Nissan will show small crossover.(News)(Nissan Motor Company Ltd.)(Brief article)

Byline: Lindsay Chappell

Nissan will unwrap a new small crossover, the 2008 Rogue, at next week's Detroit auto show, less than a year before its sales debut.

The sporty vehicle arrives in showrooms this fall. It will fit into Nissan's expanding light-truck lineup below the Murano crossover.

The front-wheel-drive newcomer will be powered by the 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine shared with the Altima.

The Rogue shares the redesigned Sentra's platform.

Nissan also plans to reveal a new concept it calls the Bevel - a design exercise certain to be as hard to define as its name. The word "bevel'' generally refers to an angle created between …