| whatsup |
I just watched a video clip of Nissans new Rogue which will debut in the US in the fall. It is a mini SUV and has some nice features like power hatch, although it looks and acts more like a mini van.
Maybe the new Mo will have some of the features of the lower price Rogue!! |
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| hfelknor |
This looks like a minivan?
Homer |
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| njjoe |
Not a bad looking car.
2.5L 4 banger, CVT, available AWD, 17" WHEELS.
The one thing I find odd is that the Rogue has steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters on a car equipped with a CVT. :8: If you are marketing the CVT as shift-less then why promote shifting?
-njjoe |
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| 06murano |
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why promote shifting?
for the same reason they have the manual shifting on the se mo's... |
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| ekaxel |
Don't you know that being able to shift a car that doesn't shift may be interpreted by a lot of people as "cool"!
This is what sells cars, folks, not any of the real stuff! |
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| hfelknor |
If you sell the car as shiftless you will get grand dad.
If you sell it with paddle shifters you will get the grandson.
Why minimize your market?
Homer |
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| njjoe |
I look at it from an engineering perspective. If you hadn't had to spend a few hundred dollars incorporating the non-essential paddle shifters, what other more essential item could have been added or improved upon.
Paddle shifters belong on sports cars with semi-automatic transmissions, not on a family mini-ute with a four-banger coupled to a CVT.
-njjoe |
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| nissanlove |
| the RDX is a family mini ute with a four banger and it's available with paddle shifters... |
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| krush40 |
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Originally posted by nissanlove
the RDX is a family mini ute with a four banger and it's available with paddle shifters...
But its turbo charged with 240 horsepower. |
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| hfelknor |
Maybe........... with 170HP and maybe more than 500 pounds pared off...........the CVT is programmed for a much more aggressive profile.
Who knows it might be right spritely off the line. The Xtronic has been tested for millions of miles with a 245HP 4000 pound load............
Besides they had to do something.
Even our old original MOs had a "Ds" function....even in the SL.
The standard Rogue has nothing. PRND. That's it.
I don't know about the rest of you oldtimers, but when I want to get somewhere in a hurry, I slap it down in Ds.
The Rogue needed something if they were going to sell it as a sporty crossover.
And since it is just a computer program, it cost virtually nothing to do it......and they are going to charge you for it besides.
Homer |
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| crash |
I'm not sold. That front end looks weird. It's trying to be Mo - but misses the mark.
I also think the wheels look to small for this thing.
A friend is going to the detroit auto show and I've asked that she take some pictures of it.
Who knows maybe I'll like it in person?!
I just don't feel that "gotta have it" feeling that came when I first saw Mo.
Too bad - had Nissan (IMO) nailed the design, this would have been THE contender against the CX-7 |
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