, all Rogues get updated head and taillights, a Murano-inspired V-grille, as well as more chrome details. Inside, the little crossover gets a new flat-bottomed steering wheel with available heating, newly available memory seats and mirrors, and an updated shifter.
Nissan also added new Platinum packages with a nicer leather interior, and base level models now get heated seats and remote start as standard. The company also upped the safety quotient by adding Intelligent Cruise Control, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning and prevention systems and high-beam headlight assistance. Pricing is not yet available for the regular Rogue, but it likely won't change much from the current base price of just over $24,000. It will be available in early November, and the hybrid will be available by the end of the year.
The hybrid manages 34 mpg overall with FWD and 33 mpg overall with AWD. Both versions have five mpg better estimates than the normal Rogue, which gets 29 overall with FWD and 28 overall with AWD. Impressively, the hybrid powertrain doesn't affect cargo space much. Behind the first row of seats, the hybrid loses just 0.2 cubic feet, and behind the second row, it loses 1.1 cu ft. You also lose the standard Rogue's Divide-N-Hide flexible seating system, and it's only available with two rows of seats.
We don't know how much the hybrid will cost over the normal model, since Nissan didn't release pricing for either version. Based on the pricing structure for the Murano and the Murano hybrid, the electrified Rogue could cost about an extra $3,000 over the regular gas model.
Even with the introduction of the hybrid, Nissan still made sure to add the new styling and features to the rest of the Rogue line-up, too. Outside, all Rogues get updated head and taillights, a Murano-inspired V-grille, as well as more chrome details. Inside, the little crossover gets a new flat-bottomed steering wheel with available heating, newly available memory seats and mirrors, and an updated shifter.
Nissan also added new Platinum packages with a nicer leather interior, and base level models now get heated seats and remote start as standard. The company also upped the safety quotient by adding Intelligent Cruise Control, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane departure warning and prevention systems and high-beam headlight assistance. Pricing is not yet available for the regular Rogue, but it likely won't change much from the current base price of just over $24,000. It will be available in early November, and the hybrid will be available by the end of the year.
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Lexus Fanatic
Good post, Hoovey.
For those of you who are old enough to remember it in the early 1990s, the SR Turbo reminds one of the old Nissan Sentra SE-R, which was a simple, affordable pocket-rocket that sold like hotcakes. I remember being at a local Nissan/Mazda shop, helping the father of a friend of mine shop for a new Protege. Out on the lot that day, in front of the showroom, four new SE-Rs were delivered to waiting customers just in the few hours we were there. (and his father went home with a new Protege LX that same day, too)
If this new SR Turbo sells anything close to what the SE-R did, Nissan is probably going to make some money on it. Of course, because of a number of factors, new cars today can't be built as simply or inexpensively as they were 25 years ago...so we'll see.
For those of you who are old enough to remember it in the early 1990s, the SR Turbo reminds one of the old Nissan Sentra SE-R, which was a simple, affordable pocket-rocket that sold like hotcakes. I remember being at a local Nissan/Mazda shop, helping the father of a friend of mine shop for a new Protege. Out on the lot that day, in front of the showroom, four new SE-Rs were delivered to waiting customers just in the few hours we were there. (and his father went home with a new Protege LX that same day, too)
If this new SR Turbo sells anything close to what the SE-R did, Nissan is probably going to make some money on it. Of course, because of a number of factors, new cars today can't be built as simply or inexpensively as they were 25 years ago...so we'll see.
Last edited by mmarshall; 09-10-16 at 04:59 PM.
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I recently read where the Murano hybrid was being built with leftover parts from the defunct pathfinder hybrid and a limited production of 600 was quoted. I wonder if the Rogue Hybrid is part of this program. 5 mpg's for $3000, be serous Nissan.
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lol at that old se-r - looks SOOOO cheap.
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Lexus Fanatic
It certainly sold well, though, very quickly (especially to young enthusiast-drivers), and made Nissan a lot of money. It may look cheap by today's standards, but it was produced during a period when Nissan quality was as good or better than most of their Japanese competition....before the later, darker days when Carlos Ghosn bought the company and instituted severe cost-cutting measures.
(From the driver's seat, you can also actually SEE back behind the car. Try that on today's sedans.)
(From the driver's seat, you can also actually SEE back behind the car. Try that on today's sedans.)
Last edited by mmarshall; 09-11-16 at 01:15 PM.
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Lexus Test Driver
Don't get too excited here at all. The new Sentra Turbo will not sell like hotcakes nor do for the brand what the old SE-R did. Every single review of this current model describes the car with numerous faults. All it's test scores come out low, and the car ranks at the bottom. So, a new engine and some other minor refinements will not even come close to bringing this car up to anywhere near where the old SE-R sold. It's a step in the right direction, but a totally new Sentra will be needed to erase this car's multiple shortcomings.
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Lexus Champion
I remember drooling over those SE-Rs while in high school. They were very fun cars.
#12
^ I will agree that the old Sentra SE-R looks like a dork mobile compared to its contemporary Honda Civic, Toyota Celica, Mazda MX-6 and MX-3, Mitsubishi Eclipse and Mirage competition. Compare it to the rather ghastly boxy and still stuck in the 80's Cavalier, Escort, and some MOPAR products of the early 90's and it isn't that bad.
As for the new SE-R, well the old one provided great mechanicals/chassis in a kind of dorky looking shape, it was a hoot to drive. The new one, well the engine seems rather lame at 180hp, and I expect the handling to be rather soft as well, just to make it a mass market trim level for a boring commuter car, rather than something enthusiasts aspire to own.
As for the new SE-R, well the old one provided great mechanicals/chassis in a kind of dorky looking shape, it was a hoot to drive. The new one, well the engine seems rather lame at 180hp, and I expect the handling to be rather soft as well, just to make it a mass market trim level for a boring commuter car, rather than something enthusiasts aspire to own.
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https://leftlanenews.com/nissan/niss...id-poor-sales/
Nissan retires Rogue Hybrid amid poor sales
Jul 26, 2019, 11:28am ETby Justin KingNissan has quietly discontinued the Rogue Hybrid as the crossover enters the 2020 model year.
Launched just a few years ago for the 2017 model year, the hybrid crossover paired a 2.5-liter engine with a 30 kW electric motor for a combined output of 176 horsepower.
The hybrid variant was brought to the US for the 2017 model year.
Nissan has quietly discontinued the Rogue Hybrid as the crossover enters the 2020 model year.Launched just a few years ago for the 2017 model year, the hybrid crossover paired a 2.5-liter engine with a 30 kW electric motor for a combined output of 176 horsepower.
The electrified powertrain achieved an EPA-estimated city/highway/combined rating of 33/35/34 mpg for the FWD edition and 31/34/33 mpg for the AWD variant, beating Toyota's RAV4 Hybrid by a small margin.
The company initially expected around 15 percent of Rogue sales to be Hybrid models. The take rate appears to have fallen short of the goal, however, as a spokesperson recently told Autoblog the electrified model represented "a small part of the overall sales mix."
The Rogue Hybrid fetched a significant premium of $2,800 over a similarly equipped non-hybrid configuration.
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maybe that was part of the problem.
Last edited by bitkahuna; 07-27-19 at 12:01 PM.
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Lexus Fanatic
That "quiet" introduction, if you notice the thread-date, was almost three years ago. My guess is that the standard Rogue (and the previous version, known as the "Rogue Select") had such an affordable price that not many decided to pay extra for the hybrid version.
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