2026 Nissan Rogue Rock Creek Edition Test Drive and Review | Tough Enough to Take on Jeep and Ford?

Behind me is the 2026 Nissan Rogue Rock Creek, and this is the most capable off-road Nissan Rogue we've seen to this day. I'm going to go through the ins and outs. This is Cars Unlocked. Let's get started. So, for 2026, Nissan has given their famous Rock Creek package and added it to the Rogue lineup. So, this is right below our platinums in our trim levels. If you've been shopping around with the road, you know it goes SV is the middle. We have the S, which is the entry level. We have the Rock Creek here. And then we have the Platinum. Maybe you like a little more weekend warrior kind of vibe to your vehicle. You don't want to spend the extra money on the Platinum, but this is the perfect fit if you like a little off-roading, maybe going on some trails or some camping, or you just like this style of look. Is it kind of Jeep capable? We are gonna find out today. But let's start with the price. This one in Canada has an MSRP of $44,690. Now, for all my American friends out there, it has a USD MSRP of $33690. So, it's a little cheaper than the Platinum, but let's see what you get. On the front end, we can see a little different look to the front grill here. These little three grill shutters here add to that off-road. We've seen that on the Nissan Pathfinders. We've seen that on the Nissan Frontiers in these kind of off-road editions. The Pathfinder being the Rock Creek and the Frontier being the Pro 4X. And we also see this nice red Nissan emblem. And it looks great with these little front bumper accents as well that are in red. Kind of contrast especially with this black exterior color. You might be wondering, why is this the Rock Creek? Is it off-road capable? Well, the answer to that question is going to be yes. It comes with these 17-in allterrain tires. You do have these dark painted aluminum alloy wheels, and we have this little Rock Creek insert as well to kind of contrast with the red and the black. It's going to come with front and rear vented disc brakes as well. You got different drive modes inside that we're going to test out and show you that this is a pure capable off-road vehicle, especially with these nice tires. Now, check this out on our side profile. There's lots to love with the Rock Creek Edition. We do have our nice Rock Creek badging stamped on the side still of the door there. There is a camera right here, which we'll turn on when we get inside. It isn't a round view monitor, so that's going to come in handy when you're parking. You got turning accents on your mirrors there. You have tinted rear windows. And this is another feature of the Rogue. You have the tubular real roof rails as well. And it comes with the cross rails already equipped because if you're putting kayaks and things on top, you want to be able to easily mount them and you don't want to be buying any extra accessories. Now, let's do a quick remote starter test. You can see on the key, we got our remote start button, our lock button, our unlock button, our automatic lift gate, and our panic button. So, to use the remote starter, you just need to lock it twice. Click and hold that remote start button. Boom. Now, this wouldn't be a full cars unlock video if we didn't show you how to unlock the doors. You can use the key, or you can push the button right on the door here. That's going to lock and unlock the door, and you can just easily get right in. Let's check out the inside. Now, to make this a little more off-road capable, they didn't really make any changes to the engine. It's the same 1.5 3 cylinder engine with the VC Turbo and the Nissan CVT. It's going to give you about 201 horsepower and 225 lb feet of torque. So, you guys put in your comments what you think about the turbo. I know you guys are going to comment what you think about the CVT, but I'd love to hear your guys comments. Now, for fuel mileage, 7.7 L combined between the city and the highway or 31 combined MPGs. So, pretty good fuel economy. On the Nissan website, they didn't distinguish the fuel economy between the Rock Creek and the other packages. I would fair to assume that this Rock Creek is going to get you slightly less fuel mileage just because of the all-terrain tires are a little beefier. I've also noticed that this is the Canadian package that I'm in. There's a few things that I don't see that I saw on the US packages like the Qi charger, the Google builtin, the full touchscreen. I'm not sure why they didn't include that, but it does have the full 360 monitor. Like, that is [music] great. And we're going to try out the Pro Pilot Assist. I love this new D-shaped wheel. And then you [music] have all the safety features. You got the blind spot monitor. You got the lane departure warning, the automatic highbeam [music] assistant. You do have the moving object detection in the back. You do have the rear cross traffic alert, the intelligent cruise control. There's so many safety features. Now, if you've just found this channel, make sure you guys subscribe. I do a lot of content related to the automotive industry, car reviews, and a lot of how-to content. So, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button or give us a thumbs up if we've helped you with your purchase today. And now, we're just jumping on the highway and let's see how