2020 Nissan Rogue Sport vs Toyota RAV4
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Date: 2020-03-01
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buickboy92
We have had a Rogue Sport for a rental recently and it has been surprising. Great leg and cargo room despite being a compact crossover. We took ours on a long vacation and packed it to gills with luggage for four people, plus soft travel bags, an ice chest (centered in the backseat between people. This little crossover managed to carry it all around in comfort for us even with all that stuff. Don't let the cargo volume number scare you off, this will carry a lot more than advertised. Speaking on performance, we have also found the 140+ HP 4 Cylinder fairly surprising (I feel it should be enough for most folks) in terms of pickup and city driving. Highway driving is good as well, with nice stability (our rental had AWD) in the rain (in our case a torrential downpour) and absolutely fantastic Blind-Spot Monitoring. What I really love about this Blind-Spot system is that Nissan mounts the visual sensors inside the car on the front driver and passenger doors right near the A-Pillars in our direct line of sight; so we can see even in rainy or snowy weather that a vehicle is near us. I am seriously surprised that other automakers don't position their systems in the same place as Nissan, instead putting these on the outside mirrors (which in bad weather you can't see very well. Personally, We really like Nissan CVTs and this style of transmission in general. We never had an issue with it during our time with the Rogue Sport, or any other Nissan. I don't understand the vitriol directed toward the CVT I often see in comment sections regarding reviews of cars equipped with them. As for the MPGs, we saw around 35MPG in our travels, and I think this is a pretty good number over all. Lowest MPGs numbers we saw around the mid 20s at the worst. Concerning noise or other unwanted sound from the 4 Cylinder CVT combo, we didn't hear much and more often than not, just didn't notice any harsh noises. The CVT drone isn't something we heard very often even under hard acceleration, and when heard we weren't bothered by, as we are used to the way these types of transmissions work. In conclusion, our time with the Rogue Sport was great for a compact crossover of its size, and it surprised us in many ways. The many available and standard safety features was welcome (we had the base AWD rental) and it had the emergency braking system which saved us at times in our journey, so that was a great feature to have. Since renting the Rogue Sport, we've thought about picking one up as a nice run about. I wouldn't hesitate to choose another one as a rental again, and am happy to see Nissan keep this model updated for 2020. As for the RAV4 like Alex has, these are really intriguing and after having sat in one at our local Toyota dealer, I can see why these are the best selling vehicle in the US. Anyway, thought I would leave our experience with the Rogue Sport down here for others to read given that Alex is documenting his time with the RAV4 above.
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We have had a Rogue Sport for a rental recently and it has been surprising. Great leg and cargo room despite being a compact crossover. We took ours on a long vacation and packed it to gills with luggage for four people, plus soft travel bags, an ice chest (centered in the backseat between people. This little crossover managed to carry it all around in comfort for us even with all that stuff. Don't let the cargo volume number scare you off, this will carry a lot more than advertised. Speaking on performance, we have also found the 140+ HP 4 Cylinder fairly surprising (I feel it should be enough for most folks) in terms of pickup and city driving. Highway driving is good as well, with nice stability (our rental had AWD) in the rain (in our case a torrential downpour) and absolutely fantastic Blind-Spot Monitoring. What I really love about this Blind-Spot system is that Nissan mounts the visual sensors inside the car on the front driver and passenger doors right near the A-Pillars in our direct line of sight; so we can see even in rainy or snowy weather that a vehicle is near us. I am seriously surprised that other automakers don't position their systems in the same place as Nissan, instead putting these on the outside mirrors (which in bad weather you can't see very well. Personally, We really like Nissan CVTs and this style of transmission in general. We never had an issue with it during our time with the Rogue Sport, or any other Nissan. I don't understand the vitriol directed toward the CVT I often see in comment sections regarding reviews of cars equipped with them. As for the MPGs, we saw around 35MPG in our travels, and I think this is a pretty good number over all. Lowest MPGs numbers we saw around the mid 20s at the worst. Concerning noise or other unwanted sound from the 4 Cylinder CVT combo, we didn't hear much and more often than not, just didn't notice any harsh noises. The CVT drone isn't something we heard very often even under hard acceleration, and when heard we weren't bothered by, as we are used to the way these types of transmissions work. In conclusion, our time with the Rogue Sport was great for a compact crossover of its size, and it surprised us in many ways. The many available and standard safety features was welcome (we had the base AWD rental) and it had the emergency braking system which saved us at times in our journey, so that was a great feature to have. Since renting the Rogue Sport, we've thought about picking one up as a nice run about. I wouldn't hesitate to choose another one as a rental again, and am happy to see Nissan keep this model updated for 2020. As for the RAV4 like Alex has, these are really intriguing and after having sat in one at our local Toyota dealer, I can see why these are the best selling vehicle in the US. Anyway, thought I would leave our experience with the Rogue Sport down here for others to read given that Alex is documenting his time with the RAV4 above.
