2016 Toyota Tundra to come with Cummins diesel
Yep, you read that right. Linky
Forum Discussion
Toyota builds many large heavy duty trucks with diesel engines, which are sold all over Asia. They have not chosen to change their engines to meet the US EPA requirements for the small market they would add. The US is only a part of the Toyota vehicle sales market, which is world wide. (as is Nissan's)
Not sure why Toyota would go to a Cummins, which I really like, had one in my last Dodge pickup and grew up running the same basic engine on irrigation pumps on the farm. Fine engine, but there are many fine diesel engines built today, many of which meet the EPA requirements, and many are from Japan. IMHO you won't find a better diesel than a Yanmar, a Kubota or Isuzu, so why would a Japanese company go for a US built engine?
Dodge started out with a diesel built by Mitsubishi and after a couple of years, switched to the Cummins, which was an off the shelf engine already in production, to use.
Not sure why Toyota would go to a Cummins, which I really like, had one in my last Dodge pickup and grew up running the same basic engine on irrigation pumps on the farm. Fine engine, but there are many fine diesel engines built today, many of which meet the EPA requirements, and many are from Japan. IMHO you won't find a better diesel than a Yanmar, a Kubota or Isuzu, so why would a Japanese company go for a US built engine?
Dodge started out with a diesel built by Mitsubishi and after a couple of years, switched to the Cummins, which was an off the shelf engine already in production, to use.
