For just a few mannequin years, the Nissan Rogue had a smaller sidekick referred to as Rogue Sport. The mannequin wasn’t immediately changed in our market, however the European-market Qashqai it traced its roots to returned for a brand new technology in 2021 and has simply obtained a spherical of updates.
Visually, the most important modifications are discovered up entrance. Nissan gave the Qashqai a new-look design that borrows styling cues from the electrical Ariya crossover. Gone is the Juke-inspired look with the brilliant U-shaped grille; the face-lifted Qashqai receives a a lot wider grille that Nissan explains is impressed by historic Japanese armor scales, and sharp-looking headlights positioned under skinny LED daytime working lights. The modifications made to the again finish are largely restricted to up to date lights with 4 particular person parts mounted below a transparent lens.
The same old assortment of latest alloy wheel designs (starting from 18 to twenty inches) and extra paint colours rounds out the checklist of exterior updates. 5 of the out there exterior colours might be ordered with a contrasting black roof (pictured in our gallery) for a two-tone look.
Whereas the inside’s fundamental structure stays largely unchanged, Nissan made a number of trim- and technology-related updates to the Qashqai. A number of the higher trim ranges ship with Alcantara upholstery on the dashboard, door panels, and central armrest, for instance, and there is new plastic trim with a metal-like look on the middle console. The surround-view digital camera system receives a 3D operate, and there is an invisible hood view operate that exhibits the driving force the place of the entrance wheels to facilitate the duty of avoiding wheel-ruining curbs.
Nissan affords the 2024 Qashqai with two drivetrains. One is a mild-hybrid system that hasn’t been detailed but and that may seemingly be provided in two states of tune. The second is an uncommon hybrid system that consists of a turbocharged three-cylinder engine, an electrical motor, and a 1.8-kilowatt-hour battery pack. The triple’s function is that of a generator: it creates electrical energy that will get despatched to the motor, the battery pack, or each. The motor drives the wheels immediately, so there isn’t any transmission and the Qashqai drives like an EV (full with a one-pedal mode).
Pricing info for the up to date Qashqai will probably be introduced later in 2024, and the mannequin will probably be inbuilt Sunderland, England. Nothing means that the crossover will return to the US because the second-generation Rogue Sport within the foreseeable future, nevertheless.