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Knockout
CRV Hybrid has been a failure in terms of fuel economy. When I just saw the thumbnail. I swore it was a Nissan Sentra. and I just upgraded from a Sentra to a Rav4 due to 'issues'. Fuel Economy. 12/ 100/KM (no matter how fast I go on the highway) Sentra. 7. 3/ 100 KM, going 145km/hr for 20 minutes Toyota Rav4( heavier vehicle, higher vehicle. So my change was intuitively correct.
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CRV Hybrid has been a failure in terms of fuel economy. When I just saw the thumbnail. I swore it was a Nissan Sentra. and I just upgraded from a Sentra to a Rav4 due to 'issues'. Fuel Economy. 12/ 100/KM (no matter how fast I go on the highway) Sentra. 7. 3/ 100 KM, going 145km/hr for 20 minutes Toyota Rav4( heavier vehicle, higher vehicle. So my change was intuitively correct.
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Alex
Why compare these? A) Because I was asked to by viewers. You see, plenty of folks compare cars that are one size up/down in size. It's common to be torn between a compact and mid-size sedan so why not two crossovers? Also, the CR-V hybrid comment was filmed before the lower (39 MPG combined) numbers were known.
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Why compare these? A) Because I was asked to by viewers. You see, plenty of folks compare cars that are one size up/down in size. It's common to be torn between a compact and mid-size sedan so why not two crossovers? Also, the CR-V hybrid comment was filmed before the lower (39 MPG combined) numbers were known.
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LoserEdition
People shopping for vehicles like this generally want a quiet, comfortable ride. The RAV4 of this generation has a stiffer ride and fairly high cabin noise, which gives the Rogue Sport a decent advantage. Otherwise, there probably wouldn't be any reason to choose it over the RAV4, aside from the price.
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People shopping for vehicles like this generally want a quiet, comfortable ride. The RAV4 of this generation has a stiffer ride and fairly high cabin noise, which gives the Rogue Sport a decent advantage. Otherwise, there probably wouldn't be any reason to choose it over the RAV4, aside from the price.
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Joe
If it's a person who keeps a vehicle 3 to 4 years definitely the Rogue Sport save the extra cash especially if you're doing more city less highway speeds under 75 mph the fuel economy number will be better. if these parameters don't suite then its the Rav4
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If it's a person who keeps a vehicle 3 to 4 years definitely the Rogue Sport save the extra cash especially if you're doing more city less highway speeds under 75 mph the fuel economy number will be better. if these parameters don't suite then its the Rav4
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jacob
Nissan Roque Sports Car or SUV or Crossover or whatever it is with a CVT lol especially when i see paddle shifters with a CVT, freaking hilarious CVT and and Sports Car should never be in same sentence Maxima is the perfect example and total failure
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Nissan Roque Sports Car or SUV or Crossover or whatever it is with a CVT lol especially when i see paddle shifters with a CVT, freaking hilarious CVT and and Sports Car should never be in same sentence Maxima is the perfect example and total failure
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SammyT
Interesting comparison, though a comparison between the Rogue Sport and something like the Subaru Crosstrek would've made more sense since more people would be shopping those two against each other than they would the Rogue Sport against the Rav4.
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Interesting comparison, though a comparison between the Rogue Sport and something like the Subaru Crosstrek would've made more sense since more people would be shopping those two against each other than they would the Rogue Sport against the Rav4.
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redwhite_040
Those Rogue sport (Qashqai) is everywhere in Europe. Looks and price are good, but too bad it's not that reliable, small turbo engines with high oil use, and if not manual you have a slow noisy CVT.
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Those Rogue sport (Qashqai) is everywhere in Europe. Looks and price are good, but too bad it's not that reliable, small turbo engines with high oil use, and if not manual you have a slow noisy CVT.
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tallll70
The short and wide is more attractive to me and the Nissan just looks better over all for me too. It sux it's cvt and less power, with little hope Nissan's cvts improved and are not breaking too fast
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The short and wide is more attractive to me and the Nissan just looks better over all for me too. It sux it's cvt and less power, with little hope Nissan's cvts improved and are not breaking too fast
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