NYIAS 2017: Nissan Rogue Fast & Furious Tie-In is a Dog's Breakfast

Chris Tonn
by Chris Tonn

Someone needs to tell the product planners at Nissan to stop browsing Reddit. Someone also needs to tell them that most canines have remarkably poor credit ratings, because the newest Nissan Rogue Dogue concept — revealed Tuesday ahead of the 2017 New York International Auto Show — is very clearly for the dogs.

I envy the copywriter who wrote the press release, as they likely waited a lifetime to use the words “side wall mounted poop bag dispenser” in a professional capacity. Sigh.

The car coordinator for the Fast & Furious film franchise, Dennis McCarthy, is the builder of this unusually upfitted utility vehicle. While there are integrated dog harness clips in the cargo compartment, we don’t recommend street racing your Rogue Dogue with your pooch on board.

The fold-down dog food and water dispenser are rather novel, as they are of a non-spill design. I need these for my cats.

For smaller dogs, or for those less spry than the ones that try to maul my children, an integrated, fold-out ramp slides from beneath the removable dog bed.

What would typically be a ski pass-through now allows passage between the cargo space and the second row.

That second row is fitted with a removable dog hammock that secures to the headrests. There’s a serious lack of automotive hammocks for humans. Someone needs to get on this.

The diamond-quilted padded material that lines the cargo doggo area is meant to clean easily after a drive– and incidentally, recalls the diamond pattern that lined the transmission tunnel on the iconic Datsun 240Z.

Check out that poop bag dispenser!

An integrated dog washing wand is powered by a pressurized 10-gallon water tank. Drying is handled by a hose, fitted to a heated blower.

If your pup needs containment, a removable pet partition will divide the doggo area from the second row. Naturally, it’s laser cut with the hashtag.

Since you’ll want to share your fur baby’s experience with everyone, the Rogue Dogue has passive cameras in the side view mirrors that record your dog’s drive to the infotainment system’s hard drive. That way everyone can delight in your pup’s tongue hanging out of the window.

And, so you’re never confused about which Nissan to drive, the key comes with a dog-print keychain.

[Images: Nissan]

Chris Tonn
Chris Tonn

Some enthusiasts say they were born with gasoline in their veins. Chris Tonn, on the other hand, had rust flakes in his eyes nearly since birth. Living in salty Ohio and being hopelessly addicted to vintage British and Japanese steel will do that to you. His work has appeared in eBay Motors, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars, Reader's Digest, AutoGuide, Family Handyman, and Jalopnik. He is a member of the Midwest Automotive Media Association, and he's currently looking for the safety glasses he just set down somewhere.

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  • Lou_BC Lou_BC on Apr 12, 2017

    Nice blonde.

  • Sector 5 Sector 5 on Apr 12, 2017

    Howz about a dog safety release for those owners who leave the pooch in the car during the hot weather?

    • Lou_BC Lou_BC on Apr 13, 2017

      IIRC, most states have laws that allow for the public to smash out windows to rescue pets.

  • SaulTigh When I was young in the late 80's one of my friends had the "cool dad." You know the guy, first to buy a Betamax and a C-band satellite dish. Couple of stand up arcade games in the den. Bought my friend an Atari 2600 as soon as they came out. He had two of these crap heaps. One that only ran half the time and one for parts in the yard. My middle school brain though he was the most awesome dad ever, buying us pizza and letting us watch R rated movies recorded on free HBO weekend. At the time I though he was much better than my boring father.Now with adult hindsight, I now know he was "dad who should have taken better care of his family" and not had so many toys.
  • Dave Has to be Indy 500. Many more leaders and front passes than NASCAR, and Monaco is unwatchable with the inability to pass on that circuit.
  • Jeff How did the discussion get from an article about a 56 billion dollar pay package for Elon Musk to a proposal to charge a per mile tax on EVs in California or paying increase registration on vehicles to make up for lost gas tax revenue? I thought such a discussion would better fit Matt's Gas Wars series.
  • Master Baiter Both people who bought ID.4s will be interested in this post.
  • Urlik Not a single memorable thing happened in the big three races this weekend IMHO.
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