Nissan's ProPilot Assist helps keep your driving life centered

New active lane-centering system is one of the best we've tested, and it's coming to affordable cars.

Chris Paukert

Following stints in TV news production and as a record company publicist, Chris spent most of his career in automotive publishing. Mentored by Automobile Magazine founder David E. Davis Jr., Paukert succeeded Davis as editor-in-chief of Winding Road, a pioneering e-mag, before serving as Autoblog's executive editor from 2008 to 2015. Chris is a Webby and Telly award-winning video producer and has served on the jury of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. He joined the CNET team in 2015, bringing a small cache of odd, underappreciated cars with him.

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Chris Paukert

July 20, 2017 9:01 p.m. PT

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Nissan has yet to confirm whether the Rogue will get ProPilot Assist, but who's kidding whom?

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ProPilot Assist is activated by thumbing the blue button, -then tapping "Set" on the cruise control. Easy-peasy.

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The center stack lets you know whether ProPilot Assist is active, and you can set the amount of space you want between you and the vehicle you are following.

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Over 50,000 miles of testing has been done on ProPilot Assist, much of it out of Nissan's suburban Michigan test center.