10 Biggest News Stories of the Week: Nissan Rogue, Pathfinder Drop Near Top, Toyota Crown Stays Down
As opposed to a seemingly random smattering of headlines containing popular car model names that curry favor with the fickle SEO gods who send down their blessings in the form of life-giving web traffic, this week’s countdown of Cars.com’s most popular news stories tells a story unto itself. Every entry in this week’s top 10 centers on the theme of affordability, in many cases outright cheapness, amid growing fears of U.S. tariffs kicking car buyers where it counts — no doubt a direct reflection of what automotive news consumers are concerned about.
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Could that anecdotal assessment also relate to why Nissan made the relatively uncommon call to reduce rather than increase the price of its bestselling vehicle for 2025, the Rogue, along with the Pathfinder? Whatever the automaker’s impetus, if you’re in the market for the compact former or the mid-size three-row latter, both go essentially unchanged for the current model year but get substantial savings across all trim levels.
The Rogue sees the biggest savings, with an average discount of just under $1,200 among its five trim levels; the smallest price cut of $640 goes to the base S trim and the biggest — $1,930 — to the mid-tier Rock Creek trim. That puts the Rogue’s starting-price range from just under $30,000, rising incrementally across the SV, Rock Creek and SL trims to not quite 40 grand for the range-topping Platinum (all prices include a $1,390 destination charge). The Pathfinder, meanwhile, sees an average discount across its five-trim lineup of $870, with the least being $670 off the S, SV and Rock Creek trims and the most being $1,170 off both the mid-pack SL and range-topping Platinum. Pathfinder prices, again including destination, range from just under $38,000 to just a shade over 50 grand.
For more from our 2025 Nissan Rogue and Pathfinder pricing report, follow the link below to the No. 4 news story of the week.
In other pricing news, whereas the saying goes “Heavy is the head that wears the crown,” the wallet of the car shopper who buys the Crown maintains a consistent weight. That’s because Toyota is holding the line on new-model-year pricing for the 2026 Crown — so you can put the mental energy you would’ve used to calculate the year-over-year price hike instead toward deciding whether you consider the category-confounding Crown to be a low-slung SUV or a high-riding hatchback. The Crown now starts at just under $43,000 for the base XLE variant, rising incrementally across its Limited and Nightshade trims and topping out at just over 56 grand for the Platinum.
For full pricing details on the 2026 Toyota Crown — including a trim-by-trim breakdown of features, equipment, specs and fuel economy — follow the link below to this week’s No. 9 news story.
Beyond all that, we’ve got headlines on the cheapest new cars, cheap used cars, tariff-induced price hikes and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past week:
1. 2025 Cars.com Affordability Report: Best Value New Cars
2. Here Are the 10 Cheapest New Cars You Can Buy Right Now
3. Which Cars Are Made Outside the U.S.?
4. Nissan Cuts Pricing on 2025 Rogue, Pathfinder SUVs
5. What Are the Best Used Cars for $15,000?
6. How Trump’s 25% Tariffs on Automobiles, Automotive Parts Will Affect You
7. Which Electric Cars Are Still Eligible for the $7,500 Federal Tax Credit?
8. Here Are the 11 Cheapest Electric Vehicles You Can Buy
9. How Much Is the 2026 Toyota Crown?
10. Here Are the 10 Cheapest New SUVs You Can Buy Right Now
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