it takes off. 201 horsepower. You know, I've driven the Rogues a lot and I've never had any issues on the road. They always are a pleasure to drive. They're very comfortable. I'm going to be honest. It's like last weekend I had a 3-hour drive in a Nissan Kicks and by like the hour 30 mark I could feel myself getting uncomfortable. The seat was a little stiff, but these seats are super comfortable and you get this leather seat with the Rock Creek. So, that's great. Now, I'm going to turn on my Pro Pilot Assist cuz this one has the Nissan 1.1 Pro Pilot Assist. So, we are locked into our lane and we're going to take our hands off the wheel and let this car drive. I've set it to 97 km per hour. Look, I haven't even put my hands on the wheel. Okay, it's telling me warning, put your hands back on the wheel and now it's beeping at me and it will eventually shut off. Now, I've done a full review and walkthrough on how to use the Nissan Pro Pilot Assist. You guys can check that out on my channel, whether you have the 1.0 you know, or the 1.1, but I'd love to see the best Pro Pilot Assist added to this car. This doesn't seem like it's the newest one because the newest one you can kind of keep your hands off the wheel for a very long time. Now, this Rogue is going to come with LED daytime running lights, LED headlights. There's automatic headlights to automatically turn on and off, and you have automatic highbeam assistant, which is a good feature of Nissan. So, the high beams will turn on and off as you pass and it senses another vehicle coming. Now, if you guys are watching from the States, you've probably already seen this Rock Creek edition here cuz they launched it in the US in 2025, but here in Canada for 2026, this is what's new with the Nissan Rogue and this is what's hitting the Nissan lots. We've been waiting a long time for this. We are still waiting for the hybrid models of the Rogue. I'm excited to show you guys that, but we'll get to that when they come. Now, for the rear of the Rock Creek edition here, that red Nissan emblem continues on in the back. We have our all-wheel drive stamp, so you know it's all-wheel drive here, and we have our nice Rogue stamp right on the back. There is a backup camera right under the license plate. Now, there's no motion activated lift gate, which I'm a little disappointed at. This one just has the power lift gate, which you can open up here, and then you jump into this large trunk. 36 cubic feet of cargo capacity in the back here. Does it have a spare tire? It does come with a spare tire. A lot of the new vehicles, even Nissan's are starting to go away from the spare tire. So, I'm happy to see it comes with a spare tire. And then you have your tunnel cover as well. Now, if you want a little more cargo capacity, you can obviously fold the seats down. You can see it's a 6040 split for the seats and you pretty much have a full flat cargo area. The tunnel cover you can remove very easily as you can see if you do the Home Depot or IKEA thing. And look at that. Now, let me jump in the back here and show you guys the back seat. Not too bad of a back seat. Like I'm sitting up a little higher. That's one thing I like about the Rogue. The back seats are kind of raised above the driver's seat, so I can still see kind of above and out the windshield. Still got your cup holders here, elbow rest. There's a cup holder in each door. And there's two USBs, ventilation back here for the kiddos. So, pretty good if you have a family of five. Four. Four, I think, would be perfect. Five could be slightly tight if you have car seats and things like that. Now, what you love about the Rogue? You have space, you have comfort, you have fuel mileage. Is this going to be like a Jeep Wrangler where you can take it mudding and off-roading? I doubt it. I don't think it's that capable. You won't be towing anything really large. It's got 1500 lb of towing, but it's a great just family hauler. Great city driver. Lots of space in the trunk. And like the biggest thing, like I said, is they are comfortable. So, I really like that about it. Under the center console, you have lots of storage. You got a nice large storage in the center console. And you have two cup holders as well. So, a ton of storage, a ton of comfort in the car, and a full suite of Nissan safety features. Now, if you guys want to test drive any Nissan vehicle and you're in the Niagara region, I work out of St. Catherine's Nissan. Make sure you guys contact me and I can be certainly I would be certainly happy to take you on a test drive and show you. So, guys, that's a wrap on your video. As always, if you're new here, subscribe, comment what you want to see next from Cars Unlocked. Hopefully you guys learned something about this Rock Creek package today. My conclusion, is it off-road capable? Yes, it's a little more off-road capable than the other Rogues, but it's not a true off-road car. Nissan, just make a good Xtera and you have a true off-road capable vehicle. And the Ford Bronco proved that there's a market for that. So, that's my overall thought. You don't need to appeal to off-road people by having this kind of in between off-road package. I think you just need to make a true off-road capable vehicle. Thanks for watching, guys. We'll see you in the next one. Cars are locked out. Look at this, bro. There's a coyote way over there.