With the 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid arriving the Japanese automaker is kicking off its turnaround plan. With it comes design and philosophy changes. In an exclusive interview with The Drive, Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer for Nissan North America, Ponz Pandikuthira said the automaker is done with piano black trim and chrome is out too. Addressing the lack of shiny piano-black trim in the new 2027 Rogue Hybrid Pandikuthira said, “Definitely consumer driven. It looks very premium when it’s perfectly shiny and new. But then all it takes is any real world use and then the fingerprints and stuff like that, you know, just obsessively cleaning it or you just…
Nissan Is Done With Piano Black Plastic and Chrome. Consumers Are Sick of Fingerprints
