Heavy traffic from Rogue to Rimouski

The car dealership in the Lower St. Lawrence region is believed to be the source of significant Rogue traffic in Eastern Quebec.

A major leak of conversations, which allegedly involved members of the Rimouski Nissan team, reportedly prompted journalists from the English daily The Guardian, the Japan Times and the Norwegian investigative team from Aftenposten to meet, at the Cantine de la gare , Guillaume Michaud and Philippe Murray, respectively general manager and sales manager of the dealership.

According to these conversations, the car dealership in the Lower St. Lawrence region is allegedly responsible for a significant number of Rogue vehicles in Eastern Quebec. "Let's be clear: the Rogue isn't meant for traffic!" the general manager declared, before adding: "When you know that the Rogue S is equipped with a 2.5L DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder engine and an Xtronic CVT transmission with Sport and Eco modes, you understand that this vehicle truly shines in the open. In traffic, everyone notices it, but that's mainly to witness the moment it pulls off the shoulder and speeds off across the fields."

Philippe Murray, laconic, simply told us: "Unlike Rogue, an accusation like that doesn't hold water!"

However, we were able to get hold of the Messenger conversation that sparked this international investigation, and it is quite incriminating.

Here is an excerpt:

Guy
Le Rogue is too handsome and too equipped with new technologies, we need to make it available to as many people as possible.

Vincent
my daughter threw a tantrum when I told her I only had her for three days. It cost me Barbie's play kitchen and a whole Sunday spent baking cat-shaped cookies to calm her down!

Janick
 I'll see with Dom if we can do something to make it available to as many people as possible.

Dominic
La gang, I think I have the solution: the 2020 Rogue will be 0% financed for 84 months upon purchase.

Guy
0% as in zero?

Dominic
 that's it. Zero. ゼロ. Cero.

Janick
Woooo! 0%? 84 months? That's going to be crazy!

Vincent
there will be even more of them on the roads, with a similar offer!

Philippe
OK, but only while supplies last, gang.

Bang! "There are going to be even more of them on the roads soon!" If that's not a Rogue trafficking threat, I don't know what is! In our opinion, this is just the tip of the iceberg of a vast RikiLeaks that will plunge us into the inner workings of regional automotive power.

You haven't seen the last of the colours in the conversations between the people of Rimouski Nissan … a bit like their showroom